SBC Americas provides the latest workforce changes in gaming.

Hires and Higher-Ups: Underdog, Polymarket add new talent to prediction markets

Major players in the prediction market space continued bolstering their operations this week with several key hires.Each week, SBC Americas highlights the latest...
Outstretched hands seeking relief, similar to Kalshi's letter

Kalshi asks appeals court for relief from federal response it sought out

Kalshi and its preferred regulator and legal partner unveiled Wednesday what reasonably could be seen as extraordinary coordination in a filing with the Second...
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Will FanDuel Predicts catch up to prediction markets rivals?

Other than outgoing CEO Peter Jackson's impending exit and FanDuel's sports betting struggles, FanDuel Predicts was a big focus in last week's earnings call,...
Kalshi receives an emergency order from the CFTC

How Kalshi sought, got CFTC emergency order to counter NY suit

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) threw a lifeline to Kalshi on Tuesday, answering an appeal for help with an emergency declaration directing the...
MLB field as the league receives a letter from Congress.

Congress sends letter to MLB demanding answers amid Harper, FanDuel controversy

Three mmbers of Congress are calling on Major League Baseball to make changes to its gambling policies amid a controversial video delivered by FanDuel...
Wisconsin helmet as the state considers online sports betting.

Conservative groups sue to block Wisconsin online sports betting

A pair of conservative organizations in Wisconsin are taking legal action against state officials, including Gov. Tony Evers, to block tribal online sports betting...
A roulette wheel

Are ‘casino-style’ prediction markets really the next development?

Prediction markets adoption of products functionally similar to sports betting has been rapid and expansive over the last 18 months. Are online casino-style event...
A judge rejecting an argument like Kalshi's

Kalshi rejected in CT court: ‘at bottom, they are sports wagers’

The pendulum in the legal battle over sports prediction markets continues to swing in favor of state-based gambling regulation, as a Connecticut judge denied...
A bag of money as FanDuel is fined in Iowa.

Iowa regulator fines FanDuel for soccer, basketball betting errors

FanDuel was handed a sizable fine by Iowa’s gaming regulator last month, adding to recent sports betting infractions by the operator in the Hawkeye...
Reading prediction market text closely

In Novig prediction market suit in NY, a revealing line worth reviewing

Keeping up with the crossfire of prediction market lawsuits in the United States can make a person look like Linda Blair in The Exorcist.Shortly...

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SBC Summit

SBC Summit Live Blog: Michael Jordan leads Day 1 in Lisbon

LISBON, Portugal -- Welcome to SBC Summit, the biggest show in town headlined by the biggest name in sports, Michael Jordan.SBC Americas Editor Adam...
SBC Summit 2026

SBC Summit returns to Lisbon for record-breaking year, headlined by historic keynotes & biggest...

SBC Summit, the betting and iGaming industry's flagship conference and exhibition, is on track to welcome 40,000 delegates to Lisbon next week for its...
SBC Summit Super Stage headliners

Michael Jordan, Carsten Koerl, Jason Robins, Fabrizio Romano and Charles Oliveira to headline SBC...

Basketball icon Michael Jordan, football journalist Fabrizio Romano, UFC star Charles Oliveira, Sportradar Founder and CEO Carsten Koerl and DraftKings Co-Founder and CEO Jason...
SBC Summit features Fabrizio Romano

Here We Go! Superstar transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano to headline SBC Summit

Fabrizio Romano, the world's most-followed football transfer journalist, will take to the SBC Summit 2026 Super Stage for a headline session on building a...