US appeals court says states can regulate Kalshi event contracts

  • US appeals court ruled against Kalshi over state regulation of its event contracts.
  • The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kalshi’s claim that contracts were swaps.
  • Ohio and Tennessee gambling laws were not preempted by federal law, the court said.

A US appeals court ruled against prediction markets operator Kalshi, finding that states can regulate its event contracts under gambling laws. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals said Kalshi had not shown that its sports event contracts were swaps subject exclusively to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US derivatives regulator. The court also found that federal law did not preempt gambling laws in Ohio or Tennessee.

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