在纽约联邦法官拒绝了卡尔希阻止州赌博官员针对其体育赛事合同执行当地法律的请求后,卡尔希向第二巡回法院提起上诉。 卡尔希正在对纽约联邦法官驳回其阻止州赌博官员针对预测市场平台的体育相关赛事合同执行当地法律的请求提出上诉。 卡尔希在周二向美国纽约南区地方法院(SDNY)提交的通知中表示,将将此案提交给美国第二巡回上诉法院。该上诉是在同一天发表意见和命令之后做出的,该意见和命令驳回了该平台运营商针对纽约州博彩委员会官员发出初步禁令的动议。 这一上诉加剧了一场日益激烈的法律斗争,争论的焦点是体育预测市场是联邦监管的衍生品还是州监管的赌博产品。这个问题已经引起了美国各地法院的分歧。
周二早些时候,法官阿娜丽莎·托雷斯在初步禁令阶段驳回了这一论点,认为适用于卡尔希体育赛事合同的纽约赌博法并未被《美国商品交易法》所取代。法院表示,卡尔希没有“明确或实质性地表明”它可能会在案情上胜诉。 该命令还指出,其他司法管辖区对卡尔希的类似要求存在不同意见。一些人已颁布禁止国家执法的禁令,而另一些人则否认了该公司的动议。 “卡尔希在国家金融之都遭受了重大损失,可能会对其他案件(尤其是康涅狄格州和其他 SDNY 诉讼)产生连锁反应,”律师丹尼尔·瓦拉赫(Daniel Wallach)写道,他所在的佛罗里达州律师事务所主要致力于美国的体育博彩和博彩法。 卡尔希在美国的法律斗争扩大 Kalshi 的吸引力之际,预测市场平台因体育赛事合同而面临州监管机构越来越大的压力。
今年 5 月,商品期货交易委员会 (CFTC) 在俄亥俄州联邦上诉法院的一场诉讼中支持了 Kalshi,此前该平台对限制其预测市场产品的努力提出了质疑。 CFTC 此前已起诉威斯康星州、纽约州、亚利桑那州、康涅狄格州和伊利诺伊州等五个州,要求对预测市场拥有管辖权。 6 月 25 日,卡尔希起诉伊利诺伊州官员,指控一项州法律“明确禁止体育赛事合同”,除非预测市场平台获得当地许可证。该平台辩称,该法律篡夺了商品期货交易委员会对联邦监管的衍生品市场的权力。 相关:世界杯推动预测市场,Kalshi 6 月交易量突破 9B 美元 国家监管机构也对其他平台进行了打击。 4 月,威斯康星州就体育赛事合同起诉 Robinhood、Coinbase、Polymarket、Crypto.com 以及 Kalshi。该州声称这些平台为非法体育博彩提供了便利。 内华达州监管机构已对 Kalshi、Coinbase 和 Polymarket 等预测市场公司采取类似行动 杂志:比特币在这个周期已经触底了吗?分析师表示“还没有”
Kalshi appealed to the Second Circuit after a New York federal judge denied its request to block state gambling officials from enforcing local laws against its sports event contracts.
Kalshi is appealing a New York federal judge's rejection of its bid to block state gambling officials from enforcing local laws against the prediction market platform's sports-related event contracts.
In a notice filed on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Kalshi said it would take the case to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The appeal followed a same-day opinion and order denying the platform operator's motion for a preliminary injunction against officials at the New York State Gaming Commission.
The appeal escalates a growing legal fight over whether sports prediction markets are federally regulated derivatives or state-regulated gambling products. This question has already split courts across the United States.
Judge Analisa Torres earlier Tuesday rejected that argument at the preliminary injunction stage, finding that New York gambling laws, as applied to Kalshi’s sports-event contracts, were not preempted by the US Commodity Exchange Act. The court said Kalshi had not made a “clear or substantial showing” that it was likely to succeed on the merits.
The order also noted that other jurisdictions have had split opinions on similar requests from Kalshi. Some have granted injunctions against state enforcement, while others have denied the company’s motions.
“Major loss for Kalshi in the nation’s financial capital, with likely knock-on effects in other cases (esp. Connecticut and other SDNY lawsuits),” wrote lawyer Daniel Wallach, whose Florida law firm is devoted principally to sports wagering and gaming law in the US.
Kalshi’s US legal fight widens
Kalshi's appeal comes as prediction market platforms face mounting pressure from state regulators over their sports event contracts.
In May, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) backed Kalshi in an Ohio federal appeals court fight after the platform challenged efforts to restrict its prediction market offerings. The CFTC's filing came after it had sued five states, including Wisconsin, New York, Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois, to assert jurisdiction over prediction markets.
On June 25, Kalshi sued Illinois officials over a state law it said “expressly bans sports event contracts” unless prediction market platforms obtain local licenses. The platform argued that the law usurped the CFTC's authority over federally regulated derivatives markets.
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State regulators have also cracked down on other platforms. In April, Wisconsin sued Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, Crypto.com, as well as Kalshi, over sports event contracts. The state alleged that the platforms facilitated illegal sports betting.
Nevada regulators have pursued similar actions against prediction market firms, including Kalshi, Coinbase and Polymarket
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