{"id":493198,"date":"2026-04-17T09:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=493198"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:31:51","slug":"nba-in-talks-with-kalshi-and-polymarket-over-potential-prediction-market-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-in-talks-with-kalshi-and-polymarket-over-potential-prediction-market-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA in talks with Kalshi and Polymarket over potential prediction market deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2515\" data-end=\"2913\">The <strong data-start=\"2519\" data-end=\"2526\">NBA<\/strong> is in discussions with <strong data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2560\">Kalshi<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2565\" data-end=\"2579\">Polymarket<\/strong> over a possible <strong data-start=\"2596\" data-end=\"2617\">prediction market<\/strong> partnership, and those talks have reportedly accelerated in recent months. <strong data-start=\"2693\" data-end=\"2716\">Front Office Sports<\/strong> says the conversations have been happening informally for more than a year, but recent regulatory engagement from the <strong data-start=\"2835\" data-end=\"2843\">CFTC<\/strong> has helped push things forward.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2915\" data-end=\"3308\">A major issue for the league is control over the most sensitive market types, especially those seen as more vulnerable to manipulation, such as player injuries or unsportsmanlike conduct. During All-Star Weekend in February, <strong data-start=\"3140\" data-end=\"3155\">Adam Silver<\/strong> said the NBA was looking at prediction markets in much the same way it views traditional sports betting operators.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3310\" data-end=\"3653\">FOS also reports that the NBA may not choose just one company. The league could potentially strike deals with both platforms, unlike <strong data-start=\"3443\" data-end=\"3450\">MLB<\/strong>, which announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with <strong data-start=\"3509\" data-end=\"3523\">Polymarket<\/strong> in March. Reuters reported that the MLB agreement also includes integrity-related elements.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3655\" data-end=\"4027\">There is still no official timeline, but the report says a deal could be completed before the start of next season. It would mark another significant step in the growing relationship between major U.S. sports leagues and prediction markets, a space that is expanding quickly while also facing increasing legal and regulatory scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4029\" data-end=\"4125\"><strong data-start=\"4029\" data-end=\"4040\">Source:<\/strong> <em data-start=\"4041\" data-end=\"4080\">Front Office Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Front Office Sports, the league is discussing a partnership with both platforms and could reach an agreement before next season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":278632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-493198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/NBA-logo-illustration.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493198"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=493198"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=493198"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=493198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}