Category Archives: Compliance

Kalshi licensing requirements now sit at the center of a difficult compliance question for prediction market operators: how should a federally regulated event-contract exchange plan product strategy when several states treat sports-style contracts as unlicensed wagering? As of October 26, … Read the rest

Sportsbook AI Scrutiny in New York and Massachusetts has moved from a policy concern to an active compliance issue for licensed operators. As of October 23, 2026, the two states are taking different paths: Massachusetts is pressing operators for factual … Read the rest

Prediction Market Compliance has become a higher-risk operating issue as state regulators press against prediction-market products that resemble sports betting, election betting, entertainment wagering, or other event-based speculation. The key compliance problem is not one single rule. It is the … Read the rest

prediction market compliance has become a core control issue for U.S. sports betting operators, trading venues, affiliates, and data suppliers. The policy dispute is not just about product labels. It affects who may offer sports-related event contracts, which regulator supervises … Read the rest

New York’s September 24, 2026 legal action against Polymarket put prediction market compliance under a sharper state-law test. Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul sued QCX LLC, referred to as Polymarket US, alleging that its platform operated as … Read the rest

The Sixth Circuit Kalshi ruling on September 25, 2026, narrowed Kalshi’s federal-law theory for sports-event contracts and gave Ohio and Tennessee a clearer path to enforce state gambling laws. For sportsbook compliance teams, the ruling is less about predicting a … Read the rest

Ohio Prediction Markets moved into a higher-risk compliance phase after the Ohio Casino Control Commission sent cease-and-desist letters on October 5, 2026, to ten prediction market operators and brokers. The letters demanded that sports event contracts stop being offered in … Read the rest

The Circuit Split between the 3rd and 9th Circuits has created a direct compliance problem for sports wagering operators, prediction-market platforms, state regulators, and tribal gaming authorities. As of October 5, 2026, the key dispute is whether sports-event contracts are … Read the rest

Nevada Prediction Markets moved into a higher-risk compliance category after the Ninth Circuit issued its August 28, 2026 decision in KalshiEX, LLC v. Assad. The court’s 3-0 ruling held that Nevada’s gambling laws apply to sports-event contracts offered by … Read the rest

Prediction market oversight has become a direct compliance issue for sportsbooks, exchanges, leagues, and vendors that touch sports-linked event contracts. As of September 29, 2026, federal proposals from Senator Richard Blumenthal and Representative Paul D. Tonko sit at the center … Read the rest