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The report said that a Washington judge granted the state a preliminary injunction against Kalshi. The court considered the state likely to succeed on gambling-law claims and rejected Kalshi’s federal pre-emption argument.
The preliminary ruling allows Washington’s gambling-law case against Kalshi to advance.
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The dispute concerns whether states can apply gambling rules to sports-event contracts offered by federally regulated exchanges.
The findings bear on state challenges to Kalshi and Polymarket's position that their contracts fall exclusively under CFTC jurisdiction.
The analysis questions Kalshi’s explanation for concentrated activity in its ether perpetual contracts.
The new contracts allow partial settlement rather than requiring players to reach the full statistical target.
The dispute could affect whether prediction market operators face state gambling laws alongside federal oversight.
The denial challenges Kalshi’s account of a tribal partnership.