Polymarket and Splash Sports Team Up for $21 Million NFL Survivor Contest

Polymarket has partnered with Splash Sports, bringing its prediction markets to 2 million fantasy users, starting with a $21 million NFL survivor contest.

Ziv Chen

Last Updated: June 19, 2026 2:04 PM EDT • 2 minute read

Pictured: Polymarket logo appears in this illustration taken as we look at its deal with Splash Sports to launch a $21M NFL survivor. Photo by REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Enjoying SBR content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account

Polymarket has struck a partnership with Splash Sports that will put one of the best prediction markets in front of millions of fantasy sports players starting this fall. The companies announced the deal on June 18, with the centerpiece being what they call the largest pro football survivor contest ever run, carrying $21 million in guaranteed prizes.

Splash Sports runs a peer-to-peer fantasy and skill gaming platform with more than 2 million active users, built in part through its acquisition of RunYourPool and OfficeFootballPool. Starting with the 2026 NFL season, Splash will fold Polymarket's event-driven trading directly into its app, operating as a CFTC-registered introducing broker.

Users will see a dedicated Splash Market tab alongside the survivor, pick'em, daily fantasy, and commissioner league formats Splash already offers.

"The next phase of sports engagement will be defined by the gamification of live events," said Shayne Coplan, Founder and CEO of Polymarket. "Splash has built one of the largest skill-based social sports communities in the United States and I’ve personally been a user of their legacy brand for many years. We believe that partnering with them for the biggest survivor contest in history is the perfect way to bring prediction markets to NFL fans at scale."

Splash co-CEOs TJ Ross and Joel Milton added that the partnership removes old barriers tied to traditional survivor pools, which historically required travel and proxies, while letting users adjust their positions during games using real-time market data.

Registration for the $21 million NFL Survivor contest is open at splashsports.com/nflsurvivor, with eligibility available in more than 35 states and Canada.

Polymarket's trading volume has slipped for two straight months

The NFL push comes at a moment when Polymarket needs a boost. Trading volume on its international platform fell for a second consecutive month in May, according to data from Dune Analytics.

Polymarket processed just under $7.1 billion in volume during May, down from more than $9 billion in April. Both figures sit well below the platform's March peak of $10.5 billion. Monthly active users followed the same pattern, dropping from more than 780,000 in March to fewer than 650,000 in May.

A Polymarket spokesperson told the media outlet that spring technology maintenance contributed to the slowdown, along with a transition to a new token, Polymarket USD, which created an adjustment period for traders. All transactions on the international platform are conducted in cryptocurrency.

There are signs of a rebound. The platform logged $1.9 billion in volume during the first week of June, its strongest single week since late April. The spokesperson pointed to the end of maintenance work and rising interest tied to the World Cup as reasons to expect renewed growth.

The decline has occurred even as rivals like Kalshi continue expanding, and it follows a stretch between August and March when Polymarket's volume grew by more than 850%.

Written by:
Ziv Chen

Ziv has over two decades of experience in the igaming and sports betting industry, having served in senior marketing and business development positions with both B2C and B2B companies, including Playtech and Microgaming. In 2019, Ziv decided to pursue his passion for writing and became a fulltime industry journalist, covering casino, sports, and gambling business news. He’s specialties include casino games and technology, US state gambling regulation, company performance, as well as gambling affiliates and marketing. As a Pitt graduate, Ziv is a diehard fan of all Pittsburgh sports teams, with the Steelers at the top of the list. In his free time, he enjoys reading crime fiction, biographies (mainly of sports personalities, but not only) and American history. Ziv’s Favorite quote: “We're going to pursue perfection, knowing full well we won't catch it, but we're going to relentlessly chase it," Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach.