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12 Sep All Bettors launches free-to-play platform built around Curv coins The social gaming site mixes prediction markets and casino-style play while saying users face no real-money wagering or cash prizes.
11 Sep ESMA says Polymarket, Kalshi lack EU authorization The watchdog also questioned partial geo-blocks, saying event contracts can fall under securities, crypto or gambling rules depending on how they are structured.
11 Sep Pennsylvania lawmakers move to tax and police prediction markets One bill would hand oversight to the state gaming board and impose steep taxes, while another would target insider trading, manipulation and sensitive wagers.
11 Sep CME ends new expiries for sports and awards swaps Existing contracts on Globex will keep trading, clearing and settling as the exchange rewrites its listing schedule.
11 Sep CFTC opened three Polymarket probes FOIA records point to private investigations into Biden pardon markets, Iran contracts and Google-themed trades.
11 Sep Connecticut orders nine prediction platforms to halt sports contracts State officials say the firms were offering unlicensed sports event contracts and must stop advertising, promoting and making them available to residents.
10 Sep Underdog sues five states over prediction markets The company says state gambling laws are pre-empted by federal commodities rules.
10 Sep Kalshi brings Oddpool in-house The prediction-market data startup was co-founded by Avi Arora and Ritesh Malpani, and its founders said talks with chief executive Tarek Mansour convinced them they could move faster inside Kalshi.
10 Sep Michigan pauses Robinhood’s new sports event contracts The state says the company will stop taking new sports-related positions by the end of Wednesday and unwind existing ones by Oct. 9, while the wider fight over prediction markets continues.
10 Sep Polymarket names first companywide CFO as fundraising looms Warren Jenson joins as the company seeks new capital and expands its regulated exchange and global platform.
9 Sep 10th Circuit lets Utah keep enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi The appeals court declined to pause state action while Kalshi challenges a ruling that federal law does not preempt Utah’s gambling ban.
9 Sep Small bets sway US congressional prediction markets The Anti-Corruption Data Collective said a $3,500 wager could move almost every market it studied, and the exchanges pushed back.