Prediction market platform Kalshi has vowed to struggle a brand new lawsuit from the US state of Massachusetts, which accuses the corporate of providing unlicensed sports activities betting to residents.
“We’re proud to be the corporate that has pioneered this expertise and stand able to defend it as soon as once more in a court docket of legislation,” a spokesperson for Kalshi advised Cointelegraph on Friday.
“Prediction markets are a vital innovation of the twenty first century, and all Individuals ought to have the ability to entry them,” Kalshi added.
Kalshi is ready to struggle amid different authorized challenges
The civil lawsuit, filed on Friday by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Suffolk County Superior Courtroom, alleged that Kalshi disguises sports activities wagering as “occasion contracts” and violates the state’s strict playing legal guidelines.
“Kalshi is violating the Commonwealth’s strict sports activities wagering legal guidelines and rules by providing unlicensed sports activities wagering to Massachusetts residents,” the submitting acknowledged.
It additional claimed that as of Might 2025, greater than three-quarters of Kalshi’s buying and selling quantity comes from sports activities — a bigger share, the submitting stated, than trade giants DraftKings or FanDuel.
Nevertheless, the Kalshi spokesperson stated that Massachusetts’s regulators selected authorized motion over immediately resolving the matter:
“Quite than interact in dialogue with Kalshi as many different states have performed, Massachusetts is attempting to dam Kalshi’s improvements by counting on outdated legal guidelines and concepts.”
Kalshi argues that it’s regulated by the CFTC
Kalshi has beforehand argued that the Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC) regulates it on the federal degree and doesn’t fall underneath state playing jurisdiction.
It has acquired cease-and-desist orders from different states, together with Arizona, Montana, Ohio, and Illinois.
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The case comes as blockchain-powered prediction market Polymarket is reportedly making ready to launch within the US.
Citing sources accustomed to the dialog, Enterprise Insider reported on Friday that Polymarket is exploring re-entering the US whereas searching for new funding that would greater than triple its June valuation of $1 billion. One investor valued the corporate at as much as $10 billion.
It comes simply days after Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan stated in an X submit on Sept. 4 that “Polymarket has been given the inexperienced gentle to go reside within the USA by the CFTC.”
“Keep tuned,” he added.
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