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New Mexico representative urges tribes to reopen sports betting compact talks

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New Mexico Representative John Block urged tribal gaming partners to discuss reopening their compacts to allow online sports betting. He said the state was missing out on tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue; any expansion would require renegotiating the agreements, while New Mexico is separately pursuing legal action against Kalshi over its sports event contracts.

Reopening compact talks could change the state’s retail-only sports betting framework and require revised tribal-state agreements.

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Federal judge bars Kalshi sports contracts on suing California tribes’ lands

US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granted a preliminary injunction in Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi in California on Wednesday. The order bars Kalshi from offering sports contracts on the plaintiff tribes’ lands and requires the tribes to provide boundary maps by 13 November; Kalshi must report its compliance steps within 21 days.

A San Francisco federal judge has blocked Kalshi from listing sports event contracts on land belonging to the California tribes that are suing it. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who sits in the Northern District of California, granted the tribes a preliminary injunction on Wednesday in the case Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi.

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