Hanaway's office says a bet on the Chiefs is sports betting whether placed on a prediction market or at a casino, and that she will enforce the law
Catherine HanawayMissouri attorney general, in a statement from her office's spokesperson to Sports Betting Dime
Responding to Kalshi's lawsuit, a spokesperson for Hanaway's office says the same rules should apply to a sports bet whether it is placed through a prediction market or at a casino, and that the office is confident the federal courts will not stop her from enforcing Missouri law.
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Prediction markets' sports event contracts are unlicensed sports wagering under Missouri law, and federal law does not preempt Missouri's regulation of them.
“If you are going to bet on the Chiefs beating the Broncos, the rules should be the same regardless of whether the bet is placed through an online prediction market or at the casino. In both situations, it's sports betting - and Missourians voted to subject sports betting to licensing and taxation rules. Attorney General Hanaway will enforce the law, and we are confident the federal courts will not prevent her from doing so”
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Missouri's attorney general tells six prediction markets their sports contracts are illegal betting; Kalshi, Novig and Crypto.com's exchange sue
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway says sports event contracts sold by Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Novig, Underdog and Robinhood are unlicensed sports wagering, and ordered the companies to stop or obtain a state license. Kalshi, Novig and the exchange behind Crypto.com's OG platform sued in federal court, saying federal law gives the Commodity Futures Trading Commission exclusive jurisdiction over the contracts.
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Sports Betting Dime report on Kalshi's lawsuit, quoting the complaint and a statement from a spokesperson for the Missouri Attorney General's Office.
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Sports Betting Dime reports that Kalshi has sued Hanaway after receiving her cease-and-desist notice, and quotes the complaint's argument that no Missouri sports betting license is realistically available to the company. It says a spokesperson for the attorney general's office told the outlet that the rules for all bets should be the same whether they are placed at a sportsbook or through a sports event contract.
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The reference point is Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway's effort, through cease-and-desist letters in September 2026, to treat prediction markets' sports event contracts as unlicensed sports wagering under Missouri law. The statement defends that effort, saying the contracts are sports betting subject to Missouri's licensing and tax rules.
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Read the full caseKalshi's lawsuit calls Missouri's action against its sports event contracts a clear violation of the Supremacy Clause
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“This action challenges the State of Missouri's clear violation of the Supremacy Clause with respect to the regulation of event contracts.”Read statement
Novig's lawsuit says event contracts are swaps that only federally regulated exchanges may trade, not sports bets for Missouri to license
Novig
“In particular, event contracts are quintessential "swaps" as defined by the CEA and therefore can only be traded on federally regulated exchanges that are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the CFTC.”Read statement
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The Dispute Index. "Hanaway's office says a bet on the Chiefs is sports betting whether placed on a prediction market or at a casino, and that she will enforce the law". First published: 2026-11-03. Last updated: 2026-11-03. https://disputeindex.com/events/8046-responding-to-kalshi-s-lawsuit-a-spokesperson-for