The Ohio Casino Control Commission told platforms including Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood and Coinbase to stop offering sports event contracts, escalating a sta

An Illinois federal judge sided with Kalshi, finding its sports event contracts likely qualify as CFTC-regulated swaps and blocking state gaming rules from appl

The CFTC sent proposed event-contract rules to the White House for review and floated a framework covering self-custody and on-chain trading, as it presses its

The appellate ruling against Kalshi deepened a circuit split with Illinois and raised the odds that the Supreme Court will take up how event contracts are class

The approval marks an expansion of Kalshi's product lineup beyond event contracts into index-based derivatives under CFTC oversight.

International and North American gaming regulators want the high court to settle whether sports event contracts are federally regulated swaps or state-licensed

Kalshi's funding of a 41-state lobbying drive tests whether industry spending can blunt state efforts to bar sports event contracts.

The suspension follows a Missouri order against sports prediction contracts, and Kalshi responded to the same directive, as state-level enforcement spreads.

Nevada is pressing its case against Kalshi in the Ninth Circuit even as the CFTC weighs new rules that may not affect the pending appeal.

The investigation has renewed scrutiny of whether event contracts are vulnerable to insider trading and manipulation.

Industry tracking data put a $9 billion event-contract weekend alongside softer regulated sportsbook revenue for August.

The lottery association says fragmented national rules leave gaps for prediction market platforms operating across Europe.

The new exchange enters the market with federal regulatory approval as venues expand beyond Kalshi and Polymarket.

The sharp move came amid a broader crypto trading slump that shapes sentiment around crypto-linked prediction products.

The refunds highlight the collision between prediction market trading activity and campaign finance rules as California races attract event-contract interest.

The hire reflects growing legal demand around event contracts as federal and state fights multiply.

The piece examines the tax treatment fight over event contract payouts as the industry grows.

The settlement is an unrelated enforcement action by the derivatives regulator, which is also handling the prediction market rulemaking.