FanDuel Predicts Adds OG Prediction Markets Ahead of World Cup
FanDuel Predicts has announced new sports, entertainment, and combination event contracts through OG Prediction Markets, a Crypto.com-affiliated CFTC-regulated exchange and clearinghouse. Customers will begin to see contract offerings from both CME Group and OG Prediction Markets this week, timed to the start of the World Cup.
That expansion gives FanDuel Predicts a second regulated derivatives route alongside CME Group, which has underpinned the product since launch. FanDuel Predicts is the app of FanDuel Prediction Markets, a joint venture between FanDuel Group and CME Group.
James Cooper, Senior Vice President of Flywheel and New Ventures at FanDuel, said the added product sets would give customers more choice across sports and entertainment contracts.
Unlike a sportsbook, the product works through contracts priced between $0.01 and $0.99. Customers buy if they expect an outcome and sell if they do not. FanDuel Predicts is available across all 50 US states for financial benchmarks including the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, oil and gas, gold, and cryptocurrencies. Sports and entertainment contracts are available only in states where FanDuel does not offer sports betting.
On the infrastructure side, OG Prediction Markets is operated by North American Derivatives Exchange, an affiliate of Crypto.com registered with the CFTC as both a designated contract market and a derivatives clearing organization. Joe Anzures, Chief Business Officer of Crypto.com, said the partnership would bring the company’s regulated derivatives infrastructure into a mainstream prediction markets product ahead of the World Cup.
💡TGJ Take
FanDuel is testing how far a betting brand can move into CFTC-regulated event contracts without treating the product as sportsbook expansion. That matters for operators in states where sports betting remains unavailable or politically difficult. For suppliers and affiliates, the key detail is not the World Cup timing. It is the dual-track model: CME for financial-style contracts and OG Prediction Markets for a broader event contract menu. If customers adopt combination contracts at scale, prediction markets become a real adjacent product category, not just a regulatory workaround.
