Sports Contracts Face Nevada Challenge Over CFTC Treatment

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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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