The Morning Risk Report: Nevada Wins Temporary Ban on Sports Betting on Kalshi By Richard Vanderford | Dow Jones Risk Journal
Good morning. Nevada won a temporary restraining order
to prevent prediction-market platform Kalshi from offering event-based contracts related to sports, elections and entertainment.
New restrictions: Kalshi must obtain all required state gambling licenses and prohibit users under 21 years old from using its platform to offer such contracts, according to the order from Nevada's First Judicial District Court. Nevada gambling regulators had sought the order from the court. The ban will last for 14 days, with a hearing to be held April 3.
Betting on the weather: Kalshi and Polymarket, a competing prediction-markets platform, offer event-based contracts tied to everything from politics to the weather. A large amount of betting is focused on professional and college sports, putting the platforms in competition with betting sites like FanDuel and DraftKings.
Legal fights underway: The order is the latest blow against Kalshi's efforts to continue operating in all 50 states as battle lines form between officials at the federal and state level over whether event-based contracts are distinct from online betting. Just a few days earlier, Arizona filed criminal charges against the parent companies of Kalshi, accusing them of operating an illegal gambling business without a license. Compliance
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