The Gambling Wire: CFTC Clarifies Sports Betting Rules, NBA Seeks Prediction Market Data

The CFTC seeks to distinguish sportsbook bets from event contracts. Meanwhile, the NBA calls for national regulatory consistency, in contrast to the NFL’s support for state oversight. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released two rulemakings on Friday, seeking to establish why a sports wager placed at a licensed sportsbook should be treated differently from a contract on the same outcome traded on a prediction market. Meanwhile, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called for access to prediction-market trading data to detect potential manipulation, while Kalshi cited the new CFTC rules in its latest court challenge.