By The Weekly Edge desk ·
European Gaming reported that IG’s $1.3bn Underdog agreement would provide US-regulated exchange and clearing capabilities. The report focused on the licensing structure included in the deal.
The planned transaction would bring regulated exchange and clearing capabilities into IG’s prediction-market expansion.
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The comments identify regulatory uncertainty as a consideration in IG Group’s Underdog transaction.
IG Group’s sports betting licence application follows its acquisition of US prediction market Underdog.
Investors face doubled Underdog Q3 revenue alongside IG’s lowered 2026 outlook ahead of deal completion.
The acquisition adds Underdog’s gaming and prediction market business to IG Group.
The proposed purchase would give IG Group an entry into US prediction markets.
The transaction would extend IG Group into prediction markets.