# Contingency market

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**Contingency markets** are markets where [contracts](/source/Contract) are made to exchange funds contingent upon an event or combination of events or contingencies thereof.[1]

## Difference from prediction markets

[Prediction markets](/source/Prediction_market) are a subset of contingency markets and specialise in independent future events and are often exploited for the predictive side effect they produce. Complex contingencies only tend to occur in the [gambling](/source/Gambling) industry's implementations of prediction markets.

Unlike prediction markets, contingency markets also support dependent future events. These are [a priori](/source/A_priori_and_a_posteriori) directly influenced or controlled by those interested in a particular outcome of an event.

## See also

- [Insurance](/source/Insurance)

- [Threshold pledge](/source/Threshold_pledge)

- [Assurance contracts](/source/Assurance_contracts)

- [Betting exchange](/source/Betting_exchange)

- [Preorder Economy](/source/Preorder_Economy)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Pettinger, Tejvan. ["Contingent market definition"](http://web.archive.org/web/20191215024835/https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/contingent-market/). *www.economicshelp.org*. Archived from [the original](https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/contingent-market/) on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2026-03-25.

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