Tribes Win Appeal, Sending Kalshi Case Back to Lower Court
The Ninth Circuit’s Kalshi tribal lands ruling sends an injunction fight over sports contracts back to district court for further proceedings. The post Tribes Win Appeal, Sending Kalshi Case Back to Lower Court appeared first on ReadWrite .
In a significant ruling, the Ninth Circuit has ruled in favor of the Blue Lake Rancheria and Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, sending the Kalshi case back to the lower court. The tribes had sued Kalshi and Robinhood in 2025, arguing that sports prediction markets infringed their exclusive sovereign right to regulate gaming on their California reservations.
The Ninth Circuit panel found that Kalshi's sports-event contracts constitute gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) and concluded that the tribes were likely to succeed on claims that Kalshi's products on tribal lands violated IGRA and the tribes' gaming ordinances. The district court, which had previously denied the injunction request, must now weigh the remaining factors required to grant a preliminary injunction.
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