Federal judge blocks Kalshi sports contracts on two California tribes’ lands

A federal judge has barred Kalshi from offering sports event contracts on the lands of two California tribes. The preliminary injunction applies to Blue Lake Rancheria and Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, which challenged the contracts under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. District court order · Appellate opinion

US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley signed and filed the order on 4 November after a status conference in the Northern District of California. It names Kalshi Inc. and KalshiEX and covers sports contracts offered on the plaintiff tribes’ lands, including contracts tied to esports, motorsports and combat sports. District court order

The tribes must supply boundary maps

The tribes have until 13 November to give Kalshi maps showing the boundaries of their lands. Kalshi must file a status report within 21 days of the order explaining what it has done to comply. The order leaves the precise boundaries to the maps and gives no date for Kalshi to turn on any location restrictions. District court order

The injunction follows a 16 September ruling by the Ninth Circuit. The appeals court found that the tribes were likely to succeed on their claim that Kalshi’s sports contracts constituted unauthorised Class III gaming when customers entered those contracts from tribal land. It sent the case back for the district court to consider the remaining requirements for preliminary relief. Appellate opinion