William Tong
Role at the time: Attorney General of Connecticut
Condemned
Responding to
Can Connecticut regulate sports prediction markets as gambling?
“None of that is happening now on Kalshi, and we’re suing to put a stop to it”
Why we used this label
Tong denounces alleged failures to protect consumers and says the state is suing to stop them. This expresses substantive criticism, not only a dispute over how sports contracts are characterized.
William Tong criticizes Kalshi's consumer safeguards (opens in a new tab) - Office of the Connecticut Attorney GeneralAttorney General Tong's quotation; final sentence after the list of consumer protections
Official announcement of Connecticut's lawsuit against Kalshi. Tong's statement sets out the state's allegations and rationale for suing; it is not a judicial finding.