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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order banning state employees from using insider info to bet on prediction market apps like Kalshi and Polymarket, warning the unregulated boom “opens the door to insider trading and abuse.”
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order Tuesday banning state employees from using insider information to place bets on prediction market apps like Kalshi and Polymarket. The move makes Illinois the seventh state to restrict or regulate prediction markets, responding to concerns that unregulated betting on news events creates opportunities for insider trading. Multiple news outlets including Northern Public Radio and The Verge confirmed the order, and similar restrictions are spreading nationally as prediction markets boom in popularity and volume.
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“Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order banning state employees from using insider info to bet on prediction market apps like Kalshi and Polymarket”
Confirmed by Northern Public Radio and The Verge reporting Pritzker signed the order on Tuesday banning state employees from using insider information on prediction markets.
“The executive order warns the unregulated boom 'opens the door to insider trading and abuse'”
The Verge confirms Pritzker's stated concerns about insider information misuse. The characterization of prediction markets as unregulated aligns with reporting on the sector's regulatory status.
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