💻 Technology May 15, 2026 · Suswati Basu

Gov. Evers bars Wisconsin employees from exploiting insider information through prediction markets

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Gov. Evers bars Wisconsin employees from exploiting insider information through prediction markets
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Thursday (May 14) blocking state employees from using confidential government information to make money through prediction markets and online betting platforms. The order is aimed at tightening ethics rules as wagering markets tied to politics, sports, and government activity continue growing across the country.



Executive Order 294 applies to executive branch workers and bars them from using nonpublic information obtained through state jobs

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