In the recently concluded 2026 Regular Session of Kentucky’s General Assembly, there was significant activity concerning prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, all with potential serious economic impact. Specifically, House Bills 757, 869 and 904 all addressed prediction market contracts in one way or another. Via essentially a double-barrel blast against prediction markets, Kentucky has enacted what is, at its end, a 14.25% transactional-based excise tax on prediction market contracts.