NBA Partners With Kalshi As a Preferred Prediction Market of the League

The NBA is formally stepping into the prediction markets ecosystem. The NBA has partnered with Kalshi as a preferred prediction market of the league. It will focus on bringing NBA data to Kalshi’s markets, and direct collaboration on market integrity, consumer protections, and athlete safety.

The league announced agreements Monday morning with Kalshi and Polymarket that will allow the companies to use official league data and intellectual property and give the league control over what trades the companies are allowed to offer. According to Kalshi this,

“Deal brings official NBA data to Kalshi’s markets and establishes direct cooperation on integrity, consumer protection, and athlete safety.”

Kalshi and the NBA will work together to establish direct channels to share integrity data, report suspicious trading, and cooperate on investigations. The agreement includes restrictions on permissible markets and explicit prohibitions on league and team personnel trading NBA event contracts. While also reinforcing rules against insider trading and manipulation.

These commitments build on the safeguards Kalshi already put in place. Safeguards such as:

• Market Surveillance -Detecting suspicious activity and people that are PROHIBITED from trading
• Athlete and Coach Protection -Identifying online abuse and threats and take action against users responsible for such conduct, including permanently closing their accounts
• Nationwide Self-Exclusion -Users can exclude themselves from Kalshi across the country

Kalshi says it believes that these protections work best when they operate nationally. And that Leagues should have clear, consistent channels for sharing information and addressing threats to their sports. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recently described the value of this type of consistency across the board, stating:

“Frankly, from at least the NBA standpoint, we have roughly 40 different jurisdictions regulating us right now. So to have a consistent policy nationally, I think would be in our best interest.”

NBA Partners With Kalshi As a Preferred Prediction Market of the League

Kalshi also heralded the partnership to sports fans as well as bettors via social media and their website. Kalshi stated,

“The NBA has partnered with Kalshi as a Preferred Prediction Market Exchange. Official NBA data to settle trades, stronger safeguards, and NBA branding on Kalshi. Fans come to Kalshi because open markets are a fairer way to trade basketball. Now, it’s Official.

It’s a partnership built around a shared commitment: giving fans new ways to engage with basketball while protecting the game and the people who participate.

We built Kalshi on the belief that markets should be free, fair, and open. On our exchange, people trade with one another, and prices emerge from competition among buyers and sellers. Every participant can propose a price, and others can compete to offer a better one.

That structure creates healthier incentives. Kalshi earns fees for facilitating trades. We don’t win when you lose, and we don’t limit people simply because they win. Our business depends on building a marketplace people trust and choose to participate in.”

Furthermore, Kalshi adds, “We’re excited to see the NBA engage directly in shaping this future. Safe, responsible innovation requires leagues, exchanges, and regulators to work together. With this partnership, we’re putting that collaboration into practice: official data, stronger integrity protections, and an open marketplace where fans set the prices.”

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