Polymarket teases Combo parlay feature to capture sportsbook users
Polymarket is preparing to launch Combo, a feature that lets users bundle multiple prediction markets into a single parlay-style wager to multiply payouts across different events. The platform's developer account teased the upcoming launch as early as June 9 on X, and Polymarket's Help Center published documentation explaining how the bundled trades will work. The product represents Polymarket's most direct effort yet to mirror traditional sportsbook behavior and capture casual bettors as competition escalates among event-contract platforms. No specific launch date has been disclosed. Some coverage dated June 11 described the feature as already launched, though the teases and documentation release suggest a staged rollout.
Every new parlay product from a CFTC-regulated platform tightens the squeeze on Ethereum-based incumbents already losing cost-sensitive traders to Solana native venues. Polymarket must now defend its casual-user base against both Kalshi's Robinhood pipeline and low-fee crypto competitors.
Polymarket's Combo launch joins LBank and Byreal's competing prediction market products in a recent market where crypto exchanges are racing to replicate sportsbook mechanics inside event-contract infrastructure rather than expand the trader base itself.