By The Weekly Edge desk · · Updated
The CFTC and state gaming regulators dispute who should oversee prediction markets, CDC Gaming reported. The report highlighted expanding sports event contracts and quoted Rob Schwartz describing the jurisdictional litigation.
Oversight of prediction markets remains contested between the CFTC and state gaming regulators as sports event contracts expand.
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The outcome could determine whether prediction market operators can continue serving the US market under federal or state rules.
The dispute concerns whether federal commodities regulators or gambling authorities should oversee sports contracts, affecting prediction market oversight.
The case could affect whether states can regulate sports prediction markets and the safeguards operators face.
The appointment expands Dechert’s capacity to advise clients on prediction markets and CFTC regulation.
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Operators face unresolved gaming definitions as the CFTC deliberates and Nevada and New Jersey assert authority over sports-outcome contracts.