Blask finds tier-1 casino lobbies across major regulated markets are fragmenting as regional and live-casino suppliers chip away at long-time leaders’ market shares.
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In a Senate subcommittee hearing lawmakers warned that sports prediction markets may be skirting state gambling rules and basically acting like unlicensed sportsbooks – putting the integrity of games at risk.
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Betr bought registered introducing broker ACM Futures to secure NFA and CFTC registrations. The move clears the way for the company to offer event-based prediction markets in the U.S.
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Polymarket on Thursday launched the first prediction markets tied to private company performance and milestones through an exclusive data agreement with Nasdaq Private Market.
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The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement issued a staff advisory effective May 21, 2026, establishing a new cooperation framework for self-reporting and enforcement cases.
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved $180,000 in consent-agreement penalties against Greenwood Gaming, Wind Creek Bethlehem and YFS Sub.
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Bally’s reported Q1 2026 consolidated revenue of $755.7 million, a 28.3% year‑over‑year increase driven largely by the Intralot transaction and growth in its US casinos.
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Better Collective has rolled Playbook out globally on X, bringing DM betslips, image-recognition and real-time odds comparison to regulated markets beyond the US.
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DraftKings co-founder Matt Kalish took to X to say Kalshi and other prediction markets are “extremely niche” and years away from delivering a sportsbook-level user experience.
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Sporttrade will shut down its US online betting exchange on June 26, 2026. The company is seeking CFTC approval to relaunch as a federally regulated prediction market.
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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington asked the Office of Government Ethics to prohibit executive branch staff from wagering on prediction markets, citing recent insider‑trading allegations tied to Kalshi and Polymarket.
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The House Agriculture Committee urged President Trump to nominate bipartisan commissioners to fill the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s five seats.
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Sen. Nathalia Fernandez introduced SB 10400 and SB 10401 to ban or sharply restrict outdoor gambling billboards across New York.
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U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Richard Blumenthal unveiled legislation that would bar social media and digital ad platforms from directing sports-betting promotions to users under 18.
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The NFL asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to ban event prediction contracts that can be manipulated by a single player and to raise the minimum participant age from 18 to 21.
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Morgan Stanley is leading roughly $5 billion of debt financing to back Tilman Fertitta’s proposed takeover of Caesars Entertainment.
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Gov. Tim Walz signed a law making it a felony to operate or advertise prediction markets in Minnesota, effective August 1, 2026. The CFTC immediately filed a federal lawsuit seeking injunctions to block the measure.
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The National Council on Problem Gambling has received $2 million from Kalshi to fund a two-year Financial Trader Health and Safety Initiative.
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Tim Mathews, CEO of Immensity ai, explains why the 2026 FIFA World Cup will test iGaming operators’ ability to separate real acquisition gains from demand that would have arrived without extra spend.
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