# Government shutdown market scan

**Use case:** 

Ready-to-run example: pulls live Polymarket and Kalshi odds for the same topic side by side and shows how they diverge.

## Input

```json
{
  "query": "government shutdown",
  "platforms": [
    "polymarket",
    "kalshi"
  ],
  "min_similarity": 0.62,
  "min_gap_pts": 0,
  "max_results": 50,
  "max_markets_per_platform": 100,
  "include_unpaired": true,
  "request_timeout_secs": 30
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "match_type": {
    "label": "Type"
  },
  "polymarket_title": {
    "label": "Polymarket Market"
  },
  "kalshi_title": {
    "label": "Kalshi Market"
  },
  "polymarket_yes": {
    "label": "Polymarket YES"
  },
  "kalshi_yes": {
    "label": "Kalshi YES"
  },
  "yes_gap_pts": {
    "label": "YES Gap (pts)"
  },
  "similarity": {
    "label": "Match Similarity"
  },
  "polymarket_volume": {
    "label": "Polymarket Volume"
  },
  "kalshi_volume": {
    "label": "Kalshi Volume"
  },
  "polymarket_url": {
    "label": "Polymarket Link"
  },
  "kalshi_url": {
    "label": "Kalshi Link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Prediction Market Scanner — Polymarket vs Kalshi](https://apify.com/0xgollum/prediction-market-scanner) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/0xgollum/prediction-market-scanner) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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