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World Lottery Association urges tighter oversight of prediction markets

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The World Lottery Association (WLA) called for gaming authorities and financial watchdogs to coordinate on prediction markets, arguing that products tied to sporting or other event outcomes should be regulated as bets. It said comparable consumer safeguards should apply even where jurisdictions classify the products as financial instruments.

The WLA is urging coordinated oversight and comparable consumer safeguards for prediction products tied to event outcomes.

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WLA calls for shared rules on illegal betting and prediction markets

The World Lottery Association called for closer international cooperation and common safeguards against illegal gambling and unauthorised prediction markets at a seminar in Lausanne held from 24 to 26 June 2026. The WLA said prediction platforms based on sports or lottery outcomes require local licences, while European Lotteries backed national regulation and cross-border enforcement cooperation.

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