California Tribes Win Order Barring Kalshi Sports Contracts on Their Lands
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A California federal judge granted three tribes a preliminary injunction barring Kalshi from offering sports event contracts on their sovereign lands, requiring the prediction-market platform to report compliance steps within 21 days after tribes challenged the effectiveness of its voluntary location blocks. The ruling escalates a broader dispute over whether Kalshi's sports contracts are federally regulated event contracts or state-gaming products subject to tribal exclusivity. The order applies only to the tribes' lands rather than statewide, leaving Kalshi's California operations largely intact for now. Watch whether Kalshi's geolocation fixes satisfy the court, whether other tribes seek similar relief, and how the case informs the parallel state-versus-federal fight over sports prediction markets.
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Kalshi, California Tribes, California