Court order prohibits Kalshi from offering sports event contracts in the Tribes’ Indian lands
Two California Tribes have secured a preliminary injunction to stop Kalshi from offering its sports event contracts on their Indian lands.
U.S District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the Northern District of California backed a motion for a preliminary injunction last week by two Tribes, the Blue Lake Rancheria and Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians.
The order prohibits Kalshi from offering sports event contracts in the Tribes’ Indian lands involving baseball, tennis, pickleball, soccer, basketball, American football, golf, chess, eSports, hockey, motorsports, boxing, wrestling and UFC events.
As part of the order, the Tribes must provide Kalshi with maps delineating the boundaries of their Indian lands no later than 13 November.
Within 21 days of the order, Kalshi must provide the court with an updated status report on the steps it has taken to comply with this injunction.
The order marks the first preliminary injunction that any Tribe has secured against Kalshi.
In September, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a District Court ruling which denied the two California Tribes’ request for a preliminary injunction against Kalshi.
The Court of Appeals decision sided with two Tribes, which argued that Kalshi’s event contracts amounted to illegal class III gaming and violated the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).
Last month, Kalshi agreed deals with California’s Greenville Rancheria, Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, and Alturas Indian Rancheria Tribes to power their prediction market platforms.