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Kalshi Beats the Books on NFL Totals, Loses to Fanduel on Moneylines
16.9.2026
A Citizens JMP note published Monday found Kalshi priced NFL Week 1 cheaper than Draftkings and Fanduel. Its figures show the edge comes entirely from over/under markets: on game outcomes, Fanduel is cheaper. The comparison also sits before Kalshi’s transaction fee, which the same note puts...
A Fake Tesco Casino Is Still Live and Ranking First on Google
15.9.2026
“The official Tesco casino” was able to advertise itself as the real deal on Meta until the Guardian put questions to it. The unlicensed casino remains online at the time of writing this article, and ranks first in Google’s organic results for the search term it targets. It is just one...
Gulfport Man Wins $1M on a $30 Scratch-Off: Seven Top Prizes Remain
15.9.2026
A Mississippi player claimed the third $1 million top prize on the state lottery’s Millionaire Maker game after buying the ticket at a Shell station during his usual round. The game launched in January with ten such prizes. Three Millionaires in Eight Months, Seven Prizes Left The player,...
Betmgm Bets on Injury Refunds and a $50K Free-to-Play NFL Jackpot
12.9.2026
Betmgm has rolled out a football-season product slate built around two headline features: a prop bet refund when a named player is injured early, and a free-to-play game with a weekly $50,000 bonus bets jackpot. Both are excluded in several jurisdictions, and one of them covers ground prediction...
Sydney Sweeney Takes Equity in Novig for Its Viral Ad
12.9.2026
More details have come forth about Sydney Sweeney’s viral ad for sports prediction market Novig, which drew an adult content warning on X. It has now been revealed that the actress has joined Novig as a strategic partner and equity holder, with the company’s chief executive claiming...
A 97% Favorite Lost at Goodwood and the Bookmakers Still Took a Hit
11.9.2026
Najidi Storm went off at 1-33 in a three-runner novice stakes on Tuesday and was beaten by a horse part-owned by Manchester City’s Phil Foden. It set a British record that had stood since 1948, and cost Paddy Power and Boyle Sports money anyway. A Favorite Losing Bucks Conventional Wisdom...
Gen Z Is Twice as Likely to Call Sports Betting an Investment, BofA Finds
10.9.2026
New research by Bank of America found that across every generation, Americans were more likely to consider buying event contracts an investment than placing a sports bet, with Gen Z respondents at a standout high. The same data shows bettors recovering less than 75 cents for every dollar sent...
Robinhood Takes Stakes in Crypto.com and Its $5B Prediction Spinout
8.9.2026
Robinhood said Tuesday it will route some football event contracts through OG.com’s federally regulated exchange while taking minority equity stakes in the platform and its former parent, Crypto.com. The stakes are priced against a $20 billion valuation, and contracts began reaching eligible...
UK Regulator Revisits the 2019 Ban Blocking Prediction Markets
8.9.2026
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority has held talks with trading platforms about easing the retail binary options ban that keeps Kalshi and Polymarket out of the UK, The Times reported. The rules are unchanged, and a second regulator still stands between the platforms and British customers....
Casino Lobby Blames Prediction Markets for First Flat NFL Betting Season
8.9.2026
The American Gaming Association expects citizens to wager $29.5 billion with regulated sportsbooks on the 2026 NFL season, the first one without meaningful growth since the Supreme Court struck down the federal betting ban in 2018. The trade body attributes the stall to prediction markets, which...
Kalshi’s SCOTUS Pregame: Wait for the CFTC to Rewrite the Rules
5.9.2026
New Jersey asked the Supreme Court on Sept. 2 to step in as the Third and Ninth Circuits produced a split on whether states can regulate sports bets offered on a federally registered exchange. Kalshi’s answer, delivered by three executives before any brief is filed, is that the conflicting...
Hungary Moves to Abolish Regulator Behind Controversial 35-Year Casino Deal
4.9.2026
Hungary’s new government has ordered a report on how to terminate the authority that oversees gambling, tobacco, and concessions, six weeks after that authority extended a casino license to 2061 without a public tender. On Wednesday, the prime minister said legislation is coming and the body...
‘I Screamed so Loud That I Scared My Son’: Michigan Woman Wins $1 Million on Scratch-Off
2.9.2026
A 58-year-old Kent County woman won the top prize on the Michigan Lottery’s $1,000,000 Bonus Scratch Multiplier and elected a lump sum worth about 69% of face value. Two more $1 million tickets remain unclaimed in the game. A $10 Ticket and a 31% Discount An anonymous 58-year-old player from...
‘An Unserious Company’: Santos Fires Back at Kalshi Lifetime Ban
1.9.2026
Kalshi issued its first permanent ban on Monday, barring former U.S. Rep. George Santos and fining him $71,356 over trades on his own State of the Union attendance. The exchange cited his failure to cooperate with its investigation – a finding its own notice never substantiates, and one the CFTC...
Ninth Circuit Ruling Sets Up a Kalshi Supreme Court Fight on Sept. 3
1.9.2026
New Jersey has until Thursday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit decision protecting Kalshi’s sports event contracts from state gambling law. On Friday, a federal appeals court in San Francisco decided the same question the opposite way, handing the state the circuit...
NFL Returns to Draftkings and Fanduel, Still Shuns Prediction Markets
29.8.2026
The NFL signed new multi-year sports betting deals with Draftkings, Fanduel, and Fanatics on Thursday, ending a five-month gap without an official sportsbook partner. All three agreed to bar wagers on injuries and officiating, which the CFTC has proposed restricting on prediction markets....
Polymarket Pulls NFL Contracts, Certifies Bitcoin Bets The Same Day
28.8.2026
Polymarket’s US-serving platform withdrew both of its NFL player participation filings on Aug. 26, one day after certifying them with the CFTC and one day before the listing date it had given the agency. On the same day, the exchange certified bitcoin, ether, and solana price contracts. Both sets...
Trump Media Drops ‘Truth Predict’ Buildout, Chooses Crypto.com Instead
27.8.2026
Trump Media has abandoned plans to build a prediction market directly into Truth Social, opting instead to market Crypto.com’s existing prediction products to its users. Trump Media Scraps Original Prediction Market Idea for New Partnership with Crypto.com The shift effectively kills the original...
Kalshi Nears Sponsorship Deal With Times-Owned The Athletic
27.8.2026
Kalshi is in advanced talks to become a sponsor of The Athletic, filling a commercial slot the sports title has left open since its exclusive Betmgm partnership lapsed. No agreement has been signed yet, and any deal would need approval from the New York Times’ parent company. Talks Would Fill...
UK Gambling Lobby Puts Illegal Premier League Bets at $1.09B
26.8.2026
The UK’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) says unlicensed operators could take up to $1.09 billion in Premier League wagers this season, rising to about $1.36 billion once a betting tax increase lands in April 2027. The trade body published no methodology and named no source for either...