Massachusetts Regulators Bring Back Popular Table Tennis Sports Betting Markets
By Robert Linnehan in Industry
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- Massachusetts Gaming Commission unanimously approved adding TT Elite Series table tennis matches back into its regulated sports betting markets
- The commission previously banned the events on Feb. 12 due to integrity concerns
- TT Elite Series has since strengthened its integrity controls and show improved integrity performance in its markets
Massachusetts table tennis sports bettors can rejoice, as a popular table tennis market has been brought back into the regulated sports betting fold.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) unanimously approved a DraftKings event petition to allow sports betting on TT Elite Series table tennis events, which had been removed from the regulated Massachusetts sports betting catalogue earlier this year.
The Sports Wagering Division of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission conducted a review of TT Elite Series and determined the organization strengthened its integrity controls and showed improved integrity performance for its markets.
TT Elite Series Back in Commonwealth
The MGC previously banned the popular table tennis event markets during its Feb. 12, 2026, commission meeting, citing elevated integrity concerns for any table tennis markets not operated by the International Table Tennis Federation.
Members of the MGC unanimously approved the removal of TT Elite Series events in February, plus Challenger Series table tennis events, from the Massachusetts sports betting catalogue.
After the decision to remove the markets, MGC Chair Jordan Maynard said he immediately heard from commonwealth sports bettors protesting its removal.
“As an editorial note, I quickly got emails and tweeted at when we removed this back in February. I knew this would be coming up again with perspective from citizens in the commonwealth. It’s a relatively high volume event,” Maynard said during last week’s meeting in which the markets were discussed.
DraftKings submitted a petition to the MGC in March to add the TT Elite Series back into the Massachusetts sports betting catalogue, leading to an investigation of the league by the Sports Wagering Division of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.
According to Andrew Steffen, compliance operations manager of the sports wagering division, the investigation revealed TT Elite Series significantly improved its integrity controls, comparable now to many currently approved sporting competitions in the state’s sports betting catalogue, more proactively engaged with integrity monitoring organizations, and improved coordination with the league’s official data provider since the February action to remove the markets.
“While no sporting competition is entirely free from integrity risk, SWD believes TT Elite Series now demonstrates integrity controls sufficient to support its inclusion in the Massachusetts Sports Wagering Event Catalog,” the division noted in its report.
The MGC agreed with its findings, unanimously approving TT Elite Series to again be offered in the state. The markets are currently live.
“The review done was incredibly thorough. I think this is a good example of how the system can work well. Serious concerns were expressed, which necessitated us to remove this from the catalogue. DraftKings, the league, and the associated integrity monitoring apparatus reacted and reacted favorably to put this TT Elite Series back in a place where I feel comfortable restoring it to the catalogue,” MGC member Paul Brodeur said.
The MGC voted 5-0 to restore the series to the catalogue.
TT Elite Series Popular With Bettors
The TT Elite Series is a popular market with sports bettors. To ensure its compliance, DraftKings reported to the MGC that it increased its own integrity resources to monitor the markets. DraftKings specifically added 70 compliance employees to its TT Elite series offerings and added a dedicated live trading team in May to monitor international competitions, including table tennis.
DraftKings also reported it accepted wagers on 53,000 TT Elite Series events from Jan. 1, 2026, through June 2026, in 27 jurisdictions that allow the markets and identified no integrity issues with the events.
Maynard also noted that several “pseudo-prediction markets” offer the table tennis events on their own platform, so regulated sportsbooks should offer them as well along with their responsible gaming tools for customers.
“Some of the pseudo-prediction markets are offering this. It should be offered in regulated books where there are Play Well tools and other tools available to patrons who want to access those. And again, the demand has been expressed,” he said.
When the MGC removed TT Elite Series from its sports betting catalogue in February, many Massachusetts sports bettors bemoaned the decision on social media. The markets were popular and were high-volume in handle, as Maynard described, and sports bettors were disappointed they were removed.
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