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Prediction Markets Chip Away at Sports Betting’s Territory

February 15, 2026
Kalshi
FanDuel Ditches Credit Cards as Sen. Warren Targets Junk Fees
Consumer Payments // February 12, 2026

Sports betting firm FanDuel will stop accepting credit card deposits on March 2. “Starting March 2, 2026, FanDuel will no longer offer U.S. credit card deposits on Sportsbook, Casino, and FanDuel Racing,” the company said in an article on its support site. “This includes credit...

Kalshi Overtakes DraftKings and FanDuel in Download Race
Consumer Insights // February 05, 2026

Prediction market platform Kalshi’s mobile app was downloaded more times in January than sports-betting apps DraftKings Sportsbook or FanDuel Sportsbook have been downloaded in any month, Apptopia said in a Tuesday (Feb. 3) blog post. The Kalshi app was downloaded more than 3 million times in the United States in January,...

FanDuel Makes Bet on Prediction Markets Popularity
Partnerships // November 13, 2025

Online gambling service FanDuel is joining rival DraftKings in the prediction markets business. The company announced Wednesday (Nov. 13) the pending launch of its FanDuel Predicts app, developed in partnership with derivatives market CME Group. Due in December, the app will offer access to sports...

US Sports Gambling Industry Totals $220 Billion Since 2018
Earnings // September 06, 2024

As the NFL season gets underway, sports betting has reportedly become big business in the United States. Since a Supreme Court ruling overturned a law that prevented state-sanctioned sportsbooks in 2018, over $220 billion has been wagered in the U.S. sports gambling industry, Bloomberg reported...

Interviews & Exclusives
FanDuel Launches The Bitcoin Bowl

January 05, 2018
If you can’t beat ‘em, bitcoin ‘em.   This weekend, fantasy sports fans and cryptocurrency fanatics alike will have a chance to celebrate the run-up to the Super Bowl by participating in history’s first ever Bitcoin Bowl, care of fantasy sports betting site FanDuel.   “We consider ourselves innovators in sports entertainment and introducing new ways to play […]

Amazon Sizzles, Apple Fizzles And A High Profile Merger Fizzle Before It Starts

July 14, 2017
Some partnerships seemed destined, perhaps even written in the stars — Romeo & Juliet, Tony & Maria or (of course) Kimye are all good examples. Then there are the things that...

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Prediction Markets Chip Away at Sports Betting’s Territory

February 15, 2026
Sports-related bets on Kalshi are now generating estimated annualized revenues of roughly $1.3 billion. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Saturday (Feb. 14), that figure is nearly a quarter of the total sportsbook revenue for betting giant DraftKings and spotlights the increasing threat that prediction markets like Kalshi present to the $14 billion U.S. sports […]

FanDuel Ditches Credit Cards as Sen. Warren Targets Junk Fees

February 12, 2026
Sports betting firm FanDuel will stop accepting credit card deposits on March 2. “Starting March 2, 2026, FanDuel will no longer offer U.S. credit card deposits on Sportsbook, Casino, and...

Kalshi Overtakes DraftKings and FanDuel in Download Race

February 05, 2026
Prediction market platform Kalshi’s mobile app was downloaded more times in January than sports-betting apps DraftKings Sportsbook or FanDuel Sportsbook have been downloaded in any month, Apptopia said in a Tuesday (Feb. 3) blog post. The...

FanDuel Makes Bet on Prediction Markets Popularity

November 13, 2025
Online gambling service FanDuel is joining rival DraftKings in the prediction markets business. The company announced Wednesday (Nov. 13) the pending launch of its FanDuel Predicts app, developed in partnership...