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Latest News in Sports & Betting

  • July 07, 2026

    Kalshi Loses Bid To Block NY Gambling Law Enforcement

    Kalshi cannot block New York from enforcing its gambling laws against the prediction market platform's sports-related offerings while the company pursues litigation accusing the state of intruding on the federal government's regulatory authority over derivatives trading, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  • July 07, 2026

    Kalshi Says Federal Law Bars Wash. 'Gambling' Clampdown

    Prediction market KalshiEX LLC urged a Washington state judge on Monday to reject state officials' effort to halt the company's operations under Washington gambling laws, arguing that federal law preempts the regulatory effort and that Washington has failed to show that the platform has caused meaningful harm.

  • July 07, 2026

    PTPA Power Struggle Spurs Suit Accusing Ex-GC Of 'Coup'

    An internal leadership battle within a professional tennis player advocacy group escalated Monday, when the Professional Tennis Players Association claimed in Illinois federal court that its ex-general counsel staged a "coup" by recruiting a rogue executive committee to seize control of the organization and its antitrust suit against tennis's governing bodies.

  • July 07, 2026

    Auto Accessories Co. Strikes Deal In 'Terrible Towel' Suit

    A Connecticut automotive accessories company has reached a deal with a nonprofit that owns the rights to the "Terrible Towel" trademarks associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers fanbase to resolve a trademark infringement suit.

  • July 07, 2026

    Dem Sens. Probe CEOs On Trump-IRS Settlement Immunity

    Three senior Democratic senators are investigating whether several companies with ties to President Donald Trump are benefiting from what they alleged was immunity for him, his family and his businesses in the settlement he reached with the Internal Revenue Service. 

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