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Less props for prediction markets under proposal
Key takeaways
- Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket could soon be barred from offering certain types of sports-related event contracts, including those involving officiating outcomes or player injuries.
- The proposed framework would leave the door open for most but not all sports-related trades, which have become a massive profit driver for prediction markets.
- Though the CFTC states that each event contract would be reviewed individually, it outlines several sports-related examples that are likely "to be found to be contrary to the public interest" and therefore prohibited.
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket could soon be barred from offering certain types of sports-related event contracts, including those involving officiating outcomes or player injuries.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that regulates prediction markets, on Wednesday released a 267-page proposal that would rework and more carefully define some of the rules governing prediction markets and the types of event contracts they can offer.
The proposed framework would leave the door open for most but not all sports-related trades, which have become a massive profit driver for prediction markets.
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