Polymarket became the New York Yankees’ official prediction market partner for the remainder of the 2026 Major League Baseball season, reportedly. The agreement includes stadium and broadcast signage, as well as fan experiences.
The agreement gives Polymarket promotional exposure at Yankees games and through locally televised coverage.
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Prediction markets generated $78.2bn in notional trading volume during September. A recovery in sports trading helped push the monthly total above the previous record of $56.4bn recorded in July.
Prediction markets recorded $78.2bn in notional trading volume in September, according to a report published by HackerNoon. The total exceeded the previous monthly high of $56.4bn set in July, as sports trading recovered after a late-summer slowdown.
Reportedly, the New York Mets have agreed a multi-year partnership with Novig. The deal makes Novig the team's exclusive official prediction market partner, with the platform to appear in-ballpark, in broadcast and on digital and social media. The agreement follows Novig's designation as an MLB Authorized Prediction Market.
The Ohio Casino Control Commission has told sports betting and fantasy contest licensees and applicants that providing services to prediction market operators may affect their suitability. Interim executive director Andromeda Morrison said licensees must confirm compliance with the notice by 30 October. The commission issued cease-and-desist letters to 10 prediction market companies after a Sixth Circuit ruling allowed Ohio to enforce its gaming laws against Kalshi.
The Ohio Casino Control Commission has sent a notice to sports betting and fantasy contest licensees and applicants in the state warning that providing services to prediction market operators may affect their suitability. Andromeda Morrison, the commission's interim executive director, told the seven-member Commission on Wednesday that licensees and applicants must confirm compliance with the notice by 30 October. The notice was first reported by The Event Horizon newsletter.
Crypto.com and Novig have sued Missouri officials in federal court to stop the state enforcing its sports betting laws against their sports event contracts. The suits were filed on Friday as 30-day deadlines expired for six prediction market operators ordered by Attorney General Catherine Hanaway to stop offering the contracts or obtain state authorisation. Crypto.com argues the Commodity Exchange Act gives the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction.
Crypto.com and Novig have taken Missouri officials to federal court in an effort to block enforcement of the state's sports betting laws against their sports event contracts. The suits arrived on Friday, the same day that 30-day deadlines ran out for six prediction market operators told by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway to halt sports event contracts or secure state authorisation.
The Ohio Casino Control Commission issued demands on 2 October for prediction market operators and brokers to withdraw sports contracts from Ohio. The outlet reported that recipients must provide written confirmation of compliance by 16 October, following a federal appeals ruling allowing Ohio to apply its gambling laws to these contracts.
The Ohio Casino Control Commission sent cease-and-desist letters on 2 October to 10 prediction market operators and brokers, requiring each to confirm in writing by 16 October that it has stopped offering sports event contracts to people in Ohio. The recipients are Coinbase, Gemini, Titan, Moomoo Financial, Novig, Plus500US, Polymarket, Prophet X, Robinhood Derivatives, Underdog Predict and Webull Financial. Kalshi, which contested the commission in court, did not receive a new letter; it already faces a proposed $5m fine from the commission.