The CFTC and NBA signed a memorandum of understanding to share information and open communication lines on maintaining prediction markets while preserving game integrity, amid insider trading and manipulation concerns. Kalshi and Polymarket become the league's preferred prediction market exchanges. The NBA is the third league to sign such a pact, after the NHL and MLB. The NFL has not, and has pushed the CFTC for tougher rules, filing a Supreme Court amicus brief arguing sports contracts are gambling for states to oversee. Kalshi and Polymarket say they now require employment verification for traders in sensitive markets.

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  • @FOS Front Office SportsFirst reportOn X ↗

    The NBA has named Kalshi and Polymarket as its “preferred prediction market partners." The NFL is now the biggest remaining U.S. men's league without a prediction market deal, as MLB, NHL, and MLS are all partnered with at least one. Story: https://t.co/etBVCUhf4W

  • @DefiantNews The DefiantOn X ↗

    NBA NAMES @Kalshi A PREFERRED PREDICTION EXCHANGE WITH OFFICIAL DATA TO SETTLE TRADES The deal adds NBA branding and suspicious-trading cooperation. @Polymarket has the same status, according to the Associated Press. Read more here:https://t.co/wq9mC1i8Ur

  • @business BloombergOn X ↗

    The NBA reached a deal with Kalshi and Polymarket that designates the platforms as the league’s preferred prediction market exchanges https://t.co/9CONACOI1R

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  • @DavidPurdum David Payne PurdumOn X ↗

    The NBA is partnering with Kalshi and Polymarket as the league's "preferred prediction market exchanges." The league is also expanding its deal with DraftKings to incorporate its prediction market offerings.

  • @CoinDeskOn X ↗

    NEW: The @NBA partners with @Kalshi and @Polymarket as preferred prediction market exchanges, while simultaneously signing a data-sharing agreement with the @CFTC to safeguard against insider trading.

  • @BitcoinNews Bitcoin.com NewsOn X ↗

    🚨 JUST IN: The NBA strikes blockbuster deals with Kalshi and Polymarket, bringing prediction markets into the big leagues with official data access, trading restrictions and direct oversight as regulators battle over who controls the industry.https://t.co/Rjy3CBQlEb

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