Economic·Bloomberg·6d agoUnited States
CFTC Moves to Classify Event Contracts as Swaps
Sports, politics, weather bets face new rules
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed defining financial swaps to explicitly include event contracts based on sports, politics, culture and weather-related wagers, escalating the legal fight over prediction markets.
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CFTCevent contractsprediction marketsswaps regulationfinancial regulation
