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Kalshi 'Settles' Lawsuit Against Montana Attorney General With Allowance for Ninth Circuit Opinio...

Kalshi 'Settles' Lawsuit Against Montana Attorney General With Allowance for Ninth Circuit Opinio...

Kalshi and Montana officials have reached agreement on a motion to dismiss the company's lawsuit in exchange …

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Ninth Circuit Decision in Kalshi v. Assad Bears Ramifications With Montana Lawsuit 'Settlement'

Ninth Circuit Decision in Kalshi v. Assad Bears Ramifications With Montana Lawsuit 'Settlement'

Kalshi's lawsuit against Montana state government figures could soon officially become a non-concern for the …

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Tribal Gaming Interests Secure Win Against Prediction Markets at the Ninth Circuit

Tribal Gaming Interests Secure Win Against Prediction Markets at the Ninth Circuit

A federal judge will review a motion by two tribal gaming authorities within California's borders that could …

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CFTC Argues Jurisdictional Exclusivity in New York Hearing

CFTC Argues Jurisdictional Exclusivity in New York Hearing

Hearing follows judge change in Underdog lawsuit against Washington authorities and Arizona officials asking …

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Connecticut Escalates Prediction Market Enforcement Efforts, Prompting CFTC Response

Connecticut Escalates Prediction Market Enforcement Efforts, Prompting CFTC Response

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked the US District Court for the District of Connecticut to b…

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Kalshi Nevada Case Continues With Separate Appeals

Kalshi Nevada Case Continues With Separate Appeals

The Kalshi Nevada lawsuit is continuing with separate appeals to the full Ninth Circuit and US Supreme Court.…

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Connecticut Sends Cease-and-Desist Orders Affecting Sports Contracts on Nine Exchanges

Connecticut Sends Cease-and-Desist Orders Affecting Sports Contracts on Nine Exchanges

Connecticut gambling regulators have ordered Polymarket and others to stop offering sports event contract tra…

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VGW Reaches Settlement With New York to Avoid Further Penalties

VGW Reaches Settlement With New York to Avoid Further Penalties

Virtual Gaming Worlds has come to terms with New York Attorney General Letitia James in a way that will preve…

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Kalshi Certifies Gold and Silver Perpetual Contracts While Lawsuit Challenging Offerings Remains ...

Kalshi Certifies Gold and Silver Perpetual Contracts While Lawsuit Challenging Offerings Remains ...

Kalshi's self-certification of gold and silver perps raises the stakes of The CME Group's legal challenge to …

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Fanatics Has Infrastructure for Unique Prediction Market Offerings But Obstacles Limit Contracts

Fanatics Has Infrastructure for Unique Prediction Market Offerings But Obstacles Limit Contracts

While much of the news in the prediction market industry revolves around Kalshi and Polymarket, those are far…

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Utah Officials Get Support From Judges But Delay of Enforcement Actions Remains Possible

Utah Officials Get Support From Judges But Delay of Enforcement Actions Remains Possible

Another attempt by Kalshi to evade a perceived threat from authorities in Utah failed on Monday when two judg…

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Kalshi suspends candidate Laurie Buckhout for trading on her own Congressional race

Kalshi suspends candidate Laurie Buckhout for trading on her own Congressional race

Kalshi has banned Laurie Buckhout from trading on its prediction market exchange for a period of three years …

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New Jersey Authorities Meet Deadline to Ask Supreme Court to Review Injunction in Kalshi Lawsuit

New Jersey Authorities Meet Deadline to Ask Supreme Court to Review Injunction in Kalshi Lawsuit

New Jersey Department of Gambling Enforcement Director Mary Jo Flaherty has officially asked the highest cour…

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New York Attorney General Asks Federal Court to Disregard CFTC Emergency Order to Kalshi

New York Attorney General Asks Federal Court to Disregard CFTC Emergency Order to Kalshi

The Monday letter from NY AG James disputes the validity of the CFTC's denial of Kalshi's emergency rule chan…

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Ninth Circuit's decision in Kalshi v. Assad bears substantial ramifications

Ninth Circuit's decision in Kalshi v. Assad bears substantial ramifications

The circuit split over the legal parameters of event contract trading related to sports on prediction markets…

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Kalshi Sanctions Congressional Candidate Laurie Buckhout Following Trades She Placed On Her Own R...

Kalshi Sanctions Congressional Candidate Laurie Buckhout Following Trades She Placed On Her Own R...

Laurie Buckhout, who is running to represent North Carolina's first congressional district, faces a fine and …

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Connecticut officials get significant win, suffer small defeats in legal dispute with Kalshi

Connecticut officials get significant win, suffer small defeats in legal dispute with Kalshi

Decisions out of courtrooms for officials in Connecticut’s state government in their dispute with Kalshi were…

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Montana becomes latest state to dodge Kalshi injunction request

Montana becomes latest state to dodge Kalshi injunction request

Kalshi faces legal vulnerability in another state as United States District Judge Donald W. Molloy refused to…

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Connecticut Attorney General Escalates Action Against Kalshi Amid CFTC Lawsuit

Connecticut Attorney General Escalates Action Against Kalshi Amid CFTC Lawsuit

Connecticut AG joins fray of colleagues taking to state courts to seek order limiting residents' access to pr…

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Kalshi pulls sports-related mention markets as regulators scrutinize category

Kalshi pulls sports-related mention markets as regulators scrutinize category

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig is looking into whether “mention markets” should be …

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Nevada gaming regulators discuss fines for Kalshi court order non-compliance

Nevada gaming regulators discuss fines for Kalshi court order non-compliance

Nevada gaming regulators are calling for law enforcement in the state to impose fines on Kalshi for what they…

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SEC Announces Forthcoming Regulations for Crypto Assets

SEC Announces Forthcoming Regulations for Crypto Assets

The Securities and Exchange Commission shared that it will soon publish new rules for investment contracts co…

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Fliff initiates process to launch prediction market exchange

Fliff initiates process to launch prediction market exchange

Online entertainment company Fliff could be on the verge of diversifying its revenue streams, as it has appli…

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Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket over sports event contract offerings

Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket over sports event contract offerings

The Baltimore City Council and Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott have gone to court to try to stop Kalshi and …

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