The NFL’s position aligns with a bipartisan coalition of 39 states, including California, New York, and Alabama, which seek the authority to regulate event-forecasting platforms. The filings argue that without sufficient staffing for oversight and enforcement, the integrity of games and consumer protections cannot be guaranteed. This coordinated effort aims to bring prediction companies under the same legal restrictions and jurisdictional oversight as traditional sports betting operations.
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NFL Urges Fast Supreme Court Decision on Prediction Market Gambling
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Prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket are voicing opposition to a recent legal move by the NFL seeking an expedited ruling on whether these services should be governed by state wagering statutes. In an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, the league labeled these platforms as gambling operations and requested a speedy resolution to the litigation. A league source stated the NFL would accept a federal regulatory framework if it mirrored the oversight approach of individual states, though the Commodity Futures Trading Commission denied it had entered any such agreement with the league to improve coordination.
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