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Kalshi eats into sportsbook app download share during NFL Playoffs
At the same time, prediction market platform Kalshi surged to a new high in consumer adoption.
In an analysis by Jordan Bender of Citizens…
Veikkaus gallops forward with PMU renewal amid Finnish market reform
The operator of Finland’s national lottery, Veikkaus Oy, has partnered with France’s Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) to enhance its horseracing to…
All nine MLB teams cancel their contracts with FanDuel Sports Network
The nine Major League Baseball teams televised by FanDuel Sports Network have terminated their contracts with FanDuel SN and its struggling…
National lottery of Luxembourg joins global sports monitoring
Luxembourg’s national lottery has joined the United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS) coalition. Dating back to 1945, the Loterie N…
Barrons: Predictions Markets Will Make the Stock Market Obsolete. Yes or No?
On any given Sunday, Americans flock to their couches to watch hours of football on TV. Wall Street trading floors are closed, but the Amer…
DraftKings has announced the launch of DraftKings Predictions
DraftKings Predictions is a new standalone mobile app and web product that allows eligible customers to trade on real-world outcomes across…
Fox says it has no plans to re-enter sports betting, says CFO Steven Tomsic
Fox Corporation has no intention of re-entering the sports betting business, even as its presence in U.S. sports broadcasting gives it a st…
Major prediction markets team up to form national trade group
While gaming trade groups shuffle around leadership, major prediction markets have banded together to form a new trade group.
Five fintech…
Fanatics no longer an American Gaming Association member
Fanatics followed FanDuel and DraftKings in announcing its entry into prediction markets. It has also followed them out of the American Gam…
Kalshi Becomes CNN’s Official Prediction Market Partner After Raising $1B
Prediction markets platform Kalshi has secured a major media breakthrough after signing a partnership with CNN, making the company the netw…
New Hampshire gaming revenue tops $107 million in third quarter 2025
New Hampshire’s third quarter sports betting revenue marked a turning point for the sports wagering economy, with a record $90.9 million in…
Virginia Sets Record Sports Betting Handle in October
No tricks here, the Old Dominion State had some solid treats in October as the Virginia Lottery released their official monthly sports wage…
Is News + Prediction Markets ‘New’ Media? Or Just Sports Betting-Style Partnership?
The “new” media kinda looks a lot like the old “new” media.
I’ve been doing this job long enough to remember when it was newsworthy for th…
The NFL is Keeping Its Distance from Prediction Markets - For Now
The NFL is hell-bent on protecting "The Shield” at all times and isn’t about to let the current legal and regulatory uncertainty surroundin…
Ban on professional sports betting by college athletes will remain in place
NCAA athletes and athletic department staff will not be allowed to bet on professional sports after the organization’s membership voted Fri…
Robinhood freezes sports contracts in Nevada after injunction denied
Financial services and trading company Robinhood has backed away from sports prediction markets in Nevada, at least for the time being.
Af…
Ohio Governor Regrets Bringing Sports Betting To State
In The Wake Of Betting Scandals, Gov. Mike DeWine Lamented Legalizing The Industry In 2021
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed sports betting int…
NYRA wants New York’s online sportsbooks to offer fixed-odds horse racing
The New York Racing Association wants a world where horses and hockey, ponies and pigskin, are available for wagering alongside each other…
Explainer: Why is Congress Looking into Sports Betting – and How Far Will It Go?
Recent indictments spark Congressional examination of sports betting
Explainer examines likely outcome of Congressional probe
Congres…
MLB promises full cooperation with Senate gambling inquiry
A pair of Senators, from each side of the aisle, want information from Major League Baseball relating to the gambling scandal that resulted…
FanDuel and DraftKings split with AGA over prediction markets debate
FanDuel and DraftKings and the American Gaming Association (AGA) don’t see eye to eye on sports prediction markets, and the crack in the fo…
Oregon sports betting handle tops record $100 million
The Oregon Lottery has reported record figures for its sports betting operations, with a recent monthly high handle of over $101 million an…
How sports betting is affecting NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL players
No American sports league has been fully insulated from gambling scandals since the Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on sports bettin…
ESPN partners with DraftKings as exclusive sportsbook after PENN deal ends
ESPN and DraftKings have entered into a multiyear agreement that will make DraftKings the exclusive Official Sportsbook and Odds Provider…
Gambling "syndicate" apparently targeted college basketball
Legalized, normalized, and heavily monetized gambling is creating all sorts of irregularities, and it’s just a matter of time before the NF…
FanDuel adds Keith Whyte as a Responsible Gaming Strategic Advisor
(PRESS RELEASE) -- September marks Responsible Gaming Education Month, and today FanDuel, the premier online gaming company in North Americ…
How Fox Sports is using horse racing to tap into the sports betting market
Mike Mulvihill is making a bold bet on an old sport that has been left for dead many times.
Mr. Mulvihill, a Fox Sports executive, knew th…