The stories that change something for a bettor: new laws and lawsuits, prediction markets, league rule changes and sportsbook business moves. Every story is sourced and says what it means at an offshore sportsbook. Two or three a week.
A cooperating witness told the Clase and Ortiz jury he bet Clase pitches on inside tips through a DraftKings account in his wife's name, a day after DraftKings traced 160 location pings to Clase's home.
The CFTC told prediction markets on November 5 to stop blocking customers by state within 30 days or explain why, a move aimed at state court bans and sportsbook license rules.
Massachusetts regulators will hold a hearing on FanDuel after 22 proxy bets worth $21,800 were placed on Bill Simmons's sportsbook account by someone else in the state.
Nebraska voters rejected Initiatives 440 and 441, which would have allowed online sportsbook betting, despite $20.8 million from DraftKings and FanDuel. Betting stays in person at racetrack casinos.
Kalshi parlay buyers have lost more than $1 billion since September 2025, an InGame analysis of Kalshi data shows. Professional market makers took the other side.
Prosecutors will not call their key cooperating bettor in the federal pitch-rigging case against Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, with jury selection set for November 3 in Brooklyn.
DraftKings and FanDuel pulled sports contracts in Utah after the state charged Kalshi, and Fanatics leaves November 4. The CFTC has asked a federal judge to halt Utah's cases.
Hornets coach Charles Lee benched a healthy Naz Reid for the second half in Detroit. No sportsbook injury rule covers that, so his props live or die on each book's choice.
Utah charged Kalshi and co-founders Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara with 13 felonies and a misdemeanor, built on sports bets an undercover investigator placed from Utah in September.
The CFTC and the Justice Department sued Utah on October 26 to stop the state from enforcing its gambling laws against Kalshi and other federally regulated prediction markets.