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MGM declines prediction markets over licensing and regulatory risks
MGM declined to enter prediction markets as casino executives warned of licensing, regulatory, and customer-cost risks for operators at G2E.
Why this matters?
A major casino operator's public refusal signals that state gaming regulators may impose costly licensing burdens on prediction market entrants, potentially slowing mainstream adoption by established gambling brands.
The bigger picture
Joins MGM, Caesars, and Horsford's Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act in treating prediction markets as a state-licensing threat rather than a CFTC-regulated product, with two appeals courts already ruling states can impose their own gambling rules.
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