TLDR Major League Baseball announced a deal with Polymarket as its Official Prediction Market, valued at $150-300 million over three years MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and CFTC Chair Michael Selig signed a memorandum of understanding focused on protecting baseball’s integrity Polymarket gets exclusive access to MLB logos, digital asset placement, and official league data from Sportradar The NHL, MLS, and UFC already have prediction market partnerships, making MLB the largest US sports league to join The NFL and NBA remain without prediction market deals, though both leagues have signaled interest
Major League Baseball has struck a deal with Polymarket, making the crypto-based prediction platform its Official Prediction Market. The announcement came on Thursday alongside a separate agreement with the CFTC.
The deal is worth between $150 million and $300 million over a potential three years, according to sources cited by Front Office Sports.
Polymarket and its brokers will get exclusive access to MLB marks and logos as part of the arrangement. The Polymarket brand will also appear on MLB’s digital assets and at league events.
The platform will receive access to official league data through Sportradar. The setup follows the structure of a traditional league sponsorship deal.
MLB already has existing relationships with FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM. The Polymarket deal adds a prediction market layer to the league’s growing portfolio of betting-adjacent partnerships.
MLB and CFTC Agree to Protect Baseball Integrity
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and CFTC Chair Michael Selig signed a memorandum of understanding as part of the announcement. The stated goal is to protect the integrity of professional baseball within prediction markets.
“We’ve committed to work together to protect the integrity and resilience of prediction markets relating to professional baseball,” Selig said in a statement.
Manfred called the agreements “imperative steps in proactively managing the