California: Attorney General Joins 37-State Coalition for the Ninth Time to Defend State Gambling Laws Against Prediction Market Operator Kalshi
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that California has joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting Utah's right to enforce its state sports gaming and gambling laws against prediction market operator Kalshi. The brief was filed in KalshiEX LLC v. Cox, pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
The attorneys general argue that federal preemption of state gambling laws as applied to prediction market providers is improper and detrimental to the traditional role of the states in regulating gambling and protecting vulnerable citizens. The filing marks the ninth time California has joined nationwide multistate amicus efforts targeting Kalshi and similar prediction market companies.
"This filing is representative of our bipartisan commitment to protecting state regulatory authority over illegal, unregulated gambling operations," Bonta said. "Prediction markets cannot use federal loopholes to bypass state consumer protection, sports gaming, and gambling laws. By joining this brief, we are standing firmly with Utah and our state partners to ensure that federal commodities laws are not weaponized to evade state laws, fuel gambling addiction, and undermine state regulation of legal gaming."
Kalshi's appeal asks the Tenth Circuit to find that the federal Commodity Exchange Act preempts Utah's state constitutional prohibition on sports wagering as applied to sports event contracts traded on prediction market platforms. Similar briefs have been filed in the Third, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Circuits, and in support of New Jersey's petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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