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CFTC Drops Appeal In Kalshi Elections Case And Staff Placed On ‘Administrative Leave’ For Potential Violations

With appeal dropped, district court decision to allow election betting will stand

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Florida Wagering Lawsuit ‘We Were Always Expecting’ Destined To Fail

Nearly a year after a federal decision that green-lit statewide mobile betting controlled by the Seminoles, a complaint was filed last week in...

Analysis

Why The Federal Wire Act May Be No Threat To Prediction Markets At All

'The question becomes, not can you interpret the Wire Act this way, but do you have to?'

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Industry

This Is InGame

Welcome to the latest industry site from the Third Planet team

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Analysis

Illinois Legislators’ Latest Money Grab May Send Bettors To Black Market

Latest proposed tax will only lead to less investment, lousier legal product in the state

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Arizona Regulator Files Objection With CFTC Over Sports Event Contracts, Calls It Gambling

The CFTC is down to one commissioner with an appointed chairman waiting in the wings

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Features

Parsing Signal And Noise In An Overcrowded Sports Betting Information Marketplace

'You shouldn’t need a flashy personality if the purpose is winning bets,' said Danny Burke

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Sports Betting

Ohio Surpasses $20 Billion All-Time Handle With Strong April

State becomes quickest to reach the threshold handle post-PASPA after $800 million was wagered in month

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Pack A Bowl, Place A Parlay: Sin Taxes Keep Climbing

While sportsbooks reel from Illinois' anticipated per-bet tax, know this: Cannabis operators feel your pain

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Finance

Proposed Illinois Tax Hike Wipes $3B Off DraftKings’, Flutter’s Combined Market Cap

Analysts warned the impact of the new tax would be hard to mitigate

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Illinois Lawmakers Pass Additional Tax On Sports Betting Wagers

New tax on each wager will effectively put Illinois' tax for top operators on par with New York's 51%

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Indian Country Says CFTC Won’t Take Any Action On Prediction Markets

Tribal interests say the CFTC listened, but said it will stay on the sidelines on issue of sports event contracts

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EndGame: WNBA Betting Set To Tank?

Our round-up of North American sports betting's top stories of the week

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Five Years On, D.C. Betting Landscape Is Unrecognizable — And That’s Good

When sports betting launched in the nation's capital in 2020, GamBetDC was less than popular