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New York Senate bill that would ban most sports, political & stock-based event contracts just passed favorably out of the Gaming committee. It would do a lot to hinder/block PM operations in New York but oddly, there is no tax or license fee component to the bill. Only a few weeks remain in the session.

@SebasAHerrera @FortuneMagazine CONGRATS!

🚨 Have not posted on here in awhile! Logging on to share some exciting personal news: I’m joining @FortuneMagazine soon as tech correspondent. I’ll still be based in the SF area, keeping a close eye on the industry's biggest players and most defining trends. Naturally, a major focus of my coverage will continue to be artificial intelligence and the massive infrastructure behind it. If you work at Amazon, Microsoft or any of the leading companies driving this space, I'd love to chat. You can reach me securely on Signal at seb.39. (I'll share my Fortune email address once it's up and running). I’m deeply grateful for my seven years at The Wall Street Journal, where I was fortunate to write about Amazon, Microsoft, AI, cloud computing and other topics. I’m thankful to all of my wonderful former colleagues there, as well as the many sources that helped shape my stories. You can follow me here, as well as LinkedIn and Bluesky @sebasaherrera.bsky.social. Let’s keep the conversation going at Fortune!

NBC Sports Philadelphia May Have Underestimated How Mad Phillies Fans Would be About Taryn Hatcher’s Departure crossingbroad.com/news/phillies/…

The CFTC has sued to block a Minnesota bill signed into law Monday that would make operating a prediction market a criminal felony, the organization announced today; The CFTC is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the law from going into effect on August 1, 2026.

.@CFTC Sues Minnesota to Block State Law: cftc.gov/PressRoom/Pres…

More here: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Oh boy -> Sports Illustrated deleted the profile and all articles of a writer, after Sportico editor Dan Bernstein accused Sports Illustrated of plagiarism (and using AI to help write the articles) "After this story initially ran, Sports Illustrated said the deleted content had been produced by an “independent publisher.” The predictions market On SI site was managed by an independent publisher who is expected to abide by Sports Illustrated’s editorial guidelines. Sports Illustrated became aware of a violation of those guidelines in regards to the use of AI and immediately took steps internally to address this violation, including cutting ties with the publisher.” "The company’s hasty move to scrub an entire writer and their backlog from Sports Illustrated‘s site is significant in light of the iconic sports brand’s not-too-distant history of AI scandal. Back in 2023, Futurism published an investigation revealing that Sports Illustrated, then owned by The Arena Group, had published a huge number of product review articles bylined by completely fabricated writers with AI-generated profile pictures." futurism.com/artificial-int…

news from @davidfolkenflik: NPR is offering buyouts to staff npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-…

NEW: The NYT’s standards editor Susan Wessling sent out a memo today saying staff members cannot bet on prediction markets on subjects they cover, are likely to cover or abuse non-public info about the Times to make money. “This is a good moment to make clear that betting on the outcome of news events on the prediction markets is a violation of our principles and ethical guidance and is not permitted.”

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

🚨 SCOOP ALERT 🚨 The Esports World Cup is moving from Riyadh to Paris amid the conflict in the Middle East. @GamesBeat has confirmed the move with multiple sources familiar with the plan. Here's my report on the news and its potential impact on the EWC: gamesbeat.com/esports-world-…

really great info here! @zoemjack @ButlerBets @Covers

The New York Times Features HipHopGamer And His Work In Rikers Island With Gaming This Is Legendary. @nytimes nytimes.com/2026/04/27/art…

@heatherkelly @ceodonovan CONGRATS!

Despite an unexpected talent for being unemployed, I found a new job too cool to pass up and am back in my nice pants. I am now the tech editor at The San Francisco Standard, joining a stacked team that includes my former Postie partner in crime, @ceodonovan.

ICYMI: The Minnesota legislature passed a bill that would ban prediction markets, becoming the first state to explicitly outlaw these platforms; bill language prohibits event contracts on sports, politics and pop culture events; if signed/allowed to pass into law, effective date is Aug. 1; PMs and/or the CFTC are set to file challenge in court before then

Turns out people like ads: TV Ad Market Is Being Taken Over by Streaming Platformshttps://www.wsj.com/business/media/streaming-platforms-are-swallowing-the-tv-ad-market-333aacfb?st=NGYhTX&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

nyc is where you go if you want to lose and regain your will to live multiple times a month

Man pleads guilty to stealing unreleased Beyoncé music in Atlanta, gets 2 years in jail 11alive.com/article/news/c…

Kalshi's sports event contracts now make up closer to 70% of the company's trading volume than the 85%-to-90% figure often cited in the media, Kalshi General Counsel and Chief Regulatory Officer Rick Heaslip said during a Brookings event today

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