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44 state AGs tell CFTC it can’t legally regulate sports prediction markets

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The attorneys general said the rule exceeds the agency’s statutory powers and urged the CFTC to start over.

Attorneys general (AGs) from 44 states have urged the CFTC to withdraw and rewrite its proposed prediction market rule, arguing that regulating sports betting exceeds the agency’s authority and intrudes into an area traditionally regulated by states.

The letter signed by the 44 AGs was submitted Monday and written primarily by

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