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Polymarket's filing for a Combinatoric Athletic Outcome Contract could bring multi-leg sports markets to its regulated US exchange as rivals add parlay-style products.

Aubry Bracco was priced as a heavy favorite weeks before the season aired, while Kalshi’s broader Survivor slate drew more than $40 million and renewed questions about taped-show markets.

CNBC's Disruptor 50 recognized prediction markets for the first time, placing Kalshi and Polymarket in the bottom fifth of a list topped by Anthropic.

Polymarket's new contracts use Nasdaq Private Market data to let traders speculate on whether OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic and others hit valuation thresholds.

Kalshi became the National Council on Problem Gambling's first prediction market member, funding its consumer protection work as the industry faces pressure over safeguards.

A gaming lawyer tells DeFi Rate a new wave of gray-area online casinos may be built on regulated prediction markets, possibly beyond both federal and state reach.

IBKR’s new prediction markets interface gives its clients one place to access, compare and trade ForecastEx, Kalshi and CME event contracts.

Moomoo plans to offer US event contract trading through its newly NFA-approved brokerage arm, though it has not said which exchange will supply the contracts.

DraftKings reported rising prediction market volume and falling acquisition costs, and said its Railbird exchange and parlay-style combos will launch within weeks.

Flutter said FanDuel Predicts earned little revenue in the first quarter but kept its investment plan and is testing market making ahead of the World Cup and NFL season.

Limitless, a blockchain prediction market on Base, has a US entity applying to the CFTC to become a designated contract market after its busiest month yet.

Polymarket and Kalshi have opened markets on the World Cup Final halftime show. The volume won’t match the Super Bowl, but the numbers won’t be a footnote either.

Unlike sportsbooks, prediction markets face no responsible-gambling mandates, and problem-gambling advocates are urging the CFTC to require nationwide protections.

The CFTC registered Gemini affiliate Olympus as a clearinghouse, letting Gemini clear its prediction markets in-house and run both the exchange and clearing.

Robinhood reported a record quarter for event contracts that helped offset a sharp drop in crypto revenue, and plans to launch its own Rothera exchange this quarter.

Kalshi and Polymarket price FBI Director Kash Patel's exit from the Trump administration this year as more likely than not.

DAZN, Newsmax and others have applied to become introducing brokers, a route to offer prediction markets to their audiences without running an exchange.

Institutions such as Citadel Securities are eyeing event contracts to hedge elections, macro and geopolitical risk directly, often with far less capital than traditional hedges.

John Oliver's segment was largely fair, but many of his worst examples came from Polymarket's offshore platform, and the CFTC has yet to use its public-interest review powers.

Ninth Circuit judges pressed both Nevada and Kalshi, Robinhood and Crypto.com on whether Congress let federal regulators displace state sports betting laws.