NFL to block Super Bowl prediction market commercials

It appears that ads from companies like Polymarket or Kalshi will not air during the upcoming Super Bowl. According to the NFL, the league placed prediction market commercials under its “prohibited categories” for Super Bowl advertising on February 8.

As reported by Front Office Sports, prediction markets now sit under the same category as tobacco, pornography, firearms, “and other controversial subjects.”

Prediction markets have become a concern within the sports industry. It’s something that the NFL has pushed back on...