NHL Shocks Fans With Groundbreaking Deal — Polymarket Becomes Official Prediction Partner

The National Hockey League (NHL) has also signed a historical deal with Polymarket that it calls as the Official Prediction Market Partner. The agreement is the first occasion when a large American sports league unites with a prediction engine based on a blockchain. On October 22, 2025, at 14:43 UTC, Polymarket released the news, highlighting that no fees, no house, and no limits would apply to the users who will be able to trade based on the outcomes in NHL.

We’re honored and proud to be named the Official Prediction Market Partner of the NHL.

You can now trade with no fees, no house, & no limits. pic.twitter.com/XuFOboiklY

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) October 22, 2025

The partnership places Polymarket at the heart of a significant sporting innovation, as fans will be able to interact with games in real-time by means of verified data streams and decentralized markets.

Partnership Agreement Supported

In 2025, CNBC reported that the NHL signed a multi-year licensing deal with Polymarket and Kalshi, which could use official NHL trademarks, logos, and proprietary data to create branded prediction markets (September 10). It is a step that provides Polymarket with legal entry into the intellectual property of NHL a breakthrough in the legitimization of prediction trading in the United States. In December, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour referred to the announcement as a seminal moment in prediction markets, and the leadership at Polymarket shared the view.

The NHL association would also be a big increase to its market share given that it had just re-entered the U.S market fully earlier this year. Polymarket will disrupt the way fans are receiving content with major leagues by integrating the transparency of blockchains with mainstream sports participation. It is now possible to trade predictions of player performances, match outcomes, and season statistics, all on-chain and without intermediaries.

Bold move of NHL into Prediction Markets

The relocation is a continuation of the success of the 2018 U.S. sports betting legalization that has increased fan engagement more than fantasy league and traditional betting. Keith Wachtel, the Business President of NHL, was excited about the collaboration and said that Polymarket has the same regulatory clarity and transparency as FanDuel and DraftKings. The NHL anticipates that this agreement will increase fan interest in watching the games live especially when it comes to such occasions as Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Even with the enthusiasm, the American Gaming Association (AGA) denounced the deal saying that the activities of Polymarket do not comply with certain state gambling regulations because it has an age restriction policy of 18+ and operates nationwide. State scrutiny is likely to occur at the state level, but Polymarket has an advantage in defending its regulation because of the CFTC. This conflict may define the next step in the U.S. betting laws, when to consider the decentralized prediction offerings as gambling or financial innovation.

Local Response and Industry Hype

There was a reply from crypto and sports fans. Traders on social media rejoiced with the joint venture and heralded it as the mainstream breakthrough of blockchain-based prediction markets. Independent analytics indicated that 94 percent of sentiment around the community was positive with more than 100,000 active conversations in 48 hours of the post.

It will be a strong fan-engagement instrument in the NHL, and Polymarket will solidify its position as the leader in blockchain-based financial prediction systems. Both of them expect to receive new sources of revenues in the form of licensing fees and on-chain market volume. Nevertheless, regulatory transparency is mandatory. When it passes on the state stage, this collaboration can make more leagues adopt blockchain-powered prediction ecosystems.