Kalshi is set to offer markets in three categories for football, unless the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) prohibits it from doing so, documents filed Monday show.
Kalshi submitted three documents to the CFTC portal reporting that it is self-certifying bets on markets concerning points spreads, over/unders, and touchdown scorers.
When a CFTC-registered exchange wants to offer a new type of contract, it typically asks for permission to have the market self-certified, presenting a template version of the market with gaps that can be filled in to offer different bets along the same theme.
The template for the point spread market is, “Will <team> win <game> by <above/below/between/exactly/at least> <count> points?”
