Sports betting
Every story tagged sports betting from the last 60 days of the digest, newest first.
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Sunday 18 October 2026
Front Office Sports
NBA draws new lines on what fans can betThe NBA told its sportsbook partners to stop offering some prop bets, including first-basket wagers.
Saturday 10 October 2026
The Washington Post
Early Brief: The politics of prediction marketsLawmakers are moving to stop candidates from trading on their own elections as prediction-market volume nears $200 billion a quarter.
Friday 9 October 2026
Front Office Sports
NFL asks Supreme Court to hear prediction markets caseThe NFL asked the Supreme Court to treat sports event contracts as state-regulated gambling, citing $1.8 billion of NFL trading on one Sunday.
Friday 2 October 2026
Yahoo Finance
Kalshi finalizing funding at $40 billion valuationThe prediction market nearly quadrupled its December valuation on a reported $4 billion annualized revenue run rate ahead of a possible 2027 IPO.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Front Office Sports
CFTC preparing crackdown on prediction market promosThe CFTC is preparing to restrict incentive and promotional programs run by prediction-market platforms.
Front Office Sports
Novig to quadruple valuation with new funding roundThe sports-focused prediction market is raising at a valuation of up to $2 billion.
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Front Office Sports
CFTC looks closely at prediction markets' incentive programsFurther reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.
Saturday 26 September 2026
Front Office Sports
New York pulls Polymarket into legal battle with $4.6B suitNew York accuses the prediction market of skirting state gambling law, the second such suit after Kalshi, testing whether CFTC oversight preempts state regulators.
Wednesday 23 September 2026
Front Office Sports
Demystifying the role of market makers in prediction marketsMarket makers are the structural difference between a prediction market and an online sportsbook.
Front Office Sports
Ryan Smith doesn't want betting to take over sportsThe Jazz and Utah Mammoth owner says betting and prediction markets are permanent but need moderation.
Friday 18 September 2026
Semafor
Commerce Dept. ordered Kalshi to take down AI compute futures productThe Commerce Department cited national security concerns in ordering the prediction market to pull a product tracking AI compute prices.
Monday 14 September 2026
Business Insider
An Anthropic researcher quits over AI safety concernsResearcher Jacob Coxon said AI companies are gambling with our lives, which pushed the safety debate to a boiling point.
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