Predictions Market Reporter

Mike Breen

Mike Breen has been a professional writer and editor covering a wide range of topics for more than 30 years. He’s been a freelance gaming industry writer since 2020, reporting on sports betting, online casinos, and more for various Catena Media sites, and he began reporting on prediction market industry news in 2025 for Prediction News.

Focus Areas

Journalism

Background

Mike Breen has been a professional writer and editor covering a wide range of topics for more than 30 years. He’s been a freelance gaming industry writer since 2020, reporting on sports betting, online casinos, and more for various Catena Media sites, and he began reporting on prediction market industry news in 2025 for Prediction News. Prior to that, Mike was a founding editor at his hometown altweekly newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he extensively covered local arts, music and news. 

Mike’s published writing has received recognition and several awards from organizations like the Society of Professional Journalists and the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. 

When Mike is not working, he enjoys playing and listening to music, attending comedy shows, watching movies, and spending time with his family and three cats. 

Experience

Journalism
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Recent Articles

Moomoo is preparing to offer U.S. retail users access to event contracts, adding another brokerage-style trading app to the prediction-market distribution race.
Industry
Moomoo Joins Retail Brokerage Push Into Prediction Markets
Moomoo is preparing to bring event contract trading to U.S. retail users, adding another mobile-first brokerage platform to the growing race to distribute prediction markets through mainstream trading apps. The company said this week that it plans to launch U.S. prediction market services through Moomoo Financial Inc., its U.S. brokerage entity. National Futures Association records […]
May 12, 2026
Minnesota lawmakers advanced a sweeping prediction market ban through the state’s omnibus public safety package after the standalone Senate-passed proposal faced procedural obstacles in the House.
Regulation & Policy
Minnesota Quietly Advances Sweeping Prediction Market Ban In Must-Pass Public Safety Bill
Minnesota lawmakers moved closer Friday to enacting one of the nation’s most expansive prediction market bans after quietly advancing the proposal through the state’s omnibus public safety bill. The public safety conference committee unanimously adopted the prediction market provisions during omnibus negotiations, keeping the language alive as lawmakers move toward final agreements. Minnesota’s proposal stands […]
May 8, 2026
DraftKings said DK Predictions reached a $2.3 billion annualized trading-volume run rate in April as the company prepares to launch its Railbird exchange and expand prediction-market parlays.
Industry
DraftKings Predictions Tops $2.3B Annualized Volume Ahead of Railbird Launch, Parlay Rollout
DraftKings gave investors its clearest look yet at its prediction markets business on Thursday. The company’s Q1 earnings release disclosed new volume and customer-acquisition metrics and said DraftKings expects to launch its proprietary prediction market exchange, Railbird, and begin offering parlays (or “combos”) in the coming weeks. The update shows that DraftKings is trying to […]
May 8, 2026