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Regulators moving to allow most sports betting, barring war wagers on prediction platforms like Kalshi, Polymarket

Nypost · · 529 words · By Marc Vartabedian
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Regulators moving to allow most sports betting, barring war wagers on prediction platforms like Kalshi, Polymarket See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Regulators moving to allow most sports betting, barring war wagers on prediction platforms like Kalshi, Polymarket See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleFederal regulators are moving to allow most sports betting while barring wagers on war and other controversial topics on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s new proposed rules were published online Wednesday and came in the wake of a series of insider-trading scandals in the brave new world of prediction markets.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/06/10/business/regulators-move-to-allow-most-sports-bett…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In May, the DOJ charged a Google software engineer with insider trading, alleging the employee made $1.2 million trading on confidential business information related to Google searches.”
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The claim is reported by Nypost, but the provided Wikipedia entries for Google are general and do not mention this specific legal case. No other independent news sources in the evidence confirm this specific $1.2 million insider trading charge from May.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most used web-based search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students at Stanford U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Search (also known simply as Google or google.com) is a search engine operated by Google. It allows users to search or ask for information by entering keywords or phrases on a website page or …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Ads, formerly known as Google AdWords, is an online advertising platform developed by Google, where advertisers bid to display brief digital advertisements, service offerings, product listings,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Ads
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Claim 2: “The regulator is also considering rules to protect retail traders, according to the Journal.”
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The WSJ report and Federal Register notices indicate the CFTC is proposing rules and seeking feedback on the governance of prediction markets, which includes retail trader protections.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 16, 2026 ... The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and seeking public ...
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/16/2026-05…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 15, 2026 ... The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) received extensive comment letters in response to its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ...
https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/cftc-receives-ex…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed new rules for prediction markets, allowing most sports-related bets while seeking to avoid ...
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-cftc-prediction…
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Claim 3: “The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s new proposed rules were published online Wednesday”
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The WSJ and other reports indicate the CFTC proposed new rules for prediction markets, with specific dates mentioned in the context of the 2026 timeline in the evidence provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission[4] (CFTC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government. Created in 1974, the commission regulates the United States derivativ…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Commodity_Futu…
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web search NEUTRAL — CFTC-SEC Harmonization Strengthening the regulatory framework of U.S. financial markets where the CFTC and SEC coordinate seamlessly, reduce duplicative regulation, and provide markets with the clarit…
https://www.cftc.gov/
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web search NEUTRAL — The CFTC's Advisory Committees were created to provide input and make recommendations to the Commission on a variety of regulatory and market issues. Innovation at the CFTC The CFTC is dedicated to ad…
https://www.cftc.gov/About/index.htm
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Claim 4: “The same for practically all bets related to armed conflict, terrorism or assassinations, on the grounds they aren’t in the public interest.”
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The Block, AOL, and Reuters all report that the proposed rules would likely bar bets on war, terrorism, and assassinations on the grounds of public interest.
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web search NEUTRAL — The proposed rules would likely prohibit bets on war, terrorism, assassinations, player injuries, and first pitch gambling, the report added. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
https://in.marketscreener.com/news/cftc-proposes-new-rules-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration proposed a new set of federal rules for prediction markets that have taken off in popularity that will leave the industry mostly unchan.
https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/cftc-proposal-deepens-cla…
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web search NEUTRAL — The CFTC voted in May to propose the rule that, if finalized, would ban event contracts that bet on political contests and other areas such as those involving gaming, war, terrorism and assassination.
https://www.theblock.co/post/310446/coinbase-cftc-prediction…
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Claim 5: “A US Army Special Forces soldier was arrested in April for using classified information about the military operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to place winning bets on Polymarket.”
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Claim 6: “Last month, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer demanded info from Kalshi and Polymarket’s CEOS over accusations the prediction markets have allowed insider trading to run rampant.”
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Multiple cross-references from Nypost confirm that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer demanded information from the CEOs of Kalshi and Polymarket regarding insider trading.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are two main types of congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives, standing committees and select committees. Committee chairs are selected by whichever party is in th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the main investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee's broad jurisdiction and legislative authority make it…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States House Oversight Committee investigation into the Biden family is an ongoing investigation since January 2023 by the United States House of Representatives into U.S. President Joe Bid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Oversight_…
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Claim 7: ““Violent markets, including war, are already banned on Kalshi.””
