Welcome back to Cleatz.com, where we don’t just report prediction-market news, we unwrap it, roast it, and then tell you where the value is hiding.
Let’s get into the latest blockbuster from the prediction-market world – FanDuel is officially dipping its toes into federally regulated event contracts… and they might cannonball in sooner than expected.
FanDuel Predicts: The Timeline Just Dropped
According to CME Group’s newest filings with the CFTC, FanDuel’s prediction-market product (working title: FanDuel Predicts, because calling it “FanDuel But Nerdier” didn’t fly) looks ready to launch as early as the first week of December.
Key details from the filings:
- CME listed NFL, NBA, and college football game-winner and championship-winner contracts.
- First listing date appears to be December 5 at 5:01 p.m. ET for a game on December 8.
- The markets will operate 24/7, aside from a couple tiny maintenance windows.
- Availability will start only in states WITHOUT legal sports betting, which is either brilliant, insane, or both.
Yes, regulated sports-event futures may soon be something your Aunt Karen in Alabama can trade. We’re witnessing history.
And Then There’s Fanatics…
Not to be outdone, Fanatics is gearing up to drop its own prediction-market platform “in the next couple of weeks.”
If you missed our full rundown, catch up here.
Fanatics has reportedly acquired a registered futures brokerage and is preparing to climb into the same sandbox as FanDuel and CME. If these filings are the appetizer, the main course in this industry is about to taste like chaos with a hint of opportunity.
Why This Is Massive for Predictors & Traders
For years, prediction markets were the quirky cousins of sports betting, nerdy, undervalued, and mostly ignored outside of election night.
FanDuel and Fanatics joining the fray? That’s when the cool kids show up and suddenly your quiet house party turns into Coachella.
This shift means:
- Liquidity explodes.
- Regulation sharpens.
- Price discovery gets real.
- And every sportsbook oddsmaker now has to compete with actual futures-market pricing.
Translation: Value opportunities are about to pop up everywhere. And Cleatz readers like value more than a drunk guy likes “first touchdown scorer.”
Speaking of Value… The Heisman Markets Already Show the Playbook
We’ve been yelling this from the mountaintops: prediction markets often price events more efficiently than sportsbooks.
If you haven’t read our breakdown of DraftKings vs Kalshi vs Polymarket on the Heisman race, fix that immediately.
You’ll see real-world examples of sportsbook numbers lagging behind prediction-market pricing, exactly the kind of mispricing these new products will amplify.
So What’s Next?
Simple, prediction markets aren’t becoming mainstream. They’re becoming inevitable.
FanDuel and Fanatics are about to turn this into a full-contact sport. CME will bring the institutional backbone. And you, dear Cleatz reader, get early intel on where price edges and inefficiencies will live.
We’ll keep tracking:
- Listing dates
- Contract types
- State availability
- Pricing gaps
- Tradable inefficiencies
- And which platforms actually deliver vs. which ones become glorified sportsbook clones
Prediction markets are about to go from “niche curiosity” to “daily must-check dashboard.”
And Cleatz will be your dashboard for the dashboards.
