Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce?

Rhode Island's Attorney General sued Kalshi and Polymarket's US entity, alleging their sports-related event contracts constitute unlicensed sports betting under state law. The CFTC intervened on May 28, 2026, asserting that the Commodity Exchange Act preempts the state's gambling law as applied to these federally regulated contracts. Chief Judge Mary S. McElroy heard preliminary-injunction motions on August 3, 2026, and no ruling had issued as of October 12, 2026; Rhode Island has agreed not to pursue further enforcement action pending that decision. This is the state's live enforcement exposure: the outcome determines whether sports-event contracts can be offered in Rhode Island outside the Lottery-vendor monopoly structure. Separate from the litigation, RFQ 25-08 sets operational reporting duties, including Self-Exclusion, Dormant Account, Unfunded Player Account and Player Account Adjustment reports, on any vendor engaged by the Lottery, though no penalty schedule or licence-revocation grounds tied to these reporting duties have been located as primary text. The statutory self-exclusion list under R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61.2-14.1 remains a standing, in-force obligation on the Lottery Division independent of this litigation.