# Hollywood Quietly Banning Prediction Market Betting on Movie News, Release Dates (Exclusive)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hollywood-quietly-banning-prediction-market-betting-on-movie-news-release-dates-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-11-05T13:03:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T13:26:48+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/prediction-market-ban-hollywood-studios-1236742752/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Studios are warning staff against betting on work related entertainment news.
- Sharing insider information to help others bet is also prohibited.
- A study estimated $143 million in anomalous Polymarket profits over two years.

## Summary

Hollywood studios and production companies are warning employees not to bet on prediction markets using information connected to their work. The rules aim to limit insider trading as betting has spread to entertainment news, where staff may know about casting, earnings or release dates before the public.

The restrictions can also ban sharing confidential information with others who might bet, and at least one company has introduced an anonymous reporting hotline. Recent cases include a MrBeast company video editor who earned $5,000 using confidential information and was fired and fined $20,000. A study estimated $143 million in anomalous Polymarket profits over two years, while BetOnline temporarily removed its James Bond casting market after bets shifted sharply towards Callum Turner.

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