Ex-PlayUp CEO Mintas seeks CFTC approval for 365Prediction
Laila Mintas has applied to the CFTC to register 365Prediction as a designated contract market for federally regulated event-contract trading.
Former PlayUp US CEO Laila Mintas filed an application with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in June 2026 to register 365Prediction as a designated contract market. The startup, founded in February 2026, proposes a fully collateralized exchange that would clear trades through affiliated clearinghouse Next Gen Clearing, LLC.
The filing describes an exchange-style venue where participants trade event contracts with one another under federal oversight rather than state gaming rules. 365Prediction said it licensed surveillance software from Eventus to monitor trading and detect potential market abuse.
Corporate documents list Mintas on the board together with sports-betting executive Leo Gaspar, Olympic gold medallist and former Sports Innovation Lab chief Angela Ruggiero, Gerald Szatvanyi, David Lamb and Kristy Gale. The application places clearing, surveillance and governance structures at the center of the company’s regulatory plan.
Mintas has publicly advocated for prediction markets and submitted a detailed comment to the CFTC’s rulemaking process arguing event contracts should be regulated at the federal level. In that filing Mintas wrote, “Sports event contracts are not betting. You trade them like a stock exchange.” At a February discussion hosted by FiscalNote she said the team started 365Prediction because they saw growth potential and believed existing platforms needed improvement, adding “Sitting back on the sidelines and watching the market was not an option for us. We want to play in this market. We want to capitalize in this market.” 365Prediction has a partnership with FiscalNote on plans to expand into political prediction markets.
Mintas has held senior roles at Sportradar, FIFA, CONCACAF, PlayEngine and Bet.Works, the latter acquired by Bally’s in 2020. She previously served as CEO of PlayUp US; that tenure drew attention after a proposed sale of PlayUp to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapsed and litigation followed.
The CFTC has not yet acted on 365Prediction’s application. If approved, the company would join other firms seeking designation as federally regulated event-contract exchanges.
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