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Kalshi and prediction market sector embroiled in mixed bag of legal fights across U.S.
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The leading U.S. prediction markets business and the rest of the rapidly growing event-contract industry, which has been making a big public splash in marketing and advertising to disrupt sports betting in the same way that ride-share services did to taxi drivers, still needs definitive U.S. court rulings to cement its legal footing.
Key facts
- Justice Samuel Alito granted an extension to Aug. 4, 2026 on Thursday, according to the Supreme Court docket
- In Ohio, Kalshi sued the gaming regulator on Monday, following earlier, parallel court arguments from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, seeking to halt Ohio's penalty against the company
- In the Nevada Supreme Court, Kalshi lost an effort a few days ago to halt a requirement that it block its customers in the state from much of the platform's trading activity
- Kalshi is targeting Michigan's most vulnerable residents with sports betting dressed up as investing, and without intervention, the harm will keep getting worse,” said Michigan Gaming Control Board
Summary
The prediction markets, with Kalshi serving as the poster company, have been trying to put out legal fires in states all over the U.S., as the industry seeks to argue during a busy week in court that state regulators shouldn't have authority. The legal fight continued to struggle in Nevada and Michigan, though live arguments are being made in Minnesota and in a potential elevation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, North Carolina is close to instituting a state tax on prediction market revenue. Kalshi is putting a hefty bet on its legal wrangling as the prediction markets firm fights for its survival in the potentially existential question: Are its users gambling or purchasing derivatives?