Prediction markets take center stage in latest round of quarterly earnings reports

Cnbc · Aug 07, 2026 · 828 words · By Ananya Chetia

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The latest quarterly earnings reports from FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment, DraftKings and others shone a spotlight on the burgeoning prediction markets industry.

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What happened

The latest quarterly earnings reports from FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment, DraftKings and others shone a spotlight on the burgeoning prediction markets industry.

Why it matters

A growing number of companies are introducing their own prediction market platforms or launching partnerships within the space, said Joel Shulman, the CEO of investment firm Entrepreneur Shares.

Common ground

As competition continues to grow, the latest earnings reports offer a glimpse at how much companies are willing to bet on its prediction platforms.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Shares of Flutter closed down more than 11% on Wednesday after the online sports betting and iGaming operator announced that Dan Taylor, CEO of Flutter's international division, would replace Peter Jackson at the helm of the company?
How does this story connect market competition with Regulatory Compliance over the next few days?

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Claim 1: “Shares of Flutter closed down more than 11% on Wednesday after the online sports betting and iGaming operator announced that Dan Taylor, CEO of Flutter's international division, would replace Peter Jackson at the helm of the company.”

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Multiple sources (Tekedia and others) confirm that Flutter shares fell more than 11% on Wednesday following the announcement that Dan Taylor would replace Peter Jackson as CEO.

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web search NEUTRAL — CEO Peter Jackson will hand over to Dan Taylor, currently Flutter president and international chief, on October 1, the firm added. How Did FLUT Retail Traders React?
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/michael-bu…

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web search NEUTRAL — Flutter’s shares fell more than 11% on Wednesday after the company announced that Dan Taylor, chief executive of its international division, would replace Peter Jackson as CEO.
https://www.tekedia.com/draftkings-flutter-and-robinhood-rac…

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web search NEUTRAL — Flutter Dan Taylor. Outgoing Flutter CEO Peter Jackson (left). (Pic: NYSE). "Having worked closely with Dan for many years, I have seen first-hand his ability to grow businesses, build strong teams an…
https://businessplus.ie/appointed/dan-taylor-flutter/

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Claim 2: “Event contracts revenue came in at $156 million in the second quarter, according to Robinhood.”

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Claim 3: “The operator first launched FanDuel Predicts with CME in December 2025”

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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.

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Claim 4: “Robinhood launched Rothera in June, an exchange that's licensed with the CFTC and managed through the brokerage's joint venture with Susquehanna International Group.”

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Claim 5: “Coinbase said in late July that its prediction markets revenue grew 106% on a quarter over quarter basis, and that annualized revenue from this business in the second quarter surpassed $100 million.”

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Claim 6: “DraftKings' prediction market platform... launched in December 2025.”

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The provided evidence discusses DraftKings' general business and its prediction market growth, but none of the sources specify a launch date of December 2025. In fact, other claims in the evidence suggest the product was already active between April and July (likely 2025 or 2026 given the copyright dates in the search results), making a December 2025 launch date logically inconsistent or unsupported.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DraftKings Inc. is an American digital sports entertainment gambling company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers sportsbook and daily fantasy sports (DFS) services. The company was originally l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DraftKings

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FanDuel Group is an American gambling company that offers sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, horse racing, and online casino services. The company is headquartered in Manhattan, New York City and opera…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FanDuel

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jackpocket, Inc. is an American technology company headquartered in New York City which is a subsidiary of DraftKings. It produces an app for ordering lottery tickets in seventeen U.S. states, along w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackpocket

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Claim 7: “It expects to generate about $50 million in market-making revenue this year.”

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Claim 8: “DraftKings' second quarter adjusted EBITDA of $114.6 million and revenue of $1.44 billion fell short of the FactSet consensus call for $156.1 million in EBITDA and $1.51 billion in revenue.”

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Two independent sources (Tekedia and another web search result) report the specific Q2 adjusted EBITDA of $114.6 million and revenue of $1.44 billion, and that these figures fell short of the FactSet consensus of $156.1 million and $1.51 billion respectively.

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web search NEUTRAL — DraftKings reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $114.6 million and revenue of $1.44 billion, below FactSet expectations of $156.1 million in EBITDA and $…
https://www.tekedia.com/draftkings-flutter-and-robinhood-rac…

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web search NEUTRAL — Adjusted EBITDA of $114.6 million was down 61.9% from $300.6 million from the previous year's Q2. Those dips, however, aren't derailing DraftKings' guidance. Total revenue over the first six months of…
https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/draftki…

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web search NEUTRAL — Adjusted EBITDA: $300.6 million vs analyst estimates of $243.6 million (19.9% margin, 23.4% beat). The company reconfirmed its revenue guidance for the full year of $6.3 billion at the midpoint.
https://finviz.com/news/130796/draftkings-nasdaq-dkng-surpri…

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Claim 9: “Flutter posted second quarter adjusted earnings of 49 cents per share on revenue of $4.33 billion, versus the FactSet consensus call for 54 cents per share and $4.23 billion.”

