{"id":72204,"date":"2026-04-16T09:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/kalshi-to-create-portal-for-parents-on-prediction-markets-report\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:12:25","slug":"kalshi-to-create-portal-for-parents-on-prediction-markets-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/kalshi-to-create-portal-for-parents-on-prediction-markets-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalshi to create \u2018portal for parents\u2018 on prediction markets: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"post-description\">CEO Tarek Mansour said in an interview that Kalshi would prevent kids from using a parent\u2019s ID to skirt its age restrictions by launching a parent portal and AI verification.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"html-renderer-container\">\n<p>Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour reportedly announced a new strategy for the prediction markets platform to crack down on minors illegally using its services.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Wednesday Semafor report, Mansour <a title=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/04\/15\/2026\/kalshi-ceo-tarek-mansour-says-firm-is-launching-a-parent-portal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/04\/15\/2026\/kalshi-ceo-tarek-mansour-says-firm-is-launching-a-parent-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> that Kalshi was launching a \u201cportal for parents\u201d to submit their identification to check whether their children were using the platforms under their names. There have been incidents in which minors have been able to bypass Kalshi\u2019s age requirements \u2014 a US-based user must be 18 years old \u2014 by using one of their parent\u2019s IDs for verification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also adding selfies to accounts, where you can basically look at the face of a person, and it can tell you obviously if this person is not the actual parent that\u2019s 50 years old,\u201d said Mansour, according to Semafor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UY2LtqofHqQ?start=\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The CEO\u2019s comments came as prediction market platforms come under scrutiny in the US, both by state-level gaming authorities for the companies\u2019 event contracts related to sports and at the federal level for controversial bets on military actions. <\/p>\n<p>Crypto exchanges have also been challenging Kalshi\u2019s dominance in the market, with Binance <a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/binance-prediction-markets-app\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/binance-prediction-markets-app\">integrating prediction market features<\/a> in its wallet app last week, followed by Crypto.com <a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-exchange-prediction-markets-high-roller\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-exchange-prediction-markets-high-roller\">partnering with High Roller Technologies<\/a> in a similar move.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/polymarket-google-news-removed-error-report\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/polymarket-google-news-removed-error-report\"><em><strong>Polymarket bets removed from Google News after brief appearance: Report<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Central to Kalshi\u2019s arguments in court is the claim that the company is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal commodities regulator, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Michael Selig, who chairs the CFTC, has backed this position in an amicus brief in support of Crypto.com in its dispute with the Nevada Gaming Control Board.<\/p>\n<h2>Court battles continue over sports and election event contracts<\/h2>\n<p>As of Wednesday, many of the cases against Kalshi were ongoing at the state level.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in Arizona <a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/arizona-court-kalshi-gambling-enforcement-block\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/arizona-court-kalshi-gambling-enforcement-block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">blocked state officials<\/a> from enforcing the state\u2019s gambling laws as applied to Kalshi\u2019s event contracts last week. The decision followed a similar outcome in New Jersey, where a federal appellate court <a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/appellate-court-new-jersey-enforcement-kalshi\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/appellate-court-new-jersey-enforcement-kalshi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sided with the company\u2019s argument<\/a> claiming that the Commodity Exchange Act \u2014 under the CFTC \u2014 preempted the state\u2019s law on sports gambling.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3yWBF9ofUQo?start=\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-magazine.com\/anger-grows-polymarket-bets-iran-war\/\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-magazine.com\/anger-grows-polymarket-bets-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em><strong>Should users be allowed to bet on war and death in prediction markets?<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><template data-type=\"markets_outlook\" data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-label=\"Subscription Form: Markets Outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<p>Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph\u2019s Editorial Policy and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently. Read our Editorial Policy <a href=\"http:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/editorial-policy\">https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/editorial-policy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO Tarek Mansour said in an interview that Kalshi would prevent kids from using a parent\u2019s ID to skirt its [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":72206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tien-dien-tu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}