[Entertainment](https://leakly.com/entertainment/)

[Corroborated]

# Hollywood studios are banning staff from prediction-market bets on movie news

The Hollywood Reporter says the rules cover castings, release dates and earnings. Studios have updated internal policies.

Leaked on 05 November 2026

![The Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles](https://leakly.com/assets/images/hollywood-studios-ban-prediction-market-bets-hero.jpg)

The Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles. [Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de / Wikimedia Commons, cropped](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollywood_Sign.jpg) ([CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/))

Hollywood studios are banning employees from betting on prediction markets about movie news, [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/prediction-market-ban-hollywood-studios-1236742752/) reported on November 5. @DiscussingFilm summarized the policies: no bets on castings, release dates or studio earnings, and no passing that information to friends and family so they can bet.

> **DiscussingFilm** @DiscussingFilm
>
> Hollywood studios are banning employees from prediction market betting on movie news, such as castings, release dates and studio earnings.
> • Passing this info along to friends & family for them to place bets is also forbidden.
> • At least one studio has set up an anonymous hotline to report their fellow employees suspected of placing bets.
> (Source: https://t.co/wMo7O33int)
>
> 8,240 likes · 636 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 12:49 UTC
>
> — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) [November 5, 2026](https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2118330305572413693)

[Leakly track record](https://leakly.com/leakers/discussingfilm/)

The @DiscussingFilm post adds that at least one studio has set up an anonymous reporting channel.

Which studios adopted which rules is not fully public.

## What we know

* Studios are barring employees from prediction-market bets on movie news.
* Tipping others to bet is also barred.

## What we don't know

* A full list of studios and penalties.

## What would confirm it

Published policies from the studios.

## Sources

* [Original X post by @DiscussingFilm](https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2118330305572413693)
* [Hollywood Banning Prediction Market Betting on Movie Release Dates](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/prediction-market-ban-hollywood-studios-1236742752/)

[Corroborated]

## What happened later

Which studios adopted which rules is not fully public.

Status key: [how we label leaks](https://leakly.com/editorial-guidelines/#status) · [Corrections](https://leakly.com/corrections/) · [Contact](https://leakly.com/contact/)