News Summary

• Richard Blumenthal plans to seek information from DraftKings and prediction-market platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket.
• Blumenthal is continuing to press FanDuel for details about its VIP bettor program.
• The comments signal broader congressional questioning, not a filed enforcement action or an established violation.
• The inquiry could touch both DraftKings’ sportsbook VIP practices and its expansion into prediction markets.
• The scrutiny followed the public disclosure of a personalized video that MLB star Bryce Harper recorded in November 2024 for a man deep in gambling debt.