Indian Gaming and Prediction Markets: Circuit Split Raises the Stakes

The Third and Ninth U.S. Circuit Courts have issued conflicting rulings on whether sports-event contracts offered by prediction markets like Kalshi are federally regulated derivatives under CFTC jurisdiction or state- and Tribal-regulated sports bets, with the Supreme Court now petitioned to resolve the dispute. This legal uncertainty affects regulatory control and sovereignty of Tribal gaming laws.

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