Kalshi says sports will become a significantly smaller part of its business
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 5
Kalshi says sports will become a significantly smaller part of its business
11 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 5
Co-founder and COO Luana Lopes Lara said at the WSJ Future of Everything event that the shift is already under way.
Sports-event contracts spanning basketball, football and boxing currently account for a large share of activity on the prediction market platform.
Several states have challenged Kalshi and peers as unregulated gambling, while the CFTC says it has sole authority over the contracts; Kalshi says its legal position is sound.
As Kalshi pivots from its lucrative sports markets, can its new global strategy outrun the escalating regulatory war at home?
With states and the CFTC in a legal showdown, who will ultimately define the line between financial innovation and gambling?
As prediction markets boom, are they a revolutionary tool for insight or just a new, unregulated digital casino?