The success of the Iowa Electronic Market spurred interest in prediction markets in other nations, including Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. One after another, prediction markets that offered contracts predicting election outcomes were established in those nations. Other kinds of prediction contracts offered include those for sporting results, box-office takes, product sales, and even infectious disease rates.
「愛荷華電子市場」的成功，促使其他各國開始重視預測市場的應用，包括奧地利、澳洲、加拿大、德國、荷蘭等國紛紛開設類似的選舉預測市場；其他像是運動比賽、電影票房、產品銷售實績預估，甚至流行病趨勢預測等，都可看到這套理論活躍應用的身影。