NHL and MLB Sign With Polymarket and Kalshi as Their Unions Ask CFTC to Intervene
By Luci Kelemen | 2026-05-04 20:53:29 | 4 months ago
A coalition of the largest US professional sports player unions has asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to prohibit several categories of sports event contracts at platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, putting the unions in direct opposition to the leagues that have signed commercial deals with the same platforms.
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