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Pennsylvania gaming board chief warns Congress about prediction markets

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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board executive director Kevin O’Toole wrote to the state’s congressional delegation on 3 October, warning that sports prediction markets could undermine state gambling regulation. He argued that markets classifying sports contracts as federally regulated commodities could avoid state licensing and consumer-protection requirements, and offered to meet with lawmakers.

Pennsylvania regulators warn that prediction markets could bypass state licensing and consumer-protection requirements.

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