This NYC Bar gave Knicks fans a free bar tab — by hedging on Kalshi

One bar in New York City made a bold menu move for the NBA Finals, offering Knicks fans free drinks for Game 1 by placing a bet on the hometown team, the underdog, on the prediction market Kalshi. NBC News' Marquise Francis reports that they kept up their run with a $0.73 food and drinks promo for Game 2 in homage to the last Knicks championship.

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