10 月 15 日，纳斯达克斯德哥尔摩上市的供应商 Hacksaw 官宣上线 B2B 预测市场平台。运营商通过一次平台对接接进它的技术设施和分发网络，就能用自己品牌把这一品类开出来，不用从零搭一套。同一天，马耳他监管机构把它的 B2B 关键游戏供应牌照从 Type 1 扩到 Type 3。多出来的这档管的是玩家对玩家的玩法：平台方不承担游戏风险，按流水抽佣。
值得划重点的是牌照口径。马耳他的公开登记册里并没有单独的「预测市场」类目，这次批准走的是现有 Type 3 规则——按马耳他的划分，这一档覆盖玩家对战与交易所式撮合两类玩法。换句话说，监管没给新品类另开一扇门，而是把旧框架用到了新场景。对想上这个品类的运营商，这等于一条现成的合规路径：牌照已就位，剩下的就是接平台、谈商务。
回到包网方案选型的角度说两句。预测市场这两年起量快，自建一套撮合加结算的底层，搭建周期按月起步，合规还要按市场逐个谈。Hacksaw 的路子是把它做成平台上的可插拔模块，技术和商务设施都是现成的，运营商接入即可。挑包网平台时，「新品类是不是现成模块」值得写进清单：谁家即插即用，谁家要等自研，差的就是上线时间。至于第一批接进来的会是谁，11 月 3 日 Hacksaw 出季报，到时候见分晓。
On 15 October, Nasdaq Stockholm-listed supplier Hacksaw launched its B2B prediction markets platform. Operators plug into its technology infrastructure and distribution network through one platform integration and run the vertical under their own brand — no build from scratch. The same day, the Malta Gaming Authority extended the company's B2B Critical Gaming Supply licence from Type 1 to Type 3. The new class covers peer-to-peer play: the platform carries no gaming risk and earns a commission on volume.
The licence framing is the detail worth flagging. Malta's public register has no separate prediction-markets category — the approval came through the existing Type 3 rules, which under Malta's classification cover player-versus-player formats and exchange-style pooling. In other words, the regulator opened no new door for the category; it applied an old framework to a new scene. For operators eyeing the vertical, that is a ready-made compliance path: the licence is in place, and what remains is platform integration and commercial terms.
Back to platform selection. Prediction markets are scaling fast, and building a matching-and-settlement base from scratch means a build timeline counted in months, plus compliance negotiated market by market. Hacksaw's route turns the vertical into a pluggable module on the platform — technology and commercial infrastructure are already there, and operators simply connect. When comparing platforms, whether the new category ships as a ready module belongs on the checklist: who offers plug-and-play and who waits for in-house builds is exactly the difference in time to market. As for who signs on first, Hacksaw reports interim numbers on 3 November — that is when we find out.