Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...

(Reuters) - Event contracts have exploded in popularity since the U.S. presidential election, fueling a heated debate between traders who have embraced the nascent asset class and critics who liken it ...

FanDuel will accept sports event contracts later this year, bringing the U.S. online gambling market share leader into a growing prediction market space in a move that could alter the nascent ...

Robinhood has officially entered the world of prediction markets, adding to its wide range of investing options for customers. Through its Robinhood Derivatives platform, the company now offers event ...

A hotly anticipated panel featuring the CEOs and founders of prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket featured no real discussion of sports event contracts, but may have been a signal of the newfound ...

Much of the outcry against event contracts on sports has come from the gambling industry, but they aren’t the only ones critical of certain contracts. Ilya Beylin, Associate Professor of Law at Seton ...

Peer‑to‑peer sports event contracts have surged in popularity. Kalshi, a U.S.-based prediction market, reported that its sports event contracts yielded $249 million through the first two rounds of the ...

Event contracts, which are a type of derivative contract whose payoff is based on a specified event, occurrence, or value, have been area of significant attention in the derivatives markets, with ...

Robinhood Markets Inc. is getting in on the sports event contracts craze, offering retail investors the opportunity to place trades on the outcome of Sunday’s Super Bowl. The contracts will be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about legal issues in sports and gambling. Rule 40.11(a)(1) imposes a blanket ban on all event contracts involving “gaming ...

Kalshi is facing intense scrutiny over potential markets tied to whether NCAA Division I football and basketball players will enter the transfer portal. The criticism comes even though the ...