Polymarket introduced voluntary self-exclusion and other user-protection tools on its US and international platforms, the company said. Users can exclude themselves for periods from 30 days to one year or permanently; US users can set daily, weekly or monthly deposit limits. Polymarket also announced a support agreement with Birches Health.
Users can limit access or deposits, giving operators new tools to support user protection.
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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission describes a statewide programme allowing people to exclude themselves from casino gambling, sports wagering or iLottery for a chosen term. Participants must complete a reinstatement session before returning to gambling, and operators may extend an exclusion across their offerings at their discretion.
It was reported that a New Jersey appeals court rejected a gambler’s attempt to reverse voluntary lifetime casino self-exclusion. The court regarded restrictions at out-of-state sister properties as an indirect consequence; the gambler’s lawyer warned the outcome could discourage enrolment.
Genius Sports raised its 2026 revenue forecast to $1.015bn-$1.035bn and adjusted EBITDA guidance to $287m-$297m, following Q3 partnerships with Kalshi and Polymarket. The company reported Q3 revenue of $269.9m and adjusted EBITDA of $87.1m, while its year-to-date net loss was $147.9m; CEO Mark Locke said the business was benefiting from its combined scale after acquiring Legend.
Genius Sports has lifted its expectations for revenue and EBITDA in 2026. Leadership expects 2026 revenue between $1.015bn and $1.035bn, with adjusted EBITDA between $287m and $297m.
SCCG Management said its portfolio company Tater supplied data for a CNBC segment about US midterm election prediction markets. The chart showed a 74% probability for Democratic control of the Senate, compared with 87% implied by individual contracts, according to the company’s account.
Tater, described as a data and analytics platform for the prediction market, is a portfolio company of SCCG Management, which announced the firm appeared on CNBC's Closing Bell. The network's segment carried the title “Betting on the Midterm Elections,” and within it CNBC displayed a full-screen chart credited to Tater under the heading “Kalshi Traders and the Blue Wave.”
Sportradar reported that US revenue rose 47% year on year to €98m in Q3 2026, which the company attributed partly to growing demand from prediction-market businesses. Chief executive Carsten Koerl said the impact of states excluding markets was not material to the company, citing contract terms that restrict content use where those products cannot be offered.
U.S. revenue rose 47% to €98m ($109.7m) in Q3 2026, against Q3 2025. Growing work in the prediction markets industry fueled the 47% year-over-year increase in Sportradar’s U.S. revenue in Q3. CEO Carsten Koerl said he does not worry about more states excluding sports event contracts.