Politics Jul 16 Trump's teleprompter operator on unpaid leave over alleged Kalshi bets on Trump speeches By Bill Barrow, Associated Press
Politics Jul 16 WATCH: Trump believes his Kalshi-betting teleprompter operator is a 'disgrace,' Leavitt says Leavitt added that no other staffers are under investigation and that the White House counsel had no awareness of the alleged bets. By Hannah Grabenstein
Politics Apr 30 Senate bans members and staff from betting in prediction markets Prediction markets, including the betting platform Polymarket and its chief rival Kalshi, have come under scrutiny as the business has expanded. By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Nation Apr 28 U.S. soldier pleads not guilty to using Maduro raid intel to win $400,000 on Polymarket A U.S. special forces soldier pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he used classified information about the mission to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to win more than $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket. By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
Politics Apr 24 Watch 5:53 Soldier's arrest over Polymarket bet on Maduro raid fuels insider trading concerns A Special Forces soldier who helped plan the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was indicted for allegedly using classified information about the raid to make prediction market bets. It is raising new concerns about insider trading and the need… By Amna Nawaz, Liz Landers, Doug Adams
Apr 23 U.S. soldier charged with using classified intel to win more than $400K in bet on Maduro raid By Hallie Golden, Associated Press Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said. Continue reading
Apr 23 Kalshi fines and suspends 3 congressional candidates for betting on their own elections By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America, Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press Three congressional candidates wagered on the outcome of their own elections on Kalshi, according to the prediction market, which said Wednesday that it fined and suspended the men from their platform for five years. Continue reading
Apr 23 Trump's threats against Iran are a boon for prediction markets, including some backed by his son By Bernard Condon, Associated Press Traders flocked to Polymarket this month to bet on whether Trump really was going bomb Iran back to the Stone Age or just call a ceasefire. Continue reading
Apr 14 WATCH: CFTC chairman testifies before House panel amid scrutiny of prediction markets By Associated Press Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig is set to testify before the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday. Continue reading
Apr 12 Iran war puts prediction markets back in the spotlight By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections. And among more jarring bets recently, the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran. Continue reading