The CFTC is suing three states for trying to regulate prediction markets. Lawsuits against Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois accuse the states of violating the CFTC’s “exclusive regulatory authority” over predicting betting markets operated by companies like Kalshi and Polymarket. The CFTC claims the three states have attempted to “outlaw, regulate, or otherwise restrain” prediction betting...

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. A federal commission on Thursday announced lawsuits against three states over its ability to exclusively regulate prediction markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it was taking Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois to court over what it described as the states' actions...

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Department of Justice filed lawsuit against Illinois, Arizona, Connecticut and various state officials on Thursday over the state's efforts to shutter prediction market providers. Illinois, alongside numerous other states, sent cease-and-desist letters to some prediction market providers, arguing that the companies were offering sports...

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