CFTC, NHL Ink Data-Sharing Pact With Big-League Implications

The NHL is stepping into a room it usually avoids, and this time it is doing it with a regulator at the table. A new information-sharing agreement with the CFTC suggests the league is thinking harder about the edges of the game, where betting markets and league integrity start to overlap. That kind of partnership does not happen for show, and it usually means both sides want eyes on the same problems before they get bigger.