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Claim 10: “In its second quarter report, Robinhood said that over 3.5 billion contracts had been traded to date.”

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Claim 11: “In less than two months since launch, we took approximately 7-8% of total market share among CFTC-regulated venues and roughly 30% average market share compared with the largest market in the specific contracts we listed”

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Claim 12: “Coinbase reported disappointing results for the second quarter, posting a wider-than-anticipated loss of $1.36 per share, versus the 17-cent loss per share analysts polled by LSEG had sought. Revenue also fell short of expectations, coming in at $1.2 billion versus the $1.3 billion forecast.”

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Claim 13: “More than 40 state attorneys general have also pushed back on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's assertion that it's the exclusive regulator of sports-related event contracts.”

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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.

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Claim 14: “Annualized total volume for DraftKings' predictions platform grew to $11 billion from $2.3 billion between April and July”

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Multiple independent sources (PYMNTS, DeFi Rate, and 24/7 Wall St.) confirm that the annualized trading volume for DraftKings' predictions platform grew from $2.3 billion to $11 billion between April and July.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kings League is a seven-a-side football format established in 2022 by former football player Gerard Piqué. The format, originally introduced in Spain, features rules that differ from traditional f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nigel Eccles (born 8 December 1974) is a technology entrepreneur and the CEO of the online crypto casino BetHog. He is best known for being the co-founder and CEO of Hubdub and FanDuel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Eccles

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Claim 15: “We had over 600,000 customers so far engaged with our predictions offering”

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The claim that over 600,000 customers engaged with the predictions offering is mentioned specifically in one PYMNTS web search result. No other independent source corroborates this specific number.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DraftKings at Casino Queen is a casino located near the Mississippi River in East St. Louis, Illinois, just across the river from St. Louis. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Queen

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shalom Meckenzie (Hebrew: שלום מקנזי; born 12 June 1976) is an Israeli billionaire entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of Amp, 10bet, and SBTech, a betting software company, which merged with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom_Meckenzie

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Claim 16: “Flutter said on Wednesday it would move its FanDuel Predicts sports and novelty contracts from CME to Crypto.com.”

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Three independent sources (LinkedIn, PolyPunter, and AVAZ) confirm that Flutter is moving FanDuel Predicts sports and novelty contracts from CME Group to Crypto.com.

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web search NEUTRAL — Flutter Entertainment to migrate all sports and novelty contracts to Crypto.com exchange. FanDuel Predicts to move away from CME Group in bid for faster product rollout, with management claiming the “…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/egr-global_flutter-to-migrate…

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web search NEUTRAL — Flutter Shifts All FanDuel Predicts Sports Contracts to Crypto.com in Advance of the NFL Season.The company is transferring all sports and novelty event contracts on the platform to Crypto.com, leavin…
https://polypunter.com/flutter-shifts-all-fanduel-predicts-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — On the consumer side, Flutter is targeting a larger share of the market this football as it shifts FanDuel Predicts sports contracts from CME Group to Crypto.com.
https://avaz.com/no/fanduel-likes-the-over-on-sportsbook-gro…

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Claim 17: “We continue to see only about 1% customer overlap between our sportsbook and the largest prediction market operator in sportsbook states”

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The 1% customer overlap with Kalshi (the largest prediction market operator) is mentioned in one web search result title/snippet. No other sources provided corroborate this specific percentage.

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web search NEUTRAL — Published in 2018, the book follows a large cast of Native Americans living in the Oakland, California, area and contains several essays on Native American history and identity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_There_(novel)

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web search NEUTRAL — We can use there at the start of a clause as a type of indefinite subject. This means that we can put the actual subject at the end of the clause and so give it emphasis or focus (underlined below): …
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/there

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Note: Do not confuse there, which has meanings that mostly relate to a literal or abstract location, with the words their and they're. Their has to do with what belongs to or is associate…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there

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Claim 18: “DraftKing's internal data estimates 80% to 90% of prediction market consumer volume comes from betting syndicates and institutional traders”

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Two independent sources (one general web search result and a specific article on prediction market growth) confirm the estimate that 80% to 90% of prediction market volume comes from professional betting syndicates and institutional traders.

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