A US district judge in San Jose rejected Apple, Google and Meta’s request to dismiss a class action alleging they marketed apps for illegal gambling. Judge Edward Davila ruled that the platforms could not rely on Section 230 immunity in response to claims that they improperly processed payments for social-casino apps.
The ruling allows claims over the platforms’ payment processing for social-casino apps to proceed.
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US District Judge Lorna G. Schofield questioned the CFTC's prospects of securing a preliminary injunction to prevent New York from enforcing gambling laws against event-contract platforms. At a 14 September hearing, the agency argued that the contracts fall under its exclusive authority; New York, the American Gaming Association and 44 state attorneys general oppose that position. Federal appeals courts have issued conflicting rulings, and the Supreme Court has been asked to resolve the dispute.
A US federal judge in Iowa denied Kalshi’s request for a preliminary injunction against state regulation of its sports-related event contracts. Judge Stephen Locher found Kalshi was unlikely to succeed in arguing that the Commodity Exchange Act expressly pre-empts Iowa gambling laws. Iowa had not taken enforcement action against the company when it filed suit in March.
A federal judge in Connecticut rejected Kalshi’s request for an emergency injunction, ruling that a CFTC order could not override the court’s interpretation of federal law. The judge also found Kalshi had not shown irreparable harm; the dispute concerns whether state gambling laws apply to its sports-event contracts.
A federal judge rejected Kalshi’s attempt to stop Utah from applying its anti-gambling laws to the company’s sports event contracts, according to the report.
US federal judge Paul L. Maloney rejected Polymarket’s request to stop Michigan regulators applying state gambling laws to its operations. The court found that federal law did not prevent state action and rejected Polymarket’s argument that its sports-related contracts were swaps under federal commodities law.