Seventeen U.S. states are in court trying to keep certain prediction market products from being offered in their states — yet sitting members of Congress from nine of those states have accepted individual campaign donations from Kalshi’s founders or executives.
InGame research on the Federal Election Commission website revealed that Washington, D.C. politicians representing states currently embroiled in litigation with Kalshi and/or its regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), have accepted more than $89,000 from individuals employed by the nation’s most prominent prediction market between Jan. 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026.
Rhode Island late last week became the latest state to become entangled in the the courts with Kalshi when the operator sued the state in federal court, and on the same day, the state sued Kalshi and Polymarket in state Superior Court.
