1win expands Markets offering with cryptocurrency forecasts
The addition of cryptocurrency prediction markets expands 1win’s Markets product into digital assets.
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Italy’s Court of Cassation overturns aggravated-damage conviction at gaming venue
The ruling clarifies when venue property under active supervision can qualify for an aggravated-damage charge.
Los Angeles therapists report more young adults seeking gambling treatment as Kalshi expands
Operators and regulators face pressure to address prediction markets that draw young adults into gambling outside state licensing regimes.
Underdog launches CFTC-licensed prediction market exchange
The launch gives Underdog customers access to prediction markets through its own exchange.
Google bars prediction market advertising in Michigan and New York
Operators offering prediction market products face advertising restrictions in two additional US states.
Kalshi and AppliedXL launch clinical-trial prediction-market pilot
The pilot tests prediction markets on clinical-trial outcomes and FDA decisions, using specified public documents to resolve contracts.
Underdog launches wholly owned prediction market exchange
The in-house exchange shifts event-contract trading economics toward Underdog and adds a prediction-market venue to the sector.
Series A
Pascal raises $9m in Series A financing
Pascal's $9m Series A, led by Union Square Ventures, funds a new prediction market entrant.
Brazil receives six betting-operation authorisation requests in H1 2026
The figures indicate a sharp slowdown in prospective entrants and show the size of the authorisation queue.
Kalshi launches drug trial and regulatory decision contracts
Kalshi's medicine-trial and regulatory-decision contracts, including Sanofi and Gilead approvals, expand event-contract offerings.
West Virginia attorney general expects Supreme Court prediction markets ruling in 2027
A Supreme Court decision on prediction markets would set the legal boundary between event contracts and regulated sports betting for US operators.
Analysts question Tidal and Subversive sports-event contract ETF plans
Approval would create a listed vehicle giving investors exposure to sports-event contracts, a structure regulators and operators are watching closely.
UK government confirms plans to extend unlicensed gambling sponsorship ban beyond sport
Operators and rights holders face a possible end to unlicensed sponsorship deals, with smaller clubs most exposed to lost revenue.
Ferrara Questura approves prohibited-games table for gambling venues
Venues covered by the table must display it visibly, and failure to do so is subject to criminal penalties.
CFTC directs Kalshi to maintain Michigan sports contracts
The CFTC's direction conflicts with a state court order, leaving Kalshi competing obligations in Michigan.
Kalshi faces Michigan geofencing deadline as CFTC orders trades honoured
The rulings test whether federal commodities law preempts state gambling rules for CFTC-regulated event contracts, affecting prediction market operators and licensed sportsbooks.
ALEA updates voluntary gambling communications code for Argentina
Operators using affiliates or streamers may need contract terms requiring compliance with the voluntary code.
Five Tribes council seeks federal safeguards for prediction markets in the USA
The requested safeguards could affect prediction-market operators’ obligations under gaming laws and tribal-state compacts.
Fine
FINTRAC fines Atlantic Lottery $212,025 over compliance failures
Atlantic Lottery said it would accept the decision without a challenge and pay the penalty.
Four US banks restrict employees’ trading on prediction markets
The banks’ policies add compliance constraints for staff engaging with prediction-market contracts.
Google bans prediction market advertising in Michigan and New York
Advertisers should note Google extended prediction market ad restrictions to Michigan and New York.
Signature-gathering contractor sues Lake Ozark casino developers for $1.6m
Investors should note a lawsuit alleging $1.6m in unpaid signature-gathering bills from an abandoned casino ballot campaign.
AGLC reports record contraband tobacco seizure in Alberta enforcement push
The enforcement results signal sustained Alberta action against illicit tobacco, a market adjacent to regulated gambling.
Source: AGLC (Alberta)
Josh Gottheimer proposes facial age checks for betting and prediction markets
The proposal would add facial age verification requirements for sportsbooks and prediction market platforms.
Oklahoma tribal council seeks federal prediction market scrutiny
The council seeks federal action over perceived gaps in prediction market regulation.