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Baltimore sues Polymarket over illegal sports betting
The City of Baltimore and its mayor, Brendan Scott, filed lawsuits against Ploymarket over allegations that the companies violated local ga…
Kalshi ordered to block Washington bets
Washington residents will soon be restricted from placing wagers on sports, politics and entertainment on Kalshi, an internet gambling site…
Kalshi Suffers Another Legal Blow as Connecticut Court Denies Injunction
A federal court in Connecticut on Monday denied Kalshi's request for a preliminary injunction against state officials seeking to restrict i…
Prediction Markets Kalshi, Polymarket Bombarded By Legal Threats
The seemingly never-ending legal battle against prediction markets continues, and for the first time, a city is getting involved in the fig…
Tribes expect Supreme Court intervention after Kalshi ordered to block Washington bets
Despite a ruling in Washington state that found Kalshi is likely violating state gaming laws, uncertainty remains for tribal gaming leaders…
Prediction Markets Flag Dozens of Suspected Insider Traders as CFTC Enforcement Lags
Prediction market platforms have begun flagging potential insider traders at a rapid pace. The surge is testing the resources and legal too…
BETTER MARKETS: The CFTC is Now Telling Prediction Markets How to Avoid Resembling a Sportsbook
Benjamin Schiffrin, Director of Securities Policy for Better Markets, issued the following statement in connection with the Commodity Futur…
New York State Bar Association to host webinar on sports betting and prediction markets
The free online session will examine the differences between mobile sports betting and prediction markets while raising awareness about pro…
Italy’s land-based gambling reforms dropped from government agenda
The draft Land-based Gambling Reorganisation Decree no longer appears on the agenda for this year.
Italy.- Following the rejection of It…
Senators and tribal gaming regulators are pushing to keep sports betting under state jurisdiction
Senators and tribal gaming regulators are pushing to keep sports betting under state jurisdiction, resisting efforts by a federal regulato…
DraftKings Dragged Into Prediction-Market Lawsuit Wave
DraftKings got into prediction markets to compete with the likes of Kalshi and Polymarket. It has now found something else in common with t…
Judge rejects Kalshi's bid to dodge Utah's anti-gambling laws
Utah just won a big round against prediction market operator Kalshi. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the company can’t hide behind commo…
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a $36 billion civil enforcement action against Kalshi in Manhattan state court Friday morning
NEW YORK – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James today announced that New York has sued KalshiEX, LLC (Kalshi)…
Tribal Gaming Leaders Urge Senators to Reject Clarity Act
Indian gaming groups are pressing US senators to vote no on the Clarity Act, H.R. 3633, a bill meant to set federal rules for digital asset…
New York sues Kalshi, says its prediction markets are illegal gambling
New York’s attorney general sued Kalshi on Friday, claiming that its prediction market platform violates state laws against illegal gambli…
Federal Judge denies CFTC’s bid to shield Kalshi from Wisconsin gambling law
Kalshi’s fight to keep its sports prediction contracts under federal protection just hit a major roadblock. A Wisconsin federal judge has r…
New York sues Kalshi for illegal gambling
The lawsuit asks the court to order Kalshi to pay fines, forfeit all illegal gains, and pay restitution to consumers who were harmed
New Y…
Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge
A Dubai-based crypto exchange serves as a hub for moving illicit Iranian money. The exchange, Shelbit, links a vast gambling network fronte…
A new lawsuit claims that DraftKings and Polymarket are violating South Carolina’s ban on gambling with prediction market products that allow people to wager on the outcome of sporting events.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (CN) — A lawyer is taking aim at Polymarket and other prediction markets he claims are violating South Carolina’s anti-gam…
Is Kalshi in trouble after oral arguments at Sixth Circuit court?
A panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral arguments from representatives of Kalshi and the states of…
Court of Appeal rejects latest UK National Lottery challenge
The Court of Appeal has rejected a bid from The New Lottery Company (TNLC) and Northen & Shell to overturn a High Court judgement over…
Judge Signals He’ll Let DraftKings California DFS Suit Move Forward
A federal judge said Thursday, July 23, that he is likely to deny DraftKings’ bid to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging the fantasy sp…
NASPL calls for urgent predictions regulation to protect US lotteries
POSITION PAPER
NASPL Statement on Prediction Markets – July 2026 For more than a century, public policy and laws have defined and provide…
Nevada Gaming Control Board Shuts Down Kalshi’s Sports Prediction Market Business in Nevada
For Immediate Release LAS VEGAS, NV July 24, 2026
Nevada Gaming Control Board Shuts Down Kalshi’s Sports Prediction Market Business in Ne…
How Europe is calling time on prediction markets’ regulatory free ride
On 16 July the president of France’s regulator l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux, ANJ, ordered the country’s internet service providers to bloc…
New House bill seeks to end sports prediction markets
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) introduced the Prediction Markets Are Gambling A…
CME CEO Duffy Says Sports Prediction Markets Are Gambling, Foresees Supreme Court Case
Key Points
Duffy says many “prediction markets on sports are gambling”
He believes the Supreme Court will eventually hear a case on the…