Vertical: Sports Betting

PlayAIO secures investment from Vyking Ventures

16 June 2026 at 7:28am UTC-4
Vyking Ventures, the investment arm of igaming supplier Vyking, has invested in data and artificial intelligence firm PlayAIO. The new funding will support PlayAIO’s product ...

DraftKings extends multi-year partnership with GeoComply

16 June 2026 at 6:27am UTC-4
DraftKings has extended its multi-year partnership with data compliance firm GeoComply, building on a collaboration that has been running for more than a decade. The extended ...
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Nevada Gaming Control Board seeks Kalshi contempt ruling

15 June 2026 at 7:37am UTC-4
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has asked a court to hold prediction market operator Kalshi in contempt for allegedly not complying with a recent court order. According to a ...

Flutter Entertainment delisting from London Stock Exchange to focus on US

15 June 2026 at 7:32am UTC-4
Flutter Entertainment will delist its shares from the London Stock Exchange, just less than two years after moving its primary listing to New York. The company, which owns ...

Ovanti launches Southeast Asian prediction market in time for World Cup

15 June 2026 at 7:19am UTC-4
FinTech company Ovanti has launched the initial release phase of its Ominari prediction market platform, available in Southeast Asia. This is Ovanti’s first entry into the ...

CFTC sues New Mexico over prediction market regulation

15 June 2026 at 7:06am UTC-4
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued New Mexico in a dispute over how sports-related prediction markets are regulated. The suit, filed in the US District Court for ...
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Polymarket becomes official prediction market partner of Liga MX in the US

12 June 2026 at 9:02am UTC-4
Polymarket has signed an agreement with the Mexican football league Liga MX, to become the league’s official prediction market sponsor in the US. The partnership will cover ...

Better Collective launches AI-betting product in Brazil

12 June 2026 at 7:59am UTC-4
Better Collective has launched its AI-powered betting product, Playbook, in Brazil ahead of the 2026 World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19. According to the company ...
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ProphetX receives CFTC approval for sports-native prediction markets

12 June 2026 at 7:56am UTC-4
ProphetX has gained approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate sports-focused prediction markets in the US. ProphetX said the approval makes it the first ...

Playradar launches football-themed gaming titles for 2026 World Cup

12 June 2026 at 6:34am UTC-4
The online gaming brand of Sportradar, Playradar, has released four football-themed gaming titles to coincide with the start of the 2026 World Cup on June 11. The new titles ...

World Cup gambling ads cause concerns in Toronto

12 June 2026 at 5:40am UTC-4
Advocacy groups and government officials in Toronto have expressed concerns about an increase in gambling ads associated with the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Speaking this week ...

Pennsylvania lawmaker proposes online gambling restrictions on school property

11 June 2026 at 7:40am UTC-4
Pennsylvania Rep. Jason Ortitay has proposed legislation that would block users of sports betting and igaming platforms from accessing those services while on school property ...

Polymarket volume falls for second month despite industry growth

11 June 2026 at 7:22am UTC-4
Polymarket recorded a monthly decline in trading volume on its international platform in May, its second consecutive monthly fall. According to on-chain data platform Dune ...

CFTC proposes rules to allow sports contracts offered by prediction markets

11 June 2026 at 7:04am UTC-4
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has set out new rules that would allow prediction markets to offer sports-related event contracts in the US but would restrict some types ...

Wisconsin starts talks on online sports betting expansion

11 June 2026 at 6:19am UTC-4
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and leaders from the state’s 11 federally recognized tribes have begun discussions on the next steps toward legal online sports betting. The ...