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description: The comment record includes state gaming commissions and tribal gaming operators alongside industry participants, revealing that prediction market regulation has become a bipartisan political issue with organized opposition
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source: BettorsInsider, CFTC ANPRM comment record as of April 17 2026
created: 2026-04-20
title: 800+ ANPRM comment submissions from both industry and state gaming opponents signal that the CFTC's post-April 30 rulemaking process will face intense political pressure from both sides
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# 800+ ANPRM comment submissions from both industry and state gaming opponents signal that the CFTC's post-April 30 rulemaking process will face intense political pressure from both sides

The CFTC's ANPRM on event contracts has generated over 800 submissions from 'industry, academics, state gaming commissions, tribal gaming operators.' This volume and diversity of commenters reveals that prediction markets are no longer a niche regulatory issue—they have become a contested political battleground with organized stakeholders on both sides. State gaming commissions and tribal gaming operators represent entrenched interests that view prediction markets as competitive threats to their regulated gambling monopolies. Their participation in the comment process signals they will actively oppose any CFTC framework that expands prediction market scope. The fact that Democrats in the House Agriculture Committee pressed Selig on gaming classification (not just Republicans) confirms this is not a partisan issue but a federalism and economic turf battle. The April 30 comment deadline creates a formal record that the CFTC must address in any proposed rulemaking, meaning the agency cannot simply ignore the opposition. The 800+ comment volume is unusually high for a CFTC rulemaking, suggesting both sides have mobilized. This political pressure will constrain the CFTC's ability to craft a permissive framework—any rule must navigate between industry demands for clarity and state/tribal demands for restrictions.


## Extending Evidence

**Source:** Yogonet 2026-04-20

Tribal gaming operators including Indian Gaming Association, California Nations Indian Gaming Association, and Pueblo of Laguna filed ANPRM comments. Tribal gaming is a $40B+ annual industry with strong bipartisan congressional support across states. IGA Chairman characterized CFTC push as 'largest threat in 30+ year existence' of tribal gaming under IGRA.
