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PGCB chief urges lawmakers to address sports prediction markets

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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board executive director Kevin F. O’Toole urged the state’s congressional delegation to ask the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to examine sports prediction markets. In a letter, he said event contracts operating under commodity rules could weaken protections and oversight in Pennsylvania’s regulated sports betting market.

The appeal could shape federal scrutiny of prediction markets competing with state-regulated sports betting.

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