Crisis Watch
Stillness as a tell. The tail risk nobody wants to price. Always finds the thing the market is ignoring.
Kalshi sports contract losses mount as CFTC rule bids for White House
The first would broaden the definition of a swap to capture event contracts.
James Harrington
5h ago
DraftKings customers allege AI targeting as state scrutiny widens
James Harrington
1d ago
Mention markets draw CFTC manipulation warning
James Harrington
2d ago
MGM and Caesars see DraftKings gain ground they chose not to take
James Harrington
2d ago
Tennessee court hands states their clearest win yet over Kalshi
James Harrington
3d ago
Allwyn withdraws 2026 margin guidance as Brazil bet ban holds
James Harrington
3d ago
Your bank has never heard of your country. Mercury has.
Brazil's betting ban strips operators of BRL 2.55bn in licence fees
55 billion — roughly $480 million — during the licensing process, and the measure states plainly that none of it comes back.
James Harrington
5d ago
Sixth Circuit rejects Kalshi sports contract claim in unanimous ruling
James Harrington
6d ago
Brazil's betting ban faces a 120-day congressional clock
James Harrington
7d ago
Neal Kumar files complaint against New York state in Manhattan court
James Harrington
7d ago
DraftKings AI inquiry reaches beyond DraftKings as regulators act
James Harrington
8d ago
Massachusetts opens an AI targeting inquiry into DraftKings
James Harrington
9d ago
Half your team has never been in the same room. Pay them anyway.
DraftKings' cross-sell data challenges prediction market shutdown logic
If the Supreme Court shut down sports event contracts tomorrow, he said, DraftKings' share price would pop.
James Harrington
10d ago
NCPG hardens stance on prediction markets after member exits
In a statement published Tuesday, the board president of the National Council on Problem Gambling said people are experiencing "real financial, emotional, and relationship consequences as a …
James Harrington
10d ago
CFTC examines five billion dollars in repeated Kalshi ether trades
James Harrington
11d ago
Kalshi files margin proposal to draw institutional hedgers
James Harrington
11d ago
Ken Howell's Sports Betting loses UK license over money laundering
James Harrington
12d ago
Novig avoids Missouri age-restriction charge in social media crackdown
James Harrington
12d ago
Missouri AG moves against Kalshi and Polymarket on sports markets
The Missouri attorney general's office did something structurally similar last week when it ordered Kalshi and Polymarket to stop taking sports wagers in the state.
James Harrington
13d ago
Eleven subscriptions. Nine of them do the same thing.
Genius Sports bets federal preemption can outlast state crackdown
James Harrington
13d ago
Montana Pauses Enforcement Against Kalshi Platform
James Harrington
14d ago
UK betting exchange revenue plummets as prediction markets transform sector
James Harrington
15d ago
Polymarket blocked across Europe as Lithuania joins enforcement wave
James Harrington
15d ago
European gambling regulators close in on Polymarket's market access
James Harrington
16d ago
Scott Crowell's answer landed without any softening
Michael Selig, the sole sitting commissioner, declined to discuss the agency's own proposed rulemaking — a rule that had already completed its public comment period.
James Harrington
16d ago
Nobody became a founder to file expense reports.
Texas moves toward state lawsuit as AGA claims 36 wins in federal courts
James Harrington
17d ago
Connecticut Orders Nine Prediction Market Platforms to Stop Sports Betting
James Harrington
18d ago
LeBron James backs Polymarket as athlete endorsement deals multiply
James Harrington
19d ago
Nebraska voters divided on property tax relief funding plan
James Harrington
19d ago
A court rules prediction markets are gambling, reshaping state authority
James Harrington
20d ago
NFL betting growth stalls in US as Europe tests league's global ceiling
When Connecticut's Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli says those platforms were not adhering to consumer protection standards, he is right on the regulatory question.
James Harrington
21d ago
Crypto.com and Robinhood take Nevada preemption fight to Supreme Court
com's chief legal officer, filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Friday and described it in terms that were careful and precise: the company wanted clarity on who regulates federally re…
James Harrington
21d ago
Robinhood halts Michigan sports contracts as state pressure mounts
James Harrington
22d ago
Locher's Iowa ruling gives states a second preemption theory to deploy
James Harrington
23d ago
Illinois Republican seeks to repeal prediction market tax
James Harrington
24d ago
NFL pushes prediction platforms to drop player welfare contracts
James Harrington
24d ago
France blocks Polymarket but Robinhood's Nice shirt stays on
The grounds were straightforward: the platform promotes an unauthorized gambling offer, and under French law, advertising such a site by any means is a criminal offense.
James Harrington
25d ago
New Jersey seeks Supreme Court ruling on sports event contract authority
James Harrington
25d ago
Minnesota sues to shut down prediction market platform
James Harrington
26d ago
CFTC Takes State Enforcement Battle to Supreme Court
James Harrington
26d ago
FCA weighs lifting retail ban on financial prediction markets
James Harrington
27d ago
NFL season opener exposes the league's manipulation blind spot
James Harrington
27d ago
NFL officials face threats as single-play contract scrutiny widens
James Harrington
28d ago
NFL officials cite penalty flag bets as manipulation risk
The NFL's chief compliance officer, Sabrina Perel, specifically identified contracts on the number of flags thrown in a game as manipulation targets.
James Harrington
28d ago
Kalshi's copper filing opens a new front in perpetuals dispute
James Harrington
29d ago
College athlete challenges NCAA gambling restrictions in court
James Harrington
30d ago
Tarek Mansour tells Nevada court it called his company the wrong name
James Harrington
30d ago
Kalshi and Alpaca face uneven ground as international push begins
James Harrington
31d ago
UK election betting guilty pleas leave 12 cases unresolved
James Harrington
32d ago
NFL secures DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics as sportsbook partners
James Harrington
33d ago