Kalshi Connecticut Loss: Injunction Denied, State Law Wins

Judge Denies Kalshi Injunction, Backs Connecticut Law

A federal judge denied Kalshi’s bid to block Connecticut from enforcing its gambling laws against sports contracts. The court held the contracts are not swaps, leaving them outside the CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction. The order says Congress never displaced the states’ historic police power over sports betting through Dodd-Frank. Coinbase lost a matching motion before the … Read more