Massachusetts subpoenas Robinhood over sports prediction markets

Massachusetts’ securities regulator has reportedly launched a probe over Robinhood’s prediction markets offering that has allowed users to bet on the outcomes for a slew of events, including basketball tournaments. Reuters reported on March 24 that Massachusetts Secretary Bill Galvin said his office subpoenaed Robinhood last week to get information on its marketing materials and the number of Massachusetts-based users that traded sports events contracts on college basketball tournaments.Galvin said he was concerned the trading platform was “linking a gambling event on a popular sports event that’s especially popular to young people to a brokerage account.”“This is just another gimmick from a company that’s very good at gimmicks to lure investors away from sound investing,” he added source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/massachusetts-probe-robinhood-sports-prediction-markets?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound