May 11, 2026
Kalshi Inc. on Monday told the federal court overseeing its sports contract brawl with Arizona regulators that it's appealed an order denying its request to enjoin Arizona officials from enforcing state gaming laws against it to the Ninth Circuit.
May 05, 2026
A Phoenix federal judge on Tuesday barred Arizona officials from enforcing state gambling laws against federally regulated prediction market platforms in an order finding that the federal government is likely to succeed on claims that the event contracts at issue are swaps beyond the reach of state regulators.
April 23, 2026
Crypto.com has entered the Arizona battleground over prediction markets, joining Kalshi and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a consolidated civil suit against the state, seeking an order protecting its own sports contract offerings from the reach of Arizona gaming regulators.
April 10, 2026
A Phoenix federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing its gambling laws against federally regulated prediction markets, saying the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission are likely to succeed on their claims that Arizona's laws are preempted by federal law.
April 08, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday backed Kalshi's assertion that Arizona's gambling laws cannot be applied to federally regulated prediction market platforms, the same day the Phoenix federal court rejected Kalshi's bid to halt enforcement of those state laws.
March 17, 2026
Arizona has laid criminal gambling charges against prediction market platform Kalshi, becoming the first state to do so among a slew of others pressuring the company to disallow users from betting on sporting events.