NBA Taps Kalshi and Polymarket in Prediction Markets Deal With CFTC Safeguards

The NBA is moving deeper into prediction markets through new commercial deals with Kalshi and Polymarket, while adding tighter safeguards around sports-related event contracts. The league also inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, establishing a new agreement on how information and integrity monitoring is shared. The new deals make Kalshi and Polymarket the NBA’s top pick’s sportsbook exchanges. Both systems will be granted NBA IP, marketing and promotional rights within the United States, as well as have access to official NBA data provided by Sportradar for approved NBA markets.