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Derek Helling

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Soy un redactor y periodista autónomo. La mayoria de mi trabajo es en los negocios de juegos de azar.

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Novig gains approval for sweepstakes to prediction market move

Novig gains approval for sweepstakes to prediction market move

Novig announced CFTC approval for its exchange on Tuesday. The company plans to launch new peer-to-peer tradi…

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Kentucky Attorney General's Lawsuits Against Kalshi and Polymarket Seek Heavy Fines for Defendant...

Kentucky Attorney General's Lawsuits Against Kalshi and Polymarket Seek Heavy Fines for Defendant...

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced his actions, which seek to block sports-related predictio…

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Report Claims Gaming Industry Lobbying for Ban on Sports Event Contract Trading in Federal Crypto...

Report Claims Gaming Industry Lobbying for Ban on Sports Event Contract Trading in Federal Crypto...

Semafor reports that a coalition including commercial and tribal gaming interests has sent a letter to Congre…

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CFTC sues New Mexico to expand litigation over prediction markets

CFTC sues New Mexico to expand litigation over prediction markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed suit against New Mexico officials in response to state lit…

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court puts legislature on clock to address 'skill games' issue

Pennsylvania Supreme Court puts legislature on clock to address 'skill games' issue

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that "skill games" terminals are subject to the state's gambling law…

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Florida AG Demands Payment Processors Stop Servicing Unlicensed Gambling Websites

Florida AG Demands Payment Processors Stop Servicing Unlicensed Gambling Websites

Letters from James Uthmeier call facilitation of payments for online gambling websites violations of law in t…

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Kentucky Attorney General’s Lawsuits Against Kalshi and Polymarket Seek Heavy Fines for Defendants

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By Derek Helling
| defirate.com
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed lawsuits against Coinbase, Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood, and Webull on Wednesday regarding alleged violations of the commonwealth’s consumer protection and gambling laws. In the complaints filed in state court, Coleman seeks specific financial penalties tied to the allegations as well as a court order blocking the defendants from offering trading of event contracts connected to sports.
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Novig receives regulatory approval for shift from sweepstakes to prediction market model

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By Derek Helling
| Ballislife
Key Points Novig announced CFTC approval for its exchange on Tuesday. Company plans to launch new peer-to-peer trading platform in late summer 2026. Novig follows ProphetX in moving away from sweepstakes model. Within the context of sports-focused online trading platforms, the abandonment of sweepstakes models in favor of prediction market exchanges is on. Novig is the second notable brand to make the move following regulatory approval from the United States government.
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Report Claims Gaming Industry Lobbying for Ban on Sports Event Contract Trading in Federal Cryptocurrency Regulation Bill

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By Derek Helling
| defirate.com
A group including the American Gaming Association, the Indian Gaming Association, and labor unions is applying pressure to members of Congress to add language barring prediction markets from offering contracts based on sporting events in current legislation, according to a Tuesday report from Eleanor Mueller of Semafor. Such a provision could significantly curtail trading on exchanges like Kalshi, as market activity connected to sports accounts for a strong majority of the platform’s volume.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Stringer for The Hawkeye in Burlington, Iowa

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Sharing the information that your subject doesn't want to be shared.

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