Iowa Attorney General Joins Coalition to Advocate for State Control over Sports Gambling

Iowa attorney general joins coalition to advocate for state control over sports gambling

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined 41 attorneys general in urging federal regulators to affirm state jurisdiction over sports-related event contracts, citing concerns over unregulated prediction markets.

MS demands state control of mobile sports betting prediction markets

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a coalition of attorneys general around the country pushing for state control of prediction markets.

Iowa AG joins 40 states pushing to regulate sports betting apps

'States have the right to govern their own gaming industry.'

Mississippi Attorney General joins coalition calling for state control over sports-related prediction markets

“The Mississippi House of Representatives has passed legislation multiple times to address this and regulate it while keeping that revenue here, but it has yet to be taken up in the Mississippi Senate by Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann,” State Rep. Casey Eure said.

Bird Urges Commodity Futures Trading Commission to Recognize State Authority Over Sports-Related Prediction Markets

Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in urging federal regulators that states should have jurisdiction over sports-related “event contracts.” “States have the right to govern their own gaming industry; historically, they’ve been successful at regulating gambling within their borders,” said Attorney General Bird. “Here in Iowa, our legislature makes the laws, and the Iowa Racin…

Iowa AG urges Commodity Futures Trading Commission to recognize state authority over sports-related prediction markets

Edited release 05/05/26 Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Monday she has joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general to urge federal regulators to rule that states should have jurisdiction over sports-related “event contracts.” The coalition filed a formal comment with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), arguing that prediction markets – platforms where users trade contracts on the outcome of future events – have effe…