The platforms index is a comparison board, not a storefront. Every row is a real brand. Each row is a reading guide. None of the rows is a referral.
What the columns are for
Platform type tells you the family: regulated, research (PredictIt), or state-licensed (Sporttrade, which is not currently operating). Settlement is dollars or a brokerage rail. Pricing is cents — or a cents-style percent — so the rows can be read together. Access is a dated phrase, such as “confirm in-app,” and not a live fence.
What we won’t do for a row
No fictional composites. No partner story. No invented volume. Fee rows say confirm on the operator, because we don’t run a live card and we won’t flatten Robinhood’s brokerage fees into its event-contract fees. We also won’t paste a sportsbook promo onto a Predicts or Predictions page.
Each brand page uses the same sections: overview, who it’s for, how prices work, markets offered, how they differ, fees, availability, pros and cons, FAQ. The illustrative Yes in the prices section is a teaching quote in cents — not a live mid.
How to use a row
Read the platform type first so you know which legal object you are looking at. Read the access snapshot second so you do not assume a California habit applies to New York. Open the matching state guide third. Confirm in-app fourth. This site stops at three on purpose.