According to CNBC, six Democratic senators have written a letter to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, strongly opposing the launch of prediction market contracts that incentivize bodily harm or death, citing it as a serious national security risk. The letter urges the CFTC to explicitly reaffirm that it will "absolutely prohibit" any contracts based on or closely related to individual death; it also notes that the CFTC has already explicitly banned contracts involving terrorism, assassination, war, and other related topics.