Prediction markets: the CFTC’s proposal on affiliated market makers
The CFTC has proposed rules for exchanges whose own affiliate trades on them, and it names prediction markets as the place the question matters most. What the proposal would require, what one exchange’s rulebook says today, and how to comment by October 5, 2026.
Sweepstakes casinos: Florida sues the operators and their payment processors
On August 19, Florida’s Attorney General sued VGW and Stake.us, and named five payment companies as co-defendants under a 1951 gambling-loss statute. What the complaints allege, what they do not, and what it changes for vendors.
Sweepstakes casinos: a founder’s checklist
Eight questions to answer before launch, in the order the answers depend on each other — each with the statute that makes it matter and an operator’s own written answer.
Sweepstakes casinos: what the statutes leave standing
California’s and New York’s bans define the product in cumulative parts. What each part leaves open, what the operators have done with it, and why outside a statute is not the same as lawful.
Sweepstakes casinos: four states, four ways past the free method of entry
New York defined the product, California counted the free coin, Tennessee called it a lottery and Illinois called it internet gambling — read in the statutes’ own words, and against the operators’ own terms.
Sweepstakes casinos: what they are and the test that decides them
Two currencies, one free way in, and the three-element lottery test the model is designed around — read against the operators’ own rules, Tennessee and Illinois enforcement, and four new state statutes.
NFA and CFTC registration for prediction markets: who registers what, with whom
Exchanges and clearinghouses register with the CFTC directly; brokers, advisers, pool operators and their salespeople register with the CFTC through the NFA and join it. This guide sets out each category in the statute’s words, how event contracts are self-certified under Part 40 and Rule 40.11, and where the state-law litigation stands as of September 30, 2026.
Gaming supplier licenses: who needs one, and how New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada and Illinois differ
A guide for B2B gaming technology vendors to supplier and vendor licensing, read from five states’ statutes: the activities that trigger a license, who has to qualify, the fees written into the law, and the routes to start work before the license issues.