By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Online Poker Report reported that IG Group agreed to purchase Underdog for consideration of approximately $1.3bn at most. Underdog would retain its brand and management while operating separately.
The proposed purchase would give IG Group an established US prediction-markets business.
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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 planned transaction would bring regulated exchange and clearing capabilities into IG’s prediction-market expansion.
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.