As Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton has pushed for strict enforcement of Texas gambling laws, especially for fantasy sports sites and gaming machines. But after Paxton and his PAC took thousands of dollars from Kalshi and its CEO, the attorney general declined to sign onto several nationwide efforts by Republican and Democratic state attorneys general to rein in the prediction market platform.
In May 2025, Kalshi donated $5,000 to Paxton’s Lone Star Liberty PAC and a month later, on June 13, the Republican Senate candidate accepted $7,000 from Tarek Mansour, the CEO of Kalshi, according to FEC records.
