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

A view of Polymarket’s platform over a U.S. map reflects the company’s push to bring its global exchange back to American users, as regulatory and structural questions remain unresolved.
Regulation & Policy
Polymarket Eyes US Return as CFTC Weighs Regulatory Fit of Offshore Platform
Polymarket, one of the leading prediction market platforms worldwide, has been in discussions with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to reopen U.S. customer access to its primary offshore exchange, according to a new report from Bloomberg.  Polymarket’s U.S. exit stemmed from a 2022 enforcement action by the CFTC, which found the company had been operating […]
April 29, 2026
Robinhood’s prediction markets business hit record levels in Q1 as the company prepares to launch its Rothera exchange, aiming to take greater control of event contract trading.
Industry
Robinhood Q1 Earnings Show Prediction Markets Holding Strong as Rothera Exchange Nears Launch
Robinhood reported first-quarter results Tuesday showing steady growth despite a sharp decline in crypto trading, as surging activity in prediction markets helped offset the slowdown. Robinhood Markets posted $1.07 billion in revenue, up 15% year-over-year, with net income of $346 million and earnings per share of $0.38, both modestly higher from a year earlier. The […]
April 28, 2026
Companies across media, gaming and finance are using introducing broker filings to bring prediction markets into existing consumer products
Industry
New Broker Filings Fuel Distribution Race Across Prediction Markets
Prediction market expansion in the U.S. is unfolding not just through new exchanges, but also through companies applying to act as intermediaries. A growing group of firms spanning news media, sports streaming and gaming have recently filed for introducing broker (IB) status with the National Futures Association (NFA), a move that would allow them to […]
April 24, 2026
Wisconsin filed lawsuits against prediction market platforms and their partners, seeking to block sports event contracts the state says function as illegal sports betting
Legal News & Updates
Wisconsin Sues Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com Over Sports Contracts in ‘Race to the Courthouse’
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed a series of lawsuits against major prediction market operators and their distribution partners, alleging that sports event contracts offered by Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com amount to illegal sports betting under state law. The complaints, announced April 23 by Attorney General Josh Kaul, include a case against Kalshi that […]
April 23, 2026
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed lawsuits against Coinbase and Gemini, alleging their prediction market offerings constitute illegal gambling under state law and seeking sweeping penalties
Legal News & Updates
New York AG Targets Lawsuits Against Coinbase and Gemini Prediction Markets
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed civil enforcement actions against Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan, accusing both companies of operating unlicensed gambling platforms through their prediction market offerings. The lawsuits, filed in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, center on so-called event contracts that allow users to trade on the outcomes of […]
April 21, 2026