CFTC and MLB sign agreement to regulate sports prediction markets

Published March 19, 2026 12:55pm ET



The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Major League Baseball signed an agreement on Thursday that allows both parties to enter the sports prediction market space.

The deal permits the exchange of information “concerning issues of common interest including protecting the integrity of professional baseball and the relating prediction markets,” according to the CFTC. The commission regulates the rapidly growing sports-betting industry.

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