DraftKings CEO Jason Robins to keynote NEXTPredict 2026 event-contracts conference
DraftKings announced that CEO Jason Robins will speak at NEXTPredict 2026, a conference focused on event contracts trading. The company operates DraftKings Predictions, which offers federally regulated event contracts under CFTC oversight. The announcement did not specify what Robins will discuss or when during the conference he will appear. Robins recently reflected on the company's evolution from daily fantasy sports to prediction markets in an interview with the SBC Leaders podcast.
Robins' platform appearance comes three days after the Seminole Tribe sued DraftKings and DraftKings Predictions in Florida. That suit tests tribal compact rights against CFTC registration, and other tribes with exclusive gaming deals may copy the playbook. DraftKings now faces a tribal revenue clawback threat on top of state and federal fronts.
Robins' podium time at NEXTPredict lets him pitch DraftKings as a regulated markets leader while the company's legal team fights on multiple fronts. The appearance also positions DraftKings Predictions against rivals Kalshi and Polymarket as they all scramble to map tribal compacts state by state. Operators that skipped tribal due diligence before launching now face sovereign immunity complications they cannot resolve with federal registration alone.
Adds DraftKings to Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com as platforms now fighting state or tribal challenges to CFTC-registered event contracts, joining a crowded defense front that includes Ohio, Tennessee, Florida, and Missouri.