# CFTC sues Utah over state gambling ban on Kalshi event contracts

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-admin-sues-utah-to-save-kalshi-from-the-states-total-ban-on-gambling/
- Published: 2026-10-28T19:30:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T20:49:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Ars Technica
- Original article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/trump-admin-sues-utah-to-save-kalshi-from-the-states-total-ban-on-gambling/
- Topics: Americas, Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- The CFTC is suing Utah over its effort to block Kalshi.
- A judge previously ruled Utah could enforce its gambling laws.
- The case may affect prediction markets and betting firms nationwide.

## Summary

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued Utah to stop it enforcing its gambling ban against Kalshi, a prediction-market operator. The case tests whether federal oversight of event contracts can override state gambling laws, with potential consequences for other prediction markets and betting companies.

Utah sued Kalshi last week, seeking to bar bets on sports, elections, politics and other events; the state says the service amounts to an online casino. The CFTC says Congress gave it exclusive authority over these markets and that federal law pre-empts Utah’s action. Utah previously won a separate case against Kalshi in August, when a federal judge ruled that federal law did not prevent the state from enforcing its anti-gambling laws. Utah is the tenth state sued by the CFTC over efforts to restrict prediction markets.

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