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AGA targets prediction markets after reporting sweepstakes progress

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The American Gaming Association (AGA) said it would focus on prediction markets in 2026 after its work helped push sweepstakes casinos out of many key US markets in 2025. AGA President and CEO Bill Miller said the association views prediction platforms as operating outside state and tribal sports-betting frameworks. The AGA report put 2025 US commercial gaming revenue at $78.6bn, up 9%.

Operators face continued AGA advocacy against prediction markets and scrutiny of unregulated sweepstakes casinos.

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Tribal leaders and AGA coordinate opposition to US prediction markets

Reportedly, Tribal leaders and the American Gaming Association described closer coordination against prediction markets at G2E in Las Vegas. California Nations Indian Gaming Association is also organising a coalition ahead of a possible 2028 online sports betting initiative.

At the Las Vegas edition of G2E, the American Gaming Association and tribal leaders voiced a more unified pushback against prediction markets, and they singled out California as a central battleground. A Main Stage panel contended that sports event contracts from firms like Kalshi take revenue away from states and tribes and should not be accepted as legal substitutes for gambling.

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