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Happy Thursday! Wedding guests can now place prop bets on the happy couple and their big day—toast lengths, tears during speeches, number of bridal outfits—via Etsy templates and an app called Betting on the Wedding.
Surya Gowda is a Morning Dispatch Reporter, based in New York City. Before joining the company in 2026, she worked at USA Today and the political economy publication ProMarket. When Surya isn't writing for The Morning Dispatch, she's probably experimenting with watercolor paints or trying out a creative makeup look.
