Heinrich, Democrats Urge Senate to Curb Prediction Markets, Citing Threat to Tribal Revenue
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Updated · Santa Fe New Mexican · Jul 22
Heinrich, Democrats Urge Senate to Curb Prediction Markets, Citing Threat to Tribal Revenue
3 articles · Updated · Santa Fe New Mexican · Jul 22
Summary
Sen. Martin Heinrich and other Democrats pressed Senate leaders to regulate prediction-market platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi in upcoming legislation.
Their letter says fast-growing sports event contracts and online casino-style gaming threaten tribal sovereignty by cutting revenue tribes use to fund government services.
The senators warned that leaving the issue out of Banking and Agriculture committee negotiations would conflict with U.S. trust and treaty obligations to tribes and violate states' police powers.
The push adds political pressure as Congress weighs how to oversee prediction markets that increasingly overlap with sports betting and other gambling-like products.