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The Fastest Payment Methods for Online Casinos

The Fastest Payment Methods for Online Casinos

Online casinos have changed significantly over the past decade, and one of the most practical improvements has been in h...

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France Blocks Polymarket as Regulators Target ISP Access

France Blocks Polymarket as Regulators Target ISP Access

France ANJ order targets Polymarket with ISP blocks, as Czechia blacklists the site and ESMA flags binary event contract...

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Kalshi Flight Cancellation Markets: Can Travel Disruption Become a Tradable Hedge?

Kalshi Flight Cancellation Markets: Can Travel Disruption Become a Tradable Hedge?

Kalshi filing details airport flight-cancellation contracts using FlightAware data, as the CFTC asserts oversight. Hedge...

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Prediction Markets vs Options: Why Identical Event Contracts Can Trade at Different Prices

Prediction Markets vs Options: Why Identical Event Contracts Can Trade at Different Prices

ArXiv study finds 5–11% wedges between Polymarket/Kalshi and BTC options. Microstructure, funding, and legal risk explai...

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Goldman Limits Prediction-Market Bets: Why Compliance Walls Are Coming for Event Trading

Goldman Limits Prediction-Market Bets: Why Compliance Walls Are Coming for Event Trading

Goldman Sachs ban on finance and politics prediction bets hints at stricter oversight as the CFTC proposes event-contrac...

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Polymarket's Margin Trading Push: Can Event Contracts Move Beyond Fully Collateralized Bets?

Polymarket's Margin Trading Push: Can Event Contracts Move Beyond Fully Collateralized Bets?

CFTC notice sets 90-day reviews while a Polymarket affiliate files for FCM, NFA, and swap firm status. Margin on event c...

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Polymarket's U.S. Marketing Blitz: Can Prediction Markets Rebuild Trust After a Ban?

Polymarket's U.S. Marketing Blitz: Can Prediction Markets Rebuild Trust After a Ban?

Polymarket’s U.S. push pairs MLB and media deals with a $26.6B sector surge as CFTC rules evolve. Here’s what matters fo...

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North Carolina's Prediction Market Budget: Kalshi Gets a State-Level Legitimacy Test

North Carolina's Prediction Market Budget: Kalshi Gets a State-Level Legitimacy Test

North Carolina budget would authorize prediction markets and tax operators’ net fees at 6% from Jan. 1 if signed, settin...

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Spotify Streaming Fraud Hits Prediction Markets: Why Data Integrity Is Now a Betting Risk

Spotify Streaming Fraud Hits Prediction Markets: Why Data Integrity Is Now a Betting Risk

Spotify purge removed 500,000 fake streams and forced betting fallout as a $3M Kalshi market settled early. Here is why...

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EU Prediction Market Crackdown: Kalshi and Polymarket Face the Retail Access Wall

EU Prediction Market Crackdown: Kalshi and Polymarket Face the Retail Access Wall

ESMA ban on retail event-derivative contracts reshapes EU prediction markets as Kalshi and Polymarket weigh geofencing;...

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