NFL urges Supreme Court to decide if feds or states should regulate prediction markets
Updated on: October 8, 2026 / 8:30 PM EDT / CBS News
TL;DR
- The NFL has asked the Supreme Court to decide the regulatory authority over prediction markets, between the federal government and U.S. states.
- The league supports previous court rulings that determined sports-related event contracts are sports gambling, not swaps, and should be state-regulated.
- The NFL argues that delaying a decision will lead to increased consumer harm and jeopardize the integrity of games.
- Prediction markets are currently regulated by the federal agency CFTC, but numerous states have taken legal action against them.
- The NFL has requested safeguards against gambling and insider trading from the CFTC and prediction markets, but concerns remain about enforcement and minimum betting age.
- Prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket state they are committed to market integrity and are working with regulatory bodies on a framework.