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@@ -115,3 +115,10 @@ Tribal gaming operators filed ANPRM comments focused entirely on sports betting
 **Source:** ProphetX CFTC ANPRM comments, April 2026
 
 ProphetX's Section 4(c) proposal demonstrates sophisticated regulatory engagement from a new market entrant, but focuses exclusively on sports event contracts with no mention of governance/decision markets. This reinforces the pattern that ANPRM comments treat prediction markets as a monolithic category dominated by event betting, with futarchy governance applications remaining invisible to regulators and industry participants alike.
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+## Supporting Evidence
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+**Source:** MultiState, Curtis-Schiff bill scope analysis March 2026
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+Curtis-Schiff bill's silence on futarchy governance markets while explicitly targeting sports contracts on DCM platforms confirms that the legislative record lacks the governance market distinction—Congress is legislating based on the sports betting use case without considering organizational governance applications.

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@@ -94,3 +94,10 @@ Curtis-Schiff Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act (March 2026) demonstrates the
 **Source:** MultiState, March 2026
 
 Curtis-Schiff bill demonstrates concrete legislative pathway where sports prediction markets are redefined as gambling despite CFTC registration, with bipartisan Senate support suggesting political durability beyond partisan opposition
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+## Supporting Evidence
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+**Source:** MultiState legislative tracking, Curtis-Schiff bill March 2026
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+Curtis-Schiff bipartisan bill demonstrates that prediction market regulatory risk extends beyond partisan Democratic AG enforcement to include Republican legislative support (Curtis from Utah, a non-gaming state), suggesting moral/addiction concerns create broader political coalition than gaming revenue protection alone. The bill's explicit targeting of CFTC-registered platforms while remaining silent on on-chain governance markets confirms the conflation risk—legislators treat all prediction markets as gambling without distinguishing futarchy governance use cases.

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 # Curtis-Schiff Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act
 
+**Type:** Federal legislation  
+**Sponsors:** Sen. Curtis (R-Utah), Sen. Schiff (D-California)  
+**Status:** Introduced Senate, March 23, 2026  
+**Domain:** Prediction market regulation
+
 ## Overview
-Bipartisan federal legislation introduced March 23, 2026 by Senator Curtis (R-Utah) and Senator Schiff (D-California) to explicitly prohibit CFTC-registered platforms from listing sports and casino-style prediction market contracts.
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+Bipartisan Senate bill to explicitly classify sports event contracts on CFTC-registered platforms as gambling products requiring state gaming licenses rather than derivatives subject to CFTC exclusive jurisdiction.
 
 ## Key Provisions
-- **Purpose:** Close regulatory gap prediction markets exploit by defining sports event contracts as gambling products, not derivatives/swaps
-- **Mechanism:** Codifies state gaming commissions' position into federal law, requiring state gaming licenses rather than CFTC registration for sports contracts
-- **Scope:** Applies to CFTC-registered DCM platforms; does NOT explicitly address on-chain prediction markets or futarchy governance markets
-- **Enforcement:** Would override CFTC exclusive jurisdiction through Congressional redefinition of regulatory category
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+- **Definitional reclassification:** Sports event contracts defined as gambling products, not derivatives/swaps
+- **Licensing requirement:** CFTC-registered DCM platforms would need state gaming licenses for sports contracts
+- **Scope:** Applies to centralized CFTC-registered platforms; does NOT explicitly address on-chain prediction markets or futarchy governance markets
+- **Mechanism:** Codifies state gaming commission position into federal law, overriding CFTC preemption claims
 
 ## Political Context
-- **Bipartisan sponsorship:** Curtis (Republican, Utah) and Schiff (Democrat, California) represent ideologically divergent states
-- **Utah angle:** Curtis's sponsorship from non-gaming state suggests opposition broader than state revenue protection
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+- **Bipartisan sponsorship:** Curtis (Republican, Utah—minimal gaming industry) and Schiff (Democrat, California) represent ideologically divergent constituencies
 - **Timing:** Filed three weeks after Arizona criminal charges (March 17, 2026), during peak state-federal jurisdictional conflict
-- **Industry pressure:** American Gaming Association had just released $600M state tax revenue loss data
+- **Revenue context:** American Gaming Association had just released $600M state tax revenue loss data
 
 ## Legislative Status
-- **Chamber:** Senate bill as of late March 2026
-- **House companion:** None identified as of March 2026
-- **Administration position:** Trump administration has been pro-prediction market; no veto threat statement identified
-- **Passage requirements:** Would need both chambers and overcome potential presidential opposition
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+- Senate bill as of late March 2026
+- No House companion bill identified as of source date
+- Would require passage in both chambers and presidential signature
+- Trump administration has been pro-prediction market, creating potential veto risk
 
 ## Regulatory Implications
-- **Centralized platforms:** Would directly affect Kalshi, Polymarket (if operating as DCM)
-- **Decentralized markets:** Scope limitation leaves on-chain futarchy governance markets potentially outside framework
-- **Mechanism design:** Legislative threat vector that quality of mechanism design cannot address
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+- Represents legislative pathway to override CFTC preemption (vs. court-based challenges)
+- If passed, would eliminate regulatory moat for centralized DCM platforms on sports contracts
+- Scope limitation (DCM platforms only) may preserve decentralized on-chain implementations
+- Does not address futarchy governance markets, creating potential carve-out for organizational decision markets
 
 ## Timeline
-- **2026-03-23** — Bill introduced by Curtis and Schiff
 
-## Sources
-- MultiState legislative tracking, March 2026
-- American Gaming Association revenue loss data
-- Arizona criminal charges context (March 17, 2026)
+- **2026-03-23** — Bill introduced in Senate by Curtis and Schiff