Las Vegas Aces vs. New York Liberty

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Market context

The Las Vegas Aces are in New York for a WNBA regular-season game that settles on the final score, including overtime, with the listed window closing at 12:30PM ET. At a crowd-implied **19% YES**, the market is pricing the Aces as a clear underdog, so a programmatic read would treat the Liberty side as the baseline and look for live drift only if pre-tip information changes materially.

Recent head-to-head results frame that pricing. New York beat Las Vegas 87-76 on 23 June and 93-85 on 30 June, but the Aces answered with a 104-99 win in the most recent meeting on 30 July, which keeps the matchup from being a one-way trend.[4][6][9] ESPN’s pregame data also shows the Aces at 13-5 on the road and the Liberty at 10-5 at home, with both teams clustered around the same recent form, which is the kind of profile that tends to keep short-horizon bot logic focused on team news rather than blanket season records.[7]

For traders running conditional orders or copy-trading rules, the main catalysts are late injury designations, starting-line-up confirmations, and any schedule slip that could push the game beyond the stated settlement window. ESPN’s preview lists Aces absences including Janiah Barker, Justine Pissott and Cheyenne Parker-Tyus, while the Liberty’s edge at home and the Aces’ strong road record make pregame model updates sensitive to who is actually available.[7] Because postponement keeps the market open and cancellation resolves 50-50, automation should monitor official league and team channels for tip-off changes, venue issues, and any rescheduling notice that could alter settlement mechanics.

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Polymarket Bot UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

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