** Shares of retail trading platform Robinhood HOOD.O rise 8.1% to $47.96
** Massachusetts' top securities regulator is investigating HOOD's decision to launch a prediction-markets hub for betting on events like March Madness, Reuters reports
** Event contracts let traders bet on specific outcomes, providing opportunities to profit from predictions in sports, entertainment, politics and the economy
** HOOD says the event contracts it offers are regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and offered through CFTC-registered entities
** 13 out of 20 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 7 rate "hold" and their median PT is $70, as per LSEG data
** Including session's moves, HOOD stock up 28.5% YTD
(Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan)
((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com))
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