Arguing that despite the efforts from Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation to “affix the ‘sports betting’ label” to its sports event contracts, the U.S. Congress allows for trades made on a designated contract market (DCM) to be exempt from tribal gaming laws, Kalshi Monday filed a brief in support of dismissing the tribe’s case to keep it from operating on Indian land.
In the case in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, the Ho-Chunk Nation sued Kalshi, and partner Robinhood, in August, arguing that the companies are violating the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) by operating on tribal land.
