Prediction Markets
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Yahoo Finance Quietly Ended Its Polymarket Deal – Nobody Has Explained Why
Yahoo Finance removed Polymarket's dedicated prediction market hub, roughly six months after the November 2025 launch, with no reason given publicly by…
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Genius Sports Launches Prediction.com — and the Hard Questions Have Only Just Started
Genius Sports launched Prediction.com on 17 September 2026 through Legend, aggregating event contract pricing from multiple prediction market platforms including Kalshi and…
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Crypto.com and Robinhood Ask SCOTUS to Settle Who Controls Sports Prediction Markets
Robinhood filed its petition to SCOTUS on September 10, 2026; Crypto.com did it on September 11 – both contesting the Ninth Circuit…
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Novig Campaign With Sydney Sweeney Draws Criticism From Female Athletes
A sports betting campaign featuring actress Sydney Sweeney has drawn criticism from Olympians and female athletes, putting prediction market platform Novig at…
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Astana Opens a Regulated Derivatives Sandbox for Prediction Markets, and the Region Had No Framework for This Before
ITS launched four binary event-option contracts on 8 September under AFSA's FinTech Lab, covering Bitcoin, SpaceX, and two central bank rates, within…
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South Korea Books 26 Polymarket Users as Blockchain Records Become the Evidence
The Gangwon Provincial Police booked 26 Polymarket members and referred 18 more to prosecution, involving wagers worth 17.6 billion won. Police traced…
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Connecticut Expands Crackdown On Prediction Markets with Nine Cease-and-Desist Orders
Connecticut has ordered nine prediction market platforms to stop offering sports event contracts considered as unlicensed sports betting. Governor Ned Lamont and…
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ESMA Warns Prediction Markets Are Vulnerable To Insider Trading and Manipulation
The European Securities and Markets Authority has warned that prediction markets are “rife” with insider trading. In its latest Trends, Risks and…
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Kalshi Beats DraftKings and FanDuel on NFL Week 1 Pricing, But the Parlay Gap Tells a Different Story
Citizens JMP Securities tracked 28 data points on 11 September and found Kalshi's implied vig at 4.32%, below FanDuel's 4.44% and DraftKings'…
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DATA.BET Expands Prediction Markets With Crypto ‘Up or Down’
Sportsbook provider DATA.BET has expanded its prediction markets product with a crypto-focused ‘Up or Down’ market type, data widgets and API integration.…
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LeBron, Jeter and $21 Billion Bet: Polymarket Soars to #1 in App Store but Trouble Ahead?
Polymarket ranked first on the App Store for free finance apps after the LeBron James ad aired, beating Kalshi, PayPal and Venmo.…
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LeBron James Teases Polymarket Partnership
LeBron James is Polymarket's first individual athlete partner, with a football-focused campaign launching the week of September 8, 2026. His previous DraftKings…
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Polymarket Hits $21 Billion, But the Numbers Behind It Deserve a Closer Look
1789 Capital's combined Polymarket stake reaches $500 million as the platform's valuation jumps 40% in four months, from $15 billion to $21…
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Kalshi’s First Lifetime Ban: How George Santos Turned a Prediction Market Into His Personal ATM
Kalshi imposed a lifetime ban on George Santos and fined him $71,356; this is the very first lifetime ban imposed by Kalshi…
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Kalshi Signs Sponsorship Deals With Five MLB Franchises
Kalshi has confirmed sponsorship agreements with five Major League Baseball franchises as it builds visibility around national professional sports. The prediction market…
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Kalshi Locked Out of Washington: How One Court Order Exposed the Fault Line in US Prediction Markets
Kalshi was ordered by King County Superior Court Judge John McHale to implement complete GeoComply geofencing by September 2, 2026, failing which…
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How Denmark Went from “We Cannot Block Them” to a Court Order in Six Months?
The Frederiksberg Court blocked Polymarket and 97 other unlicensed sites on 8 July, enforced through DNS blocking by Danish internet providers. In…
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South Korea Blocked Polymarket After $52M in Election Bets Caught the Wrong Attention
The Korean Communications Standards Commission of South Korea made a decision on 18 August 2026 to ban Polymarket, as its "winner-take-all" system…
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NYC Opens Deceptive Marketing Probe Into Kalshi and Polymarket – Here’s What They Actually Found
The NYC Council sent letters with over 60 questions to Kalshi, Polymarket, Coinbase and Gemini Titan, giving each platform 14 days to…
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Kalshi Suffers Connecticut Setback As Court Backs State Gambling Authority
A federal judge has ruled that Kalshi’s sports-event contracts fall under Connecticut gambling laws rather than federal derivatives regulation, dealing a setback…
Latest news, analysis and regulatory developments in prediction markets, including platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. Coverage includes legal frameworks, compliance issues, and the evolving role of event-based trading within global financial and iGaming ecosystems.
Explore how prediction markets work, their legal status, and how they differ from traditional gambling in our prediction markets guide and prediction markets regulation guide.