Across Canada
ADVERTISING UK Lords Report Urges Full Ban on Gambling Ads Amid Harm Concerns REGULATION NFL, NHL, Other Leagues Push for Lifetime Betting Bans Over Player Harassment ENFORCEMENT Missouri AG Moves to Halt Kalshi, Polymarket as Montana Pauses Its Fight REGULATION Kalshi Lists Full Sportsbook-Style Odds for NFL’s Commanders-Cowboys Clash HARM REDUCTION Ohio, Michigan, Nevada Cut Ties With NCPG Over Kalshi Funding Deal REGULATION US Court Backs Tribes Against Kalshi as Senate Sinks Crypto Market Bill
UK Lords Report Urges Full Ban on Gambling Ads Amid Harm Concerns
A House of Lords committee says a total ban on gambling advertising is the most effective way to cut harm, as operators warn of job losses.
Five major U.S. sports leagues want regulators to permanently bar bettors who threaten athletes, as prediction-market fights escalate in several states.
Missouri's attorney general is preparing a cease-and-desist order against prediction markets, while Montana pauses enforcement pending a Ninth Circuit rehearing.
Kalshi's moneyline, spread and total for Sunday's NFC East game show how closely its NFL markets now mirror licensed sportsbooks.
Three US gaming regulators have severed links with the National Council on Problem Gambling after it accepted a $2-million Kalshi partnership.
Canadian market data · Q2 2026
Total wagers, Q2 C$25.1B
Gaming revenue C$914M
Live operators 51
Active player accounts 1.4M
Latest
Updated hourlyA Ninth Circuit ruling and a failed Senate vote both went tribal gaming's way this week, keeping the Kalshi sports-contract fight unresolved.
Buffalo's Josh Allen leads Polymarket's NFL MVP futures at 20%, with quarterbacks filling all ten spots on the board after Week 1.
DraftKings sells sports event contracts only where it has no sportsbook, a split that shapes its NFL deal, investor pitch and legal exposure.
The NFL has confirmed on record it bars all prediction-market advertising, even as DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics run such products themselves.
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Sep 15
DraftKings, FanDuel, Fanatics and bet365 skip the AGA's September campaign after quitting the trade group amid a prediction-markets rift.
Sep 15
Despite a 27-7 loss to the 49ers in Melbourne, the Rams top Kalshi's Super Bowl 61 futures market at 13 percent.
Sep 15
An 8.5-point favourite lost outright, costing Circa Sports bettors $10.3M across two NFL survivor contests in a single week.
Sep 14
LeBron James joins Polymarket in a reported $8-million, two-year deal, deepening the celebrity arms race between rival prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi.
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