Utah says an undercover law-enforcement officer placed sports bets on Kalshi. This is probably not the customer-engagement story the sales team wanted.
The state has now charged Kalshi and its two cofounders with 14 counts involving alleged gambling promotion and a pattern of unlawful activity, Reuters reports. These are charges, not convictions.
The timing is excellent if you enjoy paying lawyers. A day earlier, the Trump administration’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued to stop Utah enforcing its gambling laws against prediction markets, arguing that federal regulators have jurisdiction. Utah has already won a federal ruling allowing enforcement. The larger state-versus-federal fight remains unresolved.
Kalshi calls the charges a “crazy overreach,” says Utah is playing politics and expects to stop the case in court. Meanwhile, the undercover customer’s feedback has reached the prosecutors.
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