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Polymarket Moves to List Sports Parlays
Polymarket filed a self-certification with the CFTC on May 20 to list combinatorial outcome contracts (parlays) on sports events, with products scheduled to go live no earlier than May 21, as the self-cert process requires notification rather than prior approval. Under the contract mechanics, all legs must resolve correctly for a $1.00 payout, while any single failed leg collapses the entire contract to $0.00. Separately, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins announced that staff will seek public input on prediction market ETFs, citing the tripling of ETF assets over seven years, as fund sponsors have already delayed the effectiveness of event contract ETFs pending the review. The two developments place prediction markets under simultaneous federal oversight from both the CFTC and SEC, while unresolved state gambling jurisdiction questions, Congressional scrutiny, and potential Supreme Court involvement add further regulatory uncertainty to the sector.
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