Polymarket's V2 overhaul moves to a single-position system and is being positioned as a change in how users bet on events.

The ruling is a near-term win for Kalshi and the CFTC in the widening fight over state authority to regulate event contracts.

Formal White House review signals federal rulemaking that could preempt or reshape state oversight of event contracts.

Ohio's crackdown escalates state-level enforcement even as a federal court sided with Kalshi in Illinois.

BofA sees prediction markets as a fee tailwind for DraftKings rather than a threat, lifting the shares.

The industry-funded effort is aimed at state lawmakers and regulators as multiple states move to restrict event contracts.

The upgrade rewrites Polymarket's 2019 smart contracts and adds pUSD collateral plus a dual Chainlink-UMA oracle, with a tentative Nov. 2 cutover.

The investigation examines how rapid expansion and loose controls left the venue exposed to manipulation.

The challenge tests whether prediction markets are games of chance under Dutch law as Polymarket pursues European expansion.

Federal rulemaking on event contracts advances as regulators weigh how to oversee the sector.

The NBA star's endorsement prompts questions about whether the league's rules adequately cover prediction market promotion by active players.

The fundraising effort reflects sharply rising private valuations for the prediction market operator.

The ruling is a major test of whether state gaming regulators can police event contracts that the CFTC treats as federally regulated swaps, and it strengthens K

The raise would make Kalshi one of the most valuable privately held trading venues and signals ambitions beyond sports and election contracts.

The rulemaking could reshape how event contracts are approved and supervised, and it is already being invoked in Kalshi's ongoing court fights.

State regulators want the high court to resolve whether federal commodities law preempts state gambling rules for event contracts.

The lobbying and legal spend illustrates how prediction market operators are fighting dozens of state actions rather than seeking settlements.

Nevada's attorney argues new federal rules do not moot the appeal, keeping the state's case against Kalshi's sports contracts alive.

Brazilian assets rallied as the right's stronger than expected first round result forced a runoff and renewed attention on both the betting market's read and Lu

The proposal targets conflicts of interest as prediction markets expand into US political contests.

The piece frames the regulatory and cultural debate over the spread of event contracts beyond sportsbooks.

Aggregated prediction market pricing for House and Senate control shows gaps versus conventional polling less than a month before the midterms.

The endorsement lands in a tight race where agricultural trade policy is a live issue.

The model launch adds another quantitative read on House, Senate and governor races heading into November.

The proposed federal rulemaking on event contracts is now under executive review, setting up a federal-state clash over who governs prediction markets.

Ohio's crackdown escalates the state-versus-federal fight over sports event contracts, following recent court wins for state regulators.

The justices left the circuit split over event contracts unresolved, leaving the Sixth Circuit and district rulings as the operative law for now.

The ruling adds to a split among lower courts over whether Kalshi's event contracts are federally regulated swaps or state-regulated wagers.

The appellate ruling on whether event contracts are swaps or bets widens the divide among circuits hearing prediction market cases.

Kalshi's response to Missouri's cease-and-desist marks an early test of how platforms answer state demands to stop offering sports contracts.

The ruling holds that Kalshi's event contracts are swaps under federal law rather than illegal sports bets, marking a key win for prediction markets in their fi

Ohio's crackdown escalates the state-versus-federal fight over sports event contracts, with the governor calling Kalshi's offering equivalent to illegal gamblin

The rulemaking would codify federal oversight of event contracts and could reshape the boundary between CFTC-regulated exchanges and state gambling laws.

The industry is funding litigation and lobbying against state-level crackdowns, reflecting how costly the legal battles have become for exchanges.

Divergent appellate outcomes increase the likelihood that the Supreme Court will have to settle the classification question.

International and North American gambling regulators want the high court to resolve the conflict between federal event contract rules and state gambling laws.