As one of the two dominant sports betting brands in the U.S. — consuming as much as 80% of the legal market in tandem with FanDuel — DraftKings found itself compelled to join the prediction market boom and attempt to wrestle back some of the gambling investing dollars flowing to Kalshi and Robinhood.

DraftKings is clearly expanding beyond traditional sports betting by acquiring Railbird, a move that signals its broader ambitions in prediction markets. This marks a really significant step in blending betting platforms with event-based financial technology.

Can market incumbents in sports betting and financial services take on first-movers like Kalshi and Polymarket?

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