Technology | The Guardian USMar 24
Kalshi and Polymarket ban insider trading as senators look to curb prediction markets https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/kalshi-polymarket-insider-trading-regulation #Technology #SportBetting #UsSenate #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews
Kalshi and Polymarket ban insider trading as senators look to curb prediction markets

Top prediction market sites usher in new guardrails after senators introduced bill that could limit booming industry

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World news | The GuardianMar 23
Bipartisan Senate bill would ban sports betting on online prediction markets https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/bipartisan-senate-bill-sports-betting-ban #UsSenate #Business #SportBetting #UsNews #UsPolitics #Technology
Bipartisan Senate bill would ban sports betting on online prediction markets

Bill was introduced in US Senate on Monday as prediction markets such as Kalshi face greater scrutiny by states

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World news | The GuardianMar 9
Gambling crackdown in Romania as councils can ban betting shops and slot machines https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/09/romania-gambling-decree-allowing-betting-shop-slot-machine-bans #Gambling #SportBetting #Romania #Europe
Gambling crackdown in Romania as councils can ban betting shops and slot machines

At least nine cities to pursue full bans as emergency decree gives decisive veto powers to mayors and local councils

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US news | The GuardianFeb 18
Nevada sues Kalshi to block company’s prediction market operation in state https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/nevada-kalshi-lawsuit-prediction-market #Nevada #SportBetting #UsNews #Sport #Gambling
Nevada sues Kalshi to block company’s prediction market operation in state

State regulators seek to block Kalshi from offering events contracts that would allow residents to bet on sports

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Business | The Guardian USFeb 17
Surging prediction markets face legal backlash in US: ‘Lines have been blurred’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/17/us-prediction-markets-lawsuits-kalshi-polymarket #Business #Gambling #SportBetting
Surging prediction markets face legal backlash in US: ‘Lines have been blurred’

At least 20 federal suits filed against companies like Kalshi and Polymarket as lawmakers call it ‘loophole’ for gambling

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US news | The GuardianFeb 10
Prediction market Kalshi reached $1bn in trading volume during Super Bowl https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/10/kalshi-super-bowl #Business #SuperBowl #SuperBowlLx #SportBetting #UsSports #BadBunny
Prediction market Kalshi reached $1bn in trading volume during Super Bowl

Kalshi says ‘incredible weekend’ after $145m in bets on Bad Bunny’s opening song and guests during half-time show

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US news | The GuardianFeb 8
‘We all on Kalshi now’: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the quiet collapse of sporting trust https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/08/giannis-antetokounmpo-kalshi-prediction-markets-nba #MilwaukeeBucks #Nba #Gambling #SportBetting #Basketball #UsSports #Sport
‘We all on Kalshi now’: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the quiet collapse of sporting trust

The Bucks star has become a shareholder in one of the world’s largest prediction markets. It only ushers the NBA further into the fetid swamp of sports betting

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World news | The GuardianJan 23
Billionaire gambler Tony Bloom denies owing millions to former colleague https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/23/billionaire-gambler-tony-bloom-denies-owing-millions-george-cottrell #BrightonHoveAlbion #SportBetting #Gambling #UkNews #Business
Billionaire gambler Tony Bloom denies owing millions to former colleague

Brighton & Hove Albion football club owner confirms placing bets through accounts of Reform UK adviser George Cottrell, according to legal documents

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World news | The GuardianJan 15
Sports piracy explodes in UK with 3.6bn illegal streams and rise of black-market bookmakers https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/15/sports-piracy-explodes-uk-illegal-streams-black-market-bookmakers #Sport #SportTv #SportBetting #TelevisionRadio #Gambling #UkNews
Sports piracy explodes in UK with 3.6bn illegal streams and rise of black-market bookmakers

The number of illegal streams of sports events in Britain has more than doubled to 3.6 billion in the past three years according to a new report

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World news | The GuardianJan 13
Football fan took his own life after using illegal ‘predatory’ betting sites, inquest told https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/13/football-fan-took-his-own-life-after-using-predatory-betting-sites-inquest-told #Gambling #Society #Sport #SportBetting #UkNews
Football fan took his own life after using illegal ‘predatory’ betting sites, inquest told

Coroner’s court hears how Ollie Long, 36, became ensnared in debt after using offshore operators run by ‘international criminal networks’

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