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Iowa governor signs law expanding gambling regulators’ enforcement powers

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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 2289, expanding regulators’ powers over sweepstakes casinos and other gambling activities in Iowa. Effective 1 July 2026, the law allows regulators to issue cease-and-desist orders and seek injunctions against unlicensed operators; it also covers illegal sports wagering and unlicensed fantasy contests.

Operators offering covered gambling products in Iowa may face injunctions and other enforcement action if unlicensed.

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Underdog sues Tennessee regulators to block prediction market enforcement action

Underdog has filed suit against Tennessee sports betting regulators to stop them applying state gambling law to its prediction market business. This follows an 9 October cease-and-desist order from the Tennessee Sports Wagering Council, which threatened civil penalties, criminal investigations and revocation of Underdog's fantasy sports licence. Underdog argues the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction, and Tennessee is the seventh state it has sued, after a Sixth Circuit ruling against Kalshi in September.

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