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October 26, 2026
NBA names Kalshi and Polymarket preferred prediction markets under new safeguards
- The NBA also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on oversight and integrity protections.
- League and team personnel will be barred from trading on NBA events, and the NBA will have approval rights over which markets are offered.
- The agreements’ financial terms were not disclosed; prediction-market regulation remains contested in more than a dozen states.
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- NBA announces new agreements with prediction markets, eyeing integrityOct 26, 2026 at 2:11 PM · AP
- NBA partners with Kalshi, Polymarket as prediction markets face scrutinyOct 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM · The Hill