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eBasketball: New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq) vs Indiana Pacers (Jason)

eBasketball: New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq) vs Indiana Pacers (Jason)
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As of Oct 20, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC, the highest-priced outcome on Kalshi is Indiana Pacers (Jason) at 50%.

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  1. Indiana Pacers (Jason)50%
  2. New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq)49.5%

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Source snapshot: Oct 20, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

About This Event

SHAQ vs JASO (Oct 20) If X wins the New Orleans Pelicans, Shaq, vs Indiana Pacers, Jason, professional Valhalla League 2026 Week #43 eBasketball game originally scheduled for Oct 20, 2026 at 7:26 AM EDT, then the market resolves to Yes. If the game ends in a tie/draw, or if the game is cancelled or postponed more than 2 weeks from its originally scheduled start, all markets will resolve to $0.50. If the match is postponed but begins within 2 weeks of its originally scheduled start time, the market will remain open and resolve based on the official final result. Kalshi is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with the Governing League. All trademarks, logos, and brand names are the property of their respective owners. This market will close and expire after a winner is declared.

Snapshot observed 2026-10-19T12:00:05.894Z. This event is archived. This analysis describes that snapshot and is not a live news update.

What the contract measures

The saved event is a Kalshi listing for an eBasketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq) and the Indiana Pacers (Jason) in the Valhalla League 2026 Week #43 [1]. Each team has its own binary market. Under the rules, the "New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq) wins" market resolves to Yes if that team wins the game, and the "Indiana Pacers (Jason) wins" market resolves to Yes if that team wins [1].

The rules also cover unusual outcomes. A tie or draw, or a cancellation or postponement of more than 2 weeks from the original start, resolves all markets to $0.50. A postponed game that begins within 2 weeks of its original start stays open and resolves on the official final result [1]. The source describes the originally scheduled start as "Oct 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM EDT" [1]. That is a contract detail, not confirmation that the game was played on that date.

Both markets list an end date of 2026-11-02 12:50 UTC [1]. The source excerpt also says the market "will close and expire after a winner is declared," and gives the listed end time as not supplied [1]. The listed end date is therefore a platform field, not a confirmed closing or resolution time.

Reading the snapshot

The observation time is 2026-10-19 12:00 UTC, and the source was retrieved on 2026-10-20 at 04:34 UTC [1]. This is a saved snapshot, not a live reading, so it should not be read as the current price.

At that observation, the Pelicans market showed Yes at 0.495 and No at 0.505. The Pacers market also showed Yes at 0.495 and No at 0.505 [1]. The two Yes prices are equal, and each market's Yes and No prices sum to 1.00. These are snapshot prices, not executable quotes, and they are not verified probabilities.

The sample covers all two markets saved for this event, with no partial sample flagged [1]. The source states that this does not establish that the provider lists every possible real-world outcome [1]. Volume and trader counts are not supplied, so the snapshot says nothing about liquidity or how many people hold each position.

What remains uncertain

The evidence does not explain why prices were where they were, and it does not report any news or later developments. It also does not confirm whether the game was played, postponed, or resolved. Because the snapshot predates the retrieval date by about a day, later prices or outcomes are not reflected here.

References

  1. Kalshi: eBasketball: New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq) vs Indiana Pacers (Jason). Provider data observed 2026-10-19T12:00:05.894Z.

AI-generated analysis based on market data. Not financial advice.

Saved Oct 20, 2026 UTC

Overview

This article covers a Kalshi contract on an eBasketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq) and the Indiana Pacers (Jason), part of the Valhalla League 2026 Week #43. The contract's stated rules say that if the Pelicans (Shaq) win, the market resolves to Yes, and the game was originally scheduled for October 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM EDT [1]. The listed provider status at the time of the saved snapshot was active [1]. The contract is written as a head-to-head question about one game. The provider's rules describe the outcome in terms of which side wins the game, and the market pages list a separate contract for each side, the Pelicans (Shaq) and the Pacers (Jason) [1]. Each market has Yes and No outcomes. In the saved snapshot, both markets showed a Yes price of 0.495 and a No price of 0.505 [1]. These are snapshot prices, not executable quotes, and they should not be read as verified probabilities of either team winning. The contract also sets out what happens in unusual cases. If the game ends in a tie or draw, or if it is cancelled or postponed by more than two weeks from its originally scheduled start, all markets resolve to $0.50 [1]. If the game is postponed but begins within two weeks of its original start time, the market stays open and resolves based on the official final result [1]. The provider states that the market closes and expires after a winner is declared [1]. The provider also lists an end date of November 2, 2026 at 12:50 UTC for these markets [1]. This is a field in the provider's data, not an announced event date or a confirmation of when the game was or will be played. The evidence does not include the final result of the game, so this article does not state who won. The contract names "Shaq" and "Jason" as labels for the two sides. The provider notes that Kalshi is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to the Valhalla League governing body, and that brand names belong to their respective owners [1].

Why It Matters

The contract measures which side wins a specific eBasketball game in the Valhalla League 2026 Week #43 schedule. Its rules define a Yes resolution for the New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq) winning and a separate market for the Indiana Pacers (Jason) winning [1]. Traders and readers can use the contract's rules to understand how a single game turns into a resolved market, including the tie, cancellation, and postponement rules that can return $0.50 or keep the market open [1]. The saved prices show nearly equal values for the two sides at the observation time, with Yes at 0.495 for each [1]. Because these are snapshots, they reflect the state of the market at one recorded moment, not the current state, and they do not indicate how the market has moved since then.

Snapshot context

The archived provider snapshot for this topic was observed on 2026-10-19 at 12:00 UTC. It contains listings from Kalshi. Market descriptions and listed closing times define the contracts; they do not establish that the real-world outcome has occurred. This article does not include a separately verified news update. [1]

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes the Pelicans (Shaq) market resolve to Yes?

The contract states that if the New Orleans Pelicans (Shaq) win the game against the Indiana Pacers (Jason), the market resolves to Yes [1].

What happens if the game ends in a tie?

The provider's rules say that a tie or draw causes all markets to resolve to $0.50 [1].

What happens if the game is postponed?

If the game is cancelled or postponed by more than two weeks from its scheduled start, all markets resolve to $0.50. If it is postponed but begins within two weeks of the original start time, the market remains open and resolves on the official final result [1].

Do the prices show the chance that each team wins?

The saved prices are snapshots from the provider and are not executable quotes or verified probabilities [1]. They show what the listed prices were at one recorded time, which is not the same as a confirmed chance of either side winning.

Is Kalshi affiliated with the Valhalla League?

The provider states that Kalshi is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or otherwise officially connected with the governing league [1].

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Prices are catalog snapshots and may have changed. Check each market's rules and observation time.

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