Election prediction markets are becoming an increasingly visible part of the political landscape, offering new ways to gauge public expectations while raising novel legal and regulatory questions. As these markets grow in size and volume, their use by campaign insiders and allies creates compliance exposure across several legal regimes at once—gaming, financial services, and campaign finance—where the rules are still being written.
Whether your clients are candidates, parties, PACs, or advocacy organizations, you'll leave this webinar knowing what's permitted, what's prohibited, and who is exposed when the line is crossed.
Key Takeaways:
- Potential criminal, civil, and contractual liability for prediction market transactions made using inside information.
- The legal implications of efforts to influence prediction markets in favor of, or in opposition to, particular candidates, parties, or ballot measures.
- How campaign finance laws may apply at the intersection of prediction markets and political activity.