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- Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin confirmed the platform enforces a 21-and-over age requirement for its prediction market offering.
- The policy sets Fanatics apart from industry rivals that permit users aged 18 to 20, establishing a key compliance differentiator.
Fanatics Markets does not allow users under 21 on its prediction market platform, CEO Michael Rubin said in a CNBC interview clip published Tuesday.
The policy stands out because, according to the CNBC segment, most competitors allow users between 18 and 21. That makes Fanatics’ minimum-age rule one of the clearest differentiators disclosed so far around its prediction market offering.
Rubin outlines a stricter age policy
Rubin discussed the company’s prediction market platform during an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” in a short video posted by CNBC Television on YouTube. The clip centers on why Fanatics does not permit users ages 18 through 20 to participate.
The source material confirms the policy itself, but does not provide a full transcript or a detailed explanation from Rubin in the available fact set. It also does not identify which competing platforms he was comparing Fanatics with.
Even with those limits, the headline takeaway is straightforward: Fanatics is applying a 21-and-over threshold to its prediction market, rather than following the lower age access that CNBC said is common elsewhere in the category.
What is still unclear
The short format leaves several open questions. The available source does not specify whether the platform is live in particular jurisdictions, how broadly the policy applies across markets, or whether the rule is tied to a compliance, product, or risk-management decision.
It also does not say whether Fanatics plans to revisit the age limit later. No regulator, state market, or launch timeline was identified in the source material.
For readers tracking the prediction market space, the immediate significance is that Fanatics is publicly drawing a harder line on age eligibility than rivals reportedly do. If the company provides a fuller explanation, the next question will likely be whether that 21+ standard remains a permanent product rule or varies by market.
Source: As reported by CNBC Television.
