Sports betting

Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome.

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DraftKings Bets on Exchange-Style Expansion As Sportsbook Sector Matures
DraftKings Bets on Exchange-Style Expansion As Sportsbook Sector Matures
May 08, 2026  |  Earnings

Customer acquisition at scale is no longer the name of the online sports betting game. According to executives on DraftKings‘ Friday (May 8) first-quarter 2026...

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Wisconsin Sues 5 Prediction Markets, Alleging Illegal Sports Betting
Wisconsin Sues 5 Prediction Markets, Alleging Illegal Sports Betting
April 24, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Wisconsin sued five prediction market platforms and their affiliates Thursday (April 23), alleging that they operate illegal sports betting operations in the state. The complaints...

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Supreme Court Might Decide Future of Kalshi Sport Event Contracts
Supreme Court Might Decide Future of Kalshi Sport Event Contracts
April 20, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Kalshi’s battle with state governments over its sports-related event contracts may be headed for the Supreme Court, Fortune reported Monday (April 20). Several state governments...

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Bernstein Predicts $1 Trillion in Prediction Market Volume by 2030
Bernstein Predicts $1 Trillion in Prediction Market Volume by 2030
April 15, 2026  |  Markets

Wall Street broker Bernstein expects prediction market volumes to hit $1 trillion by 2030. The company’s findings, the subject of a report Wednesday (April 16)...

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Appeals Court Rules CFTC Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Event Contracts
Appeals Court Rules CFTC Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Event Contracts
April 06, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

A federal appeals court has ruled for the first time that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over sports-related event contracts, Reuters...

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Senate Bill Aims to Keep Prediction Markets Out of Sports
Senate Bill Aims to Keep Prediction Markets Out of Sports
March 23, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Two U.S. senators want to curb prediction markets’ involvement in the sporting world. To that end, the lawmakers are set to introduce legislation that would...

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Polymarket Becomes Major League Baseball’s Chosen Prediction Market
Polymarket Becomes Major League Baseball’s Chosen Prediction Market
March 19, 2026  |  Partnerships

Prediction market Polymarket has signed a new agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB). This agreement makes Polymarket the baseball’s official prediction markets exchange, the league...

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Ex-Trump Official Wants Prediction Markets Regulated by States
Ex-Trump Official Wants Prediction Markets Regulated by States
March 02, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

An ex-Trump administration official is calling on states to regulate prediction markets. Mick Mulvaney, a former congressman and acting chief of staff for the first...

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Experience Economy Pushes Payments to $20B Super Bowl Test
Experience Economy Pushes Payments to $20B Super Bowl Test
February 18, 2026  |  Digital Payments

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Paysafe’s Bruce Lowthers Somewhere between the first ticket purchase and the final prop bet, $20.2 billion changed hands. That...

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