Ninth Circuit backs California tribes’ claims against Kalshi event contracts
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 3-0 for the Blue Lake Rancheria and Chicken Ranch Rancheria of the Me-Wuk Indians in part of their case against Kalshi and Robinhood. The panel found the tribes likely to succeed in arguing that Kalshi’s sports-event contracts on tribal lands violated the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and tribal gaming ordinances, and sent the case back to the lower court to review remaining claims. The ruling did not order Kalshi to stop offering contracts in California.
The decision sends the tribes’ remaining claims back for review but does not require Kalshi to halt its California offering.