A federal court in the Southern District of New York denied Kalshi's motion for a preliminary injunction, holding that New York gambling law as applied to Kalshi's sports-event contracts is not preempted by the Commodity Exchange Act, in an opinion and order decided July 7, 2026. The New York Attorney General separately sued Kalshi for operating an unlicensed gambling platform, following the Gaming Commission's October 2025 cease-and-desist. In the same period, the Attorney General secured an eight-million-dollar settlement from VGW over illegal sweepstakes casinos operated under the Chumba, Global Poker, and Luckyland Slots brands, following the December 2025 statutory ban on dual-currency sweepstakes. The Attorney General also sued Valve over alleged promotion of gambling to minors via video games. Together these five actions in one cycle constitute active, escalating enforcement spanning prediction markets, unlicensed platforms, sweepstakes casinos, and platform-level minors exposure.
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New York · Question 10 of 11
Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce?
Favourable · Confirmed · AI-generated · Back to full New York report →
Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | New York (US-NY) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Recorded in register |
| Favourability | Favourable |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Review status | AI-generated |
| Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
A federal court in the Southern District of New York denied Kalshi's motion for a preliminary injunction, holding that New York gambling law as applied to Kalshi's sports-event contracts is not preempted by the Commodity Exchange Act, in an opinion and order decided July 7, 2026. The New York Attorn…