Sports BettingGambling Insider · Aug 28
Federal Authorities Prepare New Batch of Prediction Market Insider Trading Cases
By Chavdar Vasilev•August 28, 2026
The brief
The reported cases would broaden a federal crackdown that has so far produced just two criminal Polymarket prosecutions. Federal authorities are expanding their scrutiny of prediction-market trading, with new investigations spanning military-event contracts and corporate earnings bets. According to The Wall Street Jou…
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