More than half of U.S. states have some sort of anti-election betting law in place, per a Pew analysis, despite it being declared federally legal in 2024.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Betting firm-sponsored influencer posts have triggered concern in a US election year (SCOTT OLSON) A US mayoral race triggered a ...
WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - Prediction market watchdogs may struggle to police betting on the U.S. midterm elections, with thousands of races offering ever more ways for insiders to make a quick ...
Prediction market trading volume has risen from under $5 billion monthly in mid 2025 to nearly $24 billion in April 2026, with sports dominating.
The proposed rules would preserve election markets and allow many sports-based prediction contracts while limiting bets that could encourage manipulation. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission ...
A few days before the first round of Los Angeles’s mayoral primary, Kalshi and Polymarket gave reality TV star Spencer Pratt a 75 percent chance of advancing to the general election. Kalshi published ...
WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - Prediction market watchdogs may struggle to police betting on the U.S. midterm elections, with thousands of races offering ever more ways for insiders to make a quick ...