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FT analysis shows biggest winners on prediction platform are a mixture of long-shot bettors and high-frequency traders

The agency is examining Polymarket's controls for determining where customers are located, as well as its advertising activities in the U.S.

The federal agency had previously investigated whether Polymarket allowed U.S. users on to its offshore platform in 2024, but dropped the measures in July 2025.

The prediction market has hired a former FBI official to make sure political insiders don't use the platform for profit from confidential election information.<strong> </strong>

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The league also inked a memorandum of understanding with the CFTC, the federal regulator of prediction markets.

The NBA announced Monday that it's partnering with prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket and expanding its DraftKings deal to include a prediction market offering.

Plus de 450 000 dollars de paris ont ainsi été passés avant que la page ne soit supprimée. Les utilisateurs pronostiquaient sur le sort judiciaire de sept étudiants accusés de viol au sein de l'université de Cornell, suscitant la colère et l'indignation.

'This market addressed whether the government would take action — a process that deserves scrutiny, particularly in a case of such serious concern,' a Polymarket spokesperson said.

The market had amassed $450,000 in wagers by the time it was pulled from the international platform.

The market had more than $450,000 in volume before it was taken off Polymarket's international platform.