{"id":643501,"date":"2026-08-15T10:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/15\/kalshi-ordered-to-stop-broad-range-of-prediction-markets-in-washington\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T10:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:52:53","slug":"kalshi-ordered-to-stop-broad-range-of-prediction-markets-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/15\/kalshi-ordered-to-stop-broad-range-of-prediction-markets-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalshi ordered to stop broad range of prediction markets in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kalshi<\/p>\n

Kalshi must implement initial geofencing by Aug. 19 and a GeoComply multi-source geofencing system by Sept. 2.<\/p>\n

A Washington state judge has ordered prediction market platform Kalshi to stop offering a broad range of event contracts in the state, rejecting its argument that federal commodities law preempts Washington gambling law.<\/p>\n

King County Superior Court Judge John McHale barred<\/a> Kalshi from offering contracts tied to sports, elections, politics, entertainment, culture, tech and science, and \u201cmentions.\u201d Contracts involving commodities, climate, economics and finance are exempt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re holding Kalshi accountable for running an illegal gambling operation,\u201d Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said<\/a> Thursday on X, citing a recent court ruling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Kalshi must implement initial geofencing by Aug. 19 and a GeoComply multi-source geofencing system by Sept. 2. A Washington state judge has ordered prediction market platform Kalshi to stop offering a broad range of event contracts in the state, rejecting its argument that federal commodities law preempts Washington gambling law. King County Superior Court Judge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":643502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-643501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}