Have State-Regulated Sports Bets Been Illegal Swaps All Along?

Follow the law up the ladder. The view from atop gets uncomfortable.

Oct 13 • Alper Ozgit

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First In, First Out: Sports Betting’s Turn?

Daily fantasy sports opened the door to sports betting. Prediction markets may now push it out.

Oct 1 • Alper Ozgit

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September 2026

Daily Fantasy Sports Was the Trojan Horse

How DFS fooled America-and opened the gates to nationwide sports betting

Sep 24 • Alper Ozgit

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Sydney Sweeney Is Not THE Story

The backlash is making the campaign stronger–and obscuring far larger questions

Sep 17 • Alper Ozgit

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CME Walked Away. Was It Really About Sports?

Its abrupt retreat may have been a narrow business decision–or one move in a much larger strategic conflict

Sep 15 • Alper Ozgit

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The New York Prediction Market Wars: The Federal Counterstrike

Part II: How a dormant emergency power became the centerpiece of a federal–state clash

Sep 10 • Chad Deihl and Alper Ozgit

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August 2026

The New York Prediction Market Wars: A Map

Part I: Mapping the state and federal forces driving the most important prediction‑market litigation

Aug 21 • Chad Deihl and Alper Ozgit

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Washington Court Doubled Down On Its Kalshi Ruling

What did and didn’t change in the Court's Amended Preliminary Injunction

Aug 17 • Alper Ozgit

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The Posture Flip: How a Supreme Court Case Could Rewrite the Future of Prediction Markets

When SCOTUS steps in, the states lose their shield, the CFTC loses its cover, and the real consequences are exposed

Aug 12 • Chad Deihl

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July 2026

The Road May Lead Back to New Jersey

The state that transformed the sports gambling landscape may soon ask the Supreme Court to weigh in again

Jul 9 • Alper Ozgit

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Origins IV: The New Sports Economy Experiment

How a mission to teach finance through sports ultimately tested securities law

Jul 1 • Alper Ozgit

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June 2026

Origins III: When A Question Chose Me

How an obscure bankruptcy case became a Supreme Court petition

Jun 25 • Alper Ozgit

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