Pat Evans is a Writer at LSP Report. He covers a diverse range of topics including government and politics, law and legal affairs, and sports business, with a focus on elections, public policy, and competitive sports. Pat's work has been featured in notable publications such as Crain's Detroit Business, Nevada Business Magazine, and the Grand Rapids Business Journal.
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By: Pat Evans
New Jersey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review its loss to Kalshi, giving the justices a direct chance to resolve the growing split over whether sports-event contracts are federally regulated derivatives or state-regulated gambling. The petition comes days after the Ninth Circuit ruled for Nevada and against Kalshi, the opposite conclusion reached by the Third Circuit in New Jersey.
By: Pat Evans
More than $10.6 million has traded on Kalshi’s Texas Senate market since the race turned competitive in August, while Polymarket traders now narrowly favor Democrat James Talarico. The split-screen comes as Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Donald Trump, publicly acknowledge that Texas is no longer a race they can take for granted.
The league says contracts on player injuries, officiating, broadcast mentions and easily manipulated plays remain available months after its first warning. Its latest letter, sent days before the 2026 season begins, sharpens the pressure on Kalshi, Polymarket and other federally regulated exchanges, and notably calls their products “bets.”
Robinhood is expanding beyond its existing prediction-market infrastructure through a multiyear deal with Crypto’s OG, adding another regulated exchange engine to its app while taking minority ownership positions in both companies.
The appeals court affirmed Utah’s ability to enforce its gambling laws against Kalshi’s sports-event contracts, adding another federal appellate loss for the platform as New Jersey asks the Supreme Court to settle the growing conflict over whether prediction markets are federally regulated swaps or state-regulated sports betting.
More than $5.7 million has traded across Kalshi and Polymarket on Michigan’s open Senate race, with both platforms putting Abdul El-Sayed in the low- to mid-60s. But a new Detroit-area poll gives Republican Mike Rogers a narrow lead, underscoring how far prediction-market confidence has moved ahead of the conventional view in a race central to Senate control.
By: Pat Evans
Kalshi is asking the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider the panel decision allowing Nevada to regulate its sports-event contracts as gambling. Robinhood, meanwhile, has filed a Supreme Court petition seeking review of that same ruling, adding a second industry-backed request alongside New Jersey’s petition to settle a growing circuit split.
CME is ending new expiries for its sports and cultural event-contract swaps, including contracts tied to sports, the Oscars and the Grammys. Existing positions will continue trading and clearing through expiration, but once those contracts run off, CME’s own prediction-market experiment will effectively go dark unless it files another rule change.
Democrats are 65% to win the Senate and 93% to win the House, averaging Kalshi and Polymarket. Odds for all 35 Senate races, this week’s moves, where to trade.
By: Pat Evans
A sportsbook-backed campaign to legalize online Nebraska sports betting faces a more visible opposition push with eight days left before voters decide the issue.
