Kalshi becomes CNN prediction markets partner

The deal includes the integration of Kalshi data across the network’s programming.

US.- Kalshi has signed a deal with CNN to become the network’s official prediction market. The deal includes the integration of Kalshi data across CNN programming and the launch of a new real-time news ticker that will run during segments that feature Kalshi data. CNN’s newsroom, data, and production team will have access to Kalshi’s real-time political, news, and cultural data for developing storylines and visuals.

CNN said in a statement: “Kalshi is the world’s largest federally regulated exchange, having created and established the predictions market category as a financial asset class. Users can trade on real-world events to predict the outcomes of elections, weather, cultural moments, and more. It has become the definitive source for staying informed about the future and is used by reporters, politicians, pundits, Wall Street, and Main Street. It recently called the NYC Mayoral election eight minutes after polls closed, hours before the media.

“It’s because of this accuracy that Kalshi’s data will serve as a powerful complement to CNN’s reporting. Journalists can more easily surface credible information to their audiences about the real-time probabilities of future cultural and political events.”

The move comes after a federal judge ruled that the Kalshi is subject to Nevada gaming rules, dissolving an April injunction that allowed it to continue operations while it fights the state’s cease-and-desist order.

In other news involving prediction market operators, the daily fantasy sports operator PrizePicks recently announced a multi-year partnership with Polymarket to allow the purchase of event contracts. Meanwhile, Trump Media and Technology Group announced plans to introduce prediction markets on its social media platform Truth Social through a deal with Crypto.com, and DraftKings announced the acquisition of Railbird Technologies and its subsidiary Railbird Exchange.