Polymarket Expands with GRID Esports Integration
Polymarket has partnered with GRID to integrate official esports data, live streaming and real-time information into its prediction market platform. The collaboration…
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The World Cup has kicked off and the U.S. is at the epicentre of history’s biggest betting boom, but beyond the record-breaking…
Shoot-out At The Fantasy Factory, Who’ll Win The Betting World Cup Sportsbooks Or Prediction Markets?
With an estimated US$53 billion to US$85 billion at stake (£39.48bn-£63.32bn), the FIFA 2026 World Cup has been labelled “the biggest betting…
LIGA MX Names Polymarket US Prediction Market Partner
LIGA MX has entered into a sponsorship agreement with Polymarket covering the United States, with Genius Sports supporting the partnership through the…
Prediction Markets Boom: U.S. Demand Surges 5x in Just Eight Months – But Two Firms Are Taking Almost Everything
Prediction markets are all the rage in the U.S. and demand has surged more than fivefold since August 2025 but the boom…
Brazil Brings The Boom Down On Prediction Markets
Brazil’s National Monetary Council (CMN), which oversees the nation’s financial markets and monetary policy, has brought the boom down on products being…
Prediction Markets: Trumpland Puts The Fix In
Above and, seemingly, beyond the law, Trumpland has put the fix in on booming prediction markets. Amid a flurry of lawsuits seeking…
MLB Signs Dual Deals With Polymarket And CFTC
Breaking: Major League Baseball (MLB) is entering the New World of iGaming after striking a multi-year exclusive deal with Polymarket and signing…
Argentina Bans Polymarket After Suspicious Trading
Argentina has banned Polymarket–one of the world’s largest prediction market platforms–after a contract estimating February’s inflation data registered a trend reversal 15…
The Rise and Rise Of Prediction Markets Kalshi and Polymarket Now Seeking Valuations of US$20 Billion
Barely three months ago, when it sought to raise US$1 billion in funding, prediction markets pioneer Kalshi was valued at US$11 billion….
We Don’t Do Extra-Judicial Killings, Kalshi Tells Prediction Markets
Amid the growing crisis of a widening Middle East war, Kalshi Co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour has clearly asserted that his pathfinder…
Stench of Corruption Emanating From U.S. Prediction Markets
The stench of corruption emanating from U.S. prediction markets has become undeniable. From the controversial decision of the highest authority in the…
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Welcome to the New Year and the first Letter From America of 2026. We’re kicking-off by diving straight into the Venezuela prediction…
Invasion Or No Invasion? Venezuela Roils The Unregulated World Of Prediction Markets
Does the seizure and sequestration of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro by the United States signify a bona fide invasion, or no invasion? …
Looking To Seize Zeitgeist And Profits, Flutter To Launch Predicts Site In GoldStar States
COMMENTARY: Well versed in self-promotion, with its much-touted “Flutter Effect”, Flutter Entertainment–best known as the parent company of leading U.S. sports book…
Kalshi And Prediction Markets Question Continues To Roil U.S. iGaming Legislators
This week the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) fired a prediction markets warning shot across the bows of America. And guess what?…
What’s In A Name? Euphemism and LLMs Replace Fear and Loathing in Prediction Markets
Paranoid? Worried about the impact of A.I. on your employment prospects? No need to be. AI has been consigned to the definitions…
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Welcome back to Letter From America. As always, we’re bringing you the week’s top headlines from the “Land of Opportunity”, starting with…
Amid Bear Pit Of Legal Fights, Hot and Heavy Prediction Market Sites Kalshi and Polymarket Secure Millions in Funding
Despite legal battles, controversial prediction market wagering sites Kalshi and Polymarket have raised millions of dollars in funding to boost their assault…
Papal Heaven Can’t Wait For Kalshi and Prediction Markets
Despite widespread illegality and a traditional disdain for betting on the outcomes of papal conclaves, gambling on who’s going to be the…
Prediction Markets: Battle For The Soul of U.S. iGaming
A Trumpian “Mother of all iGaming Battles” is looming over the status and legality of the coming–but wildly controversial–prediction markets business. At…
Trump On Trump: Gambling USA 2025, It’s Going To Be A Bigly Year
Before the presidency, before “The Apprentice”, there was gambling and Donald Trump’s controversial Atlantic City casino empire: The Trump Plaza Casino and…
Casino Cabbie: Letter From America 28
While all eyes were focussed on Donald Trump’s blowout presidential win, it wasn’t the only key question on a ballot that in…