# Kalshi court losses mount as judges decline to block state gambling laws

https://mins.news/en/item/131385

- Ars Technica, 2026-11-05 19:46 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/11/kalshi-court-losses-pile-up-as-judges-refuse-to-block-state-gambling-laws/

> Two federal appeals courts rejected Kalshi’s latest efforts to block gambling laws in Connecticut, New York and Nevada. Arkansas’s attorney general has also sued the prediction-market operator. The disputes concern whether state gambling laws cover prediction markets, which Kalshi says offer swaps regulated only by the CFTC.

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