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Polymarket, Kalshi Face Spanish Ban

Spain moves to block prediction platforms Polymarket and Kalshi, highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny of the fast-expanding betting markets.

Nevada Wins Temporary Ban on Sports Betting on Kalshi

Nevada’s ban on Kalshi’s sports and election contracts underscores an escalating clash between state gambling regulators and federal derivatives authorities.

Major League Baseball Steps Into the Prediction Markets, Strikes Deal With Polymarket

MLB is partnering with Polymarket and the CFTC to engage prediction markets while trying to guard against game manipulation.

Arizona Files Illegal-Gambling Charges Against Predictions Platform Kalshi

Arizona’s criminal case against Kalshi underscores an escalating jurisdictional clash between states and federal regulators.

Women Wanted: Kalshi Pushes to Expand Far Beyond Sport Bets

Prediction market platform Kalshi is pushing beyond male-dominated sports betting to court women with pop culture and politics wagers, aiming to broaden growth and reduce legal vulnerability.

The Wildest Frat Party on Campus? Prediction Markets

Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are aggressively courting college students as users and influencers, fueling insider-trading concerns, undisclosed ads and growing alarm over youth gambling risks.

DraftKings Is Using Its Sports-Betting Playbook to Win Prediction Markets Race

DraftKings is leveraging its dominant sports-betting infrastructure to push regulated prediction markets nationwide, targeting untaxed, higher-margin revenue and challenging early leader Kalshi despite investor impatience.

Bets on Fate of Iran’s Khamenei Spark Uproar at Leading Prediction Markets

Prediction markets face mounting political and regulatory scrutiny after lucrative bets on Iran’s Khamenei and U.S. strikes raised insider-trading and war-profiteering concerns.

States Encroach on Prediction Markets

The CFTC, the legitimate regulator of these financial instruments, backs Crypto.com in a lawsuit appeal.

DraftKings Shares Lofty Prediction Markets Goals in 2026 Outlook

The online sports betting operator reported a 43% jump in sales and shared ambitious investment plans for its prediction markets platform

How One Prediction-Market Trader Played the Super Bowl—and Lost $100,000

For Liam Kane and others like him, the NFL title game was an opportunity to bet against new and often inexperienced bettors When New England Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins scored a touchdown with about 12 minutes left in the Super Bowl, the moment had the chance to be a

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