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  • September 11, 2026

    9 Prediction Markets Ordered To Stop Operating In Conn.

    Connecticut has directed nine prediction market operators to close up shop in the state for allegedly offering off-label sports bets, while separately requesting several media outlets, payment processors and data organizations hand over information that could be relevant to the state's prediction market investigations.

  • September 11, 2026

    Prediction Markets Ask Justices To Settle Sports Wager Split

    Crypto.com on Friday became the third party to call on the U.S. Supreme Court to address the closely-watched circuit split on prediction market regulation, challenging a Ninth Circuit decision that allowed Nevada regulators to police certain sports event contracts since their "substance" appeared to be gambling.

  • September 11, 2026

    Kalshi Can Appeal Tribe's Sports Betting Claims, Judge Says

    A Wisconsin federal judge Friday said Kalshi can appeal a ruling allowing claims brought by the Ho-Chunk Nation to proceed, saying that since the issues involved will "certainly" make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court eventually, the Seventh Circuit should consider them now.

  • September 11, 2026

    Calif. Judge To Hear Picayune's Suit Over Rival Casino Plan

    The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians and Station Casinos LLC are slated to appear before a California federal judge next month to say why he should toss the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians' lawsuit claiming North Fork's plan to build a new casino is illegal.

  • September 11, 2026

    Prediction Markets' High Court Clash Looks More Imminent

    The widespread clash over whether the regulation of prediction markets falls under federal or state jurisdiction was bound to land in the U.S. Supreme Court, and a new circuit split and urgent policy questions may force the justices' hands to take up the issue.

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