WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led eleven of her Senate colleagues in requesting answers from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig on his plan to combat insider trading, manipulation, and fraud in prediction markets, which currently facilitate illegal gaming nationwide. Their letter follows reporting (https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/venezuela-strikes/card/traders-made-timely-bets-on-maduro-ouster-3lDg9hjZ63vBLXgLBuVD?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdt23H0mkUeMs-UHlpS1kYuN0khl-aGB9xjXWIV2lQmPibnXtSf3UlGOJuVdxE%3D&gaa_ts=6959af3d&gaa_sig=UBJKq8D7MD9WM-utczuAShwU3DlP25nqhZENMAoiuYeuhiJ28G1yYtfpt26oBDTFm4fUyK5C84P-OtW...