{
  "id": 16614935,
  "title": "NBA strikes deals with prediction markets, with eye on integrity and regulations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/nba-strikes-deals-with-prediction-markets-with-eye-on-integrity-and-16614935",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-26T14:13:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/10/26/nba-strikes-deals-with-prediction-markets-with-eye-on-integrity-and-regulations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The NBA has recently entered into agreements with two prediction markets, Kalshi and Polymarket, to become their preferred markets. This move comes with a focus on maintaining integrity and adhering to regulations. The league aims to provide \"significant integrity protections for NBA-related markets,\" which include measures such as limitations on the types of markets offered, transparency in detecting suspicious patterns, and banning league personnel from making trades related to league events. These prediction markets will also have to share information related to investigations and suspicious trading.\n\nScott Kaufman-Ross, the NBA's head of media distribution and partnerships, stated that regulated markets are preferable to unregulated ones, emphasizing the importance of transparency and monitoring. The NBA is also expanding its agreements to include prediction-market offerings from current sports betting partners, such as DraftKings, which are available in more than a dozen states, albeit in the midst of litigation over prediction markets.\n\nEarlier this month, the NBA informed sportsbooks about their ban on certain types of wagering, including the likelihood of players recording the first stat of a game or the outcome of the opening tip. The NBA's memorandum of understanding with the CFTC highlights a shared commitment to ensure NBA-related prediction markets are subject to appropriate regulatory oversight and integrity protections. Kalshi and Polymarket will now be able to use the NBA's intellectual property and access league statistical data from Sportradar to operate and settle authorized NBA-related markets.",
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        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "NBA strikes deals with prediction markets, with eye on integrity and regulations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/nba-strikes-deals-with-prediction-markets-with-eye-on-integrity-and",
        "published": "2026-10-26T14:11:50.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "US CFTC, NBA agree to cooperate over basketball and prediction markets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/us-cftc-nba-agree-to-cooperate-over-basketball-and-prediction-markets",
        "published": "2026-10-26T16:42:58.000Z"
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