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Arena Club’s sponsorship of the 76ers is its latest in a string of deals with US sports teams. Trading cards and pack ripping are becoming another commercial opportunity for franchises.
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It's the prediction market election. Just as importantly, @declanharty's back!
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The NBA is not planning to weigh in on the potential Supreme Court case, Kaufman-Ross said.
“We'll let the courts decide,” he said. “The jurisdictional issue is not our issue. Our issue is the way that our game is impacted.” espn.com/nba/story/_/id/5028…
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News: DraftKings is facing growing pressure over its customer data practices, including an inquiry by consumer protection lawyers from the New York AG’s office.
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A few other tidbits:
- This deal doesn't cover the WNBA
- Novig, FanDuel, & others expected to become authorized prediction market partners soon
- Expect team-level deals now. Warriors & Kalshi are expected to reach a deal, sources tell @FOS
- Lakers have also held talks w/ PMs
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.
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Quick newser on the big NBA + prediction market deals:
-Kalshi, Polymarket get “preferred status"
-DraftKings becomes an “authorized” operator
-NBA and CFTC have a memorandum of understanding
More:
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Breaking: NBA off the sidelines in the prediction markets space, officially.
I’m pleased the @CFTC and @NBA have signed an MOU continuing the Commission’s commitment to increasing data sharing between the agency and professional sports leagues. The NBA joins the @MLB and @NHL in taking a responsible step toward protecting sports integrity and market participants from abuses in prediction markets like insider trading and fraud.
I thank NBA Commissioner Adam Silver for putting the integrity of professional basketball and America’s financial markets first and for working with the agency on this MOU.
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I don’t know if I can survive the discourse where we refer to it as a “win” for Prediction Markets every time an event that is >50% predicted to happen occurs AND we say they’re incompetent, wrong, and stupid every time that an unlikely event occurs
Was about to tweet something like this, but DBB beat me to it. Something about elections and past framing by Kalshi/Poly breaks everyone's brains.
:whispers: they should use prediction market data:
How's that Bluewave going in Texas 🤣. Democrats usually dominate the early voting, not this time. It's going to be a bloodbath in Texas. It looks like the Republicans are going to mop up in Texas. Talarico never had a chance.
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Texas has no voter party registration, and the Secretary of State reports no party breakdown for general election early votes. The image shows third-party modeled estimates, not official counts.
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The proliferation of right-wing influencers paid by Polymarket and Kalshi and not disclosing that relationship is alarming.
According to his LinkedIn, @jackunheard is Jack Pietras and apparently works full-time in marketing at Polymarket. His relationship with Polymarket isn't disclosed in his bio on X, where he constantly pushes baseless lies that go viral and influence opinion. Seems like a problem.
