Sports Contracts Face Nevada Challenge Over CFTC Treatment
News Source : ReadWrite
News Summary
- The CFTC advanced two measures affecting prediction markets.
- Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mike Dreitzer said he expected the move.
- Federal and state authorities dispute who should oversee sports-event contracts.
- Kalshi filed for a rehearing in its Sixth Circuit case involving regulators in Ohio and Tennessee.
- The appeals court had unanimously ruled against the company, finding that prediction markets were not exempt from state gambling laws, including tax requirements.
- The rehearing filing seeks another look at that ruling; it does not change the result already issued by the court.
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