Kalshi is set to launch touchdown prop markets, point spreads and totals ahead of the 2025 NFL season in a significant expansion of its sports event contracts offering.
The prediction market platform has posted self-certifications for the contract types with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today, 18 August.
The move was first reported by Front Office Sports. The markets are not yet live on the Kalshi site.
The markets will replicate popular options offered by regulated sports betting operators and expand Kalshi’s previously simpler market options.
The markets listed on the CFTC site are:
- Will <team> win <game> by <above/below/between/exactly/at least> <count> points?
- Will <game> have <over/under> <count> points in <time period> of <game>?
- Will <player/team> score <first/last/any/count> touchdown(s) in <time_period> of <game>?
Kalshi’s current football markets include futures for single games and divisions, as well as some smaller offers on which player will start as quarterback for specific teams.
As per the filings to offer the contracts, Kalshi said current and former NFL and NCAA players, coaches and staff would be prohibited from trading.
Other NFL and franchises’ employees, team and league owners and household members and immediate family of the above would also be barred.
In statements given to Front Office Sports, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour said: “Bringing these markets under CFTC oversight gives consumers the same level of protections as Wall Street traders and institutions”.
Head of corporate development and former American Gaming Association senior vice-president Sara Slane told the publication the addition of the markets was a “natural progression” amid “huge consumer demand”.
Posting on LinkedIn, The Event Horizon’s Dustin Gouker wrote: “Here we go: Kalshi is becoming a full-blown sports betting exchange for football season. The prediction market’s football offering will be expanding beyond just who will win the games.
“We aren’t getting parlays… yet. But Kalshi now appears like it will be offering some of the most popular options that sportsbooks do for football games.”
Kalshi achieved a $2bn valuation in June following a Series C funding round and proceeded to partner with xAI in July.
The New York-based business remains under pressure in some states, including Nevada, where it is facing off against state regulators over concerns the product is a form of unregulated sports betting.
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Prediction market beefs up football offering ahead of NFL season after new self-designated contracts filed with the CFTC come to light
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