You can read more here: https://www.coindesk.com/us-election-pushes-total-augur-bets...

Augur allows anyone in the world to bet on different events. Augur cannot be shut down by the government (Unlike Intrade, which was shut down a few years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrade). It allows anyone to create a prediction market on any event. It is a perfect use case for a decentralized blockchain.