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market manipulation. The agency oversees and regulates prediction markets and allows election betting in some
regulate prediction markets Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday it was “critically
regulate the industry, which [allows](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/nx-s1-5789382/kalshi-polymarket-prediction-market-ceo-tarek-mansour) people to bet on virtually anything. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5771635/trump-cftc-kalshi-polymarket-lawsuits) ### [Technology](https://www.npr.org/sections/technology/) ### [Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate
regulators. In the UK, the Smarkets prediction market has been running – with a gambling licence
regulates prediction markets. Insider trading is prohibited by the CFTC under the Commodity Exchange Act, but some
prediction market companies about their aggressive marketing tactics and the cheating allegations that have plagued sports leagues in recent months, as advocates for more stringent regulation
regulated prediction market exchange, found he placed two trades on their platform, the first in a market
prediction markets. Regulation discussions are ongoing in other states, including Arizona and Massachusetts. Donald Trump
regulators and policymakers will be way behind on,” said Martin Thomas, CEO of the Alliance for [Gambling](https://www.theguardian.com/society/gambling) Reform. [Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Prediction market
regulations](/economy/2026/3/17/us-lawmakers-murphy-casar-push-legislation-to-regulate-prediction-markets) in online betting, amid an explosion in popularity for prediction market platforms. The sites
regulation of the industry. The rapid expansion of online gambling, prediction markets and sports betting
regulators was the latest point of friction between prediction market sites and gambling watchdogs across
prediction market site that has flourished in President Trump's second term. Polymarket, which is worth an [estimated](https://www.reuters.com/business/polymarket-talks-raise-money-about-15-billion-valuation-information-reports-2026-04-20/) $15 billion, moved to its Panama base following scrutiny from American regulators
market integrity", adding that it "proactively" works with regulators and law enforcement to do so. In March this year, both Polymarket and Kalshi outlined new rules to crack down on insider trading. Predictions
prediction markets to have it both ways. SO! He introduced legislation to make them act more like regulated
regulators have pledged to crack down on insider trading in prediction markets following suspiciously well
prediction markets, lawmakers have proposed a flurry of actions to rein in the sites and dozens of states have launched lawsuits aiming to have the apps regulated
prediction markets allow users to bet – or “trade” – on the outcome of almost anything, from elections to sports to geopolitical events, the industry has vehemently fought efforts by state officials to regulate
regulation were pushing the super-rich to a smaller group of cities that offer “opportunity and predictability”. Rory Penn, who chairs the private office business at Knight Frank, said that wealth creation was rising against