Event contracts (bets on war, terrorism or assassinations) « would likely be barred as not in the public interest. »
*Likely* is doing a lot of work here.
www.reuters.com/world/cftc-p...
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will propose new rules on how it will govern prediction markets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
