Bipartisan senators unveil bill banning sports prediction market contracts

Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) introduced a bill on Monday that would ban prediction markets from listing sports wagering or casino-style games on their platforms. The Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act would prevent entities regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from allowing betting on sporting events, like prediction markets… Source…

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CBA has major impact on players’ bank accounts

The Women’s National Basketball Player’s Association ratified the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement Monday, calling it “transformational” and “bigger than basketball.” The new CBA begins this season and runs through 2032. When asked her opinion of the most important outcome from the deal, WNBPA President Nneka Ogwumike had two words: “Bank accounts.” “Being…

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Watch live: Fatal LaGuardia crash news conference

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administrator Brian Bedford will address reporters Monday afternoon following the deadly crash of a jet and a fire truck on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia International Airport. The plane was attempting to land when it hit the emergency vehicle, which was traveling on the runway… Source link

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