Kalshi sues State of Minnesota over prediction market ban
The company says the state law conflicts with federal commodities rules and would force it to stop offering event contracts or face criminal penalties.
- Prediction market platform Kalshi sued Minnesota in federal court to block a new state law criminalizing operating or advertising its services starting Aug. 1, 2026, arguing the statute violates the U.S. Constitution.
- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed SF 3432 into law earlier this month, prompting the challenge; Kalshi claims the act violates the Supremacy Clause by infringing on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's 'exclusive jurisdiction' over event contracts.
- Responding to the lawsuit, Minnesota Attorney General Kieth Ellison said he is 'very concerned about the harms of prediction markets on Minnesotans,' citing addiction risks, while Kalshi contends the law's advertising provisions violate the First Amendment.
- President Donald Trump asserted it is 'critically important' the CFTC retain sole authority over prediction markets, and Kalshi recently won similar preliminary injunctions against enforcement attempts in New Jersey and Arizona.
- Prediction markets face mounting global scrutiny, with bans enacted in Indonesia, Spain, and India over the past week, as a House of Representatives committee investigates whether government employees are trading on nonpublic information.
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