- Kalshi are preemptively suing Louisiana and claim they face imminent risk.
- The lawsuit against Louisiana and Attorney General Liz Murill prohibits the state from enforcing their gambling laws against Kalshi’s sports-event contracts.
- Recent Louisiana Gaming Control Board actions, AG Murrill comments, and legislation like House bill 883 threatened the prediction market operator.
NEW ORLEANS – Kalshi is taking the initiative against Louisiana and Attorney General Liz Murrill. The prediction market operator filed a lawsuit in anticipation of the state banning Kalshi from offering sports-event contracts in the state.
Kalshi seeks injunctions and a temporary restraining order to prevent the state from enforcing Louisiana gambling laws against their event contracts being banned across the country. Their pre-emptive lawsuit took note of public comments made by Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB)members, court filings, and efforts to enforce action against prediction markets that display “clear intention to violate the Supremacy Clause.”
🚨 BREAKING: Kalshi sues Louisiana in federal court, alleging state officials “will imminently bring an enforcement action” to bar its event contracts, pointing to public statements made between Dec. 2025 and Mar. 2026, amicus brief filings, and no assurances of non-enforcement. https://t.co/FIWVO3dP9e— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) October 24, 2026
The filing specifically cites four threats against Kalshi, in which “Kalshi therefore has no option but to seek judicial relief.” The four “imminent threats” are listed below.
- Dec. 2025 Advisory Note
- March 2026 news article
- Amicus curae briefs
- Risk of enforcement from defendants
Louisiana’s Threats To Kalshi
The Dec. advisory note from the LGCB and AG Murrill declared that the board “considers purported sporting event contracts and certain other event contracts as illegal gambling in violation of the Louisiana Criminal Code and Louisiana Gaming Control Law.” Their Advisory Notice Regarding Prediction Markets made it clear that Louisiana gambling definitions deem event contracts illegal.
Statements made by AG Murrill and Chairman Christopher Hebert in a March news article also threatened the prediction operator. In regards to prediction markets, AG Murrill said “im very concerned about them… they literally will let people bet on anything you can think of. That’s gambling,” and Hebert said “We are actively seeking ways to stop this.”
Kalshi also cited Louisiana’s support against Kalshi by signing amicus briefs across multiple circuit courts in the U.S. Court of Appeals. With the state only showing signs of enforcing their legal sports betting laws against Kalshi, the predictions operator took the first move with their lawsuit.
