CumberlandThe suit wants to bar the company from operating what it says is an unlicensed gambling business and seeks financial redress.
New York sues Kalshi, alleges it offers a gambling platform 'plain and simple'
The suit wants to bar the company from operating what it says is an unlicensed gambling business and seeks financial redress.
New York State sued prediction-market platform Kalshi, accusing it of running an unlicensed gambling business and seeking to bar it from operating in the state. Attorney General Letitia James said Kalshi’s event contracts are illegal bets, including on sports, elections and culture, and alleges the platform allows underage wagering. The lawsuit, filed in the New York Supreme Court, seeks triple Kalshi’s gains, $100,000 per unauthorized or attempted wager offer and a full accounting of customer bets, losses and company profits.
New York sued prediction-market Kalshi, alleging it offers sports and event wagers in the state without a gaming license.
The petition, filed in the New York Supreme Court on Friday, asks a judge to bar the company from operating an unlicensed gambling business and seeks an accounting of customer bets, losses and company gains, plus restitution, damages and civil penalties.
The state is seeking a penalty equal to three times Kalshi’s gains from the activity, plus $100,000 for each unauthorized or attempted offer of sports or mobile sports wagering, according to a statement published by Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James.
Kalshi, which targeted a $40 billion valuation during a June funding round, and the prediction markets sector are facing legal challenges across the U.S. In Minnesota, Kalshi and rival Polymarket scored a temporary win when the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota ruled the state’s law banning prediction markets likely runs afoul of the Commodity Exchange Act, and granted a preliminary injunction against the law to the two companies and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
James’ office described Kalshi’s event contracts as bets and said the platform takes wagers on professional and college sports, elections and culture. The lawsuit alleges Kalshi allows users aged 18 to 20 to wager and lists markets involving New York college teams, both prohibited for licensed sportsbooks in the state.
“New York’s gambling laws protect children from underage betting and help combat gambling addiction,” James said in the statement. "No matter what they call themselves, prediction markets like Kalshi are gambling platforms, plain and simple."
The World Cup helped boost Kalshi's numbers, adding 3 million during the course of the tournament, according to CNBC. That's more than double the 2 million the firm said it had at the start of May.
According to the attorney general’s statement, the lawsuit follows an October cease-and-desist order from the New York State Gaming Commission.
A federal judge denied Kalshi’s bid to block state regulators on July 7 and rejected an injunction pending appeal on July 27.
CoinDesk approached Kalshi for comment outside of regular U.S. office hours, and had not heard back by publication time.
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