The MLB Players Association has proposed a sweeping ban on individual player prop bets as part of ongoing CBA negotiations with the league - a move that would affect sportsbooks, DFS operators, and prediction markets alike.
Pick’em mistakes usually happen long before the games begin. They come from weak reasoning, chasing bigger payouts, copying screenshots, or ignoring how the picks fit together.
Meta is reportedly developing a prediction market app called Arena, which looks to push event trading from specialist platforms into the consumer-tech mainstream.
Polymarket paid creators to post viral videos showing staged winning trades on dummy versions of its site, putting the platform’s credibility under pressure just as prediction markets are fighting to be taken seriously.
Novig has received CFTC designation as a Designated Contract Market, giving the sports trading platform a path to operate in 49 states as a federally regulated prediction market
Kalshi is adding employer verification, market risk scoring, and enhanced whistleblower tools for high-risk markets as part of a broader push to detect and block insider trading
A Texas judge granted Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction against the NCAA, clearing him to play in 2026 after a two-game suspension despite sports betting violations
The Rhode Island Senate has passed SB 3118, a bill that would force the state to open its online sports betting market to more operators.
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Kalshi reportedly referred suspicious trading tied to former Congressman George Santos to federal authorities after he allegedly bet against his own State of the Union attendance
A Manhattan bar owner used Kalshi contracts to offset the risk of a Knicks NBA Finals promotion that would wipe out customer tabs if the Knicks win
The American Gaming Association says sports-focused prediction markets have cost U.S. states and tribes more than $1 billion in foregone gaming-tax revenue.
DFS mistakes usually do not start with a bad box score - they start with a rushed entry, a misunderstood rules, a missed lock time, or a lineup that does not fit the contest’s payout structure.
Federal prosecutors have added bribery and honest-services wire fraud conspiracy charges against former NBA guard Terry Rozier in a widening NBA betting case
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