NFL Won’t Reach Prediction-Market Deals Before Start of Season

The NFL has announced three sports-betting partners, but will not be entering into prediction-market deals before the start of the regular season in two weeks. The league has been in talks with companies such as Kalshi, Polymarket, and the CFTC, but industry sources indicate that the NFL is not prepared to enter into such partnerships by the start of the season.

The NFL has been lobbying the CFTC to adopt regulations that would mirror game integrity and consumer protections in legalized sports betting, but is "alarmed" by some prediction-market platforms offering markets related to injury status for players. Companies involved in prediction markets, like Kalshi and Polymarket, have been in business with individual NFL teams, but the league is not considering commercial partnerships with these industries at this time.