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The official Kalshi 'Banned markets' page explicitly states that 'Violent markets, including war and kidnapping, are banned on Kalshi'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City, that launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of site ac…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
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web search NEUTRAL — Violent markets, including war and kidnapping, are banned on Kalshi and not allowed by the CFTC. The bottom line. Kalshi is federally regulated. Being federally ...
https://kalshi.com/policy-center/banned-markets
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 23, 2026 ... ... BAN WAR & ASSASSINATION PREDICTION MARKETS On March 10, 2026 ... I should note that currently, 70% of all Kalshi trades are sports related ...
https://www.facebook.com/news4buffalo/posts/kalshi-and-polym…
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Claim 8: “Kalshi, led by CEO Tarek Mansour, said Tuesday that users who want to bet in markets that have the potential for foul play will need to submit an online form disclosing their employers”
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While Wikipedia and other sources confirm Tarek Mansour is the CEO of Kalshi, there is no independent corroboration in the provided evidence regarding the specific requirement for users to submit an online form disclosing employers for markets with potential foul play.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City, that launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of site ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Manifold, formerly known as Manifold Markets, is an online prediction market platform. Users engage in competitive forecasting using play money called 'Mana'. Topics on Manifold have included the 2024…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold_(prediction_market)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tarek Mansour (born 1996) is an American Lebanese entrepreneur, billionaire, and co-founder and CEO of the online prediction market Kalshi. His net worth is estimated at $2.6 billion in June 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarek_Mansour
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Claim 9: “In February, prediction market activity surged as suspected insiders made more than $1 million from contracts tied to the US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran.”
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Claim 10: “While most wagers on sports would be allowed, ones regarding player injuries and “first-pitch” gambling — which centers on things like the speed of a pitch — would be banned.”
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Multiple sources (AOL, Reuters, and another web search result) specifically mention that bets on player injuries and 'first-pitch' gambling would be banned or face scrutiny under the new rules.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sports-related bets on player injuries and first-pitch gambling — the type that ensnared an all-star Major League Baseball pitcher — would also face scrutiny under the case-by-case review framework. T…
https://www.edgen.tech/news/post/cftc-reverses-2024-ban-with…
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web search NEUTRAL — The WSJ report said the rules could cover some sports-related trading, including bets on player injuries and so-called "first-pitch" gambling, while bets on war, terrorism or assassinations would like…
https://www.aol.com/articles/cftc-proposes-rules-govern-pred…
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web search NEUTRAL — The proposed rules would likely prohibit bets on war, terrorism, assassinations, player injuries, and first pitch gambling, the report added. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/cftc-proposes-new-rules-…
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Claim 11: “Federal regulators are moving to allow most sports betting while barring wagers on war and other controversial topics on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.”
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Multiple independent sources (WSJ, AOL, Reuters, The Block) report that the CFTC is proposing rules to allow most sports betting while banning bets on war, terrorism, and assassinations.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission[4] (CFTC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government. Created in 1974, the commission regulates the United States derivativ…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Commodity_Futu…
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web search NEUTRAL — CFTC-SEC Harmonization Strengthening the regulatory framework of U.S. financial markets where the CFTC and SEC coordinate seamlessly, reduce duplicative regulation, and provide markets with the clarit…
https://www.cftc.gov/
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web search NEUTRAL — The CFTC's Advisory Committees were created to provide input and make recommendations to the Commission on a variety of regulatory and market issues. Innovation at the CFTC The CFTC is dedicated to ad…
https://www.cftc.gov/About/index.htm
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Claim 12: “The Justice Department recently launched an investigation into disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos after he allegedly used Kalshi to bet on his own appearance at President Trump’s State of the Union address in February.”
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Reported by Nypost, The Guardian, and NPR (via web search), confirming the DOJ investigation into George Santos for betting on his own appearance at the State of the Union on Kalshi.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the signing of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Anthony Devolder Santos (born July 22, 1988) is an American former politician and convicted felon who served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from January to…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In his role as the 47th president of the United States (January 20, 2025 – present), Donald Trump granted executive clemency to more than 1,700 individuals as of June 11, 2026, all of whom were charge…
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