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  "id": 10007737,
  "title": "Kalshi loses appeal over Ohio and Tennessee sports betting laws, widening circuit split",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/kalshi-loses-appeal-over-ohio-and-tennessee-sports-betting-laws",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-26T15:17:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
    "slug": "the-block",
    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-09-26-kalshi-loses-appeal-over-ohio-and-tennessee-sports-betting-laws-widening-circuit-split-416937"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Kalshi has not adequately shown its sports event contracts are swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act.",
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      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "Jonathan warns politicians against bending rules to win elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/jonathan-warns-politicians-against-bending-rules-to-win-elections",
        "published": "2026-09-25T18:43:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "A US appeals court rules that Kalshi's sports contracts are not \"swaps\" subject only to CFTC regulation, allowing states to regulate them under gambling laws (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/a-us-appeals-court-rules-that-kalshis-sports-contracts-are-not-swaps",
        "published": "2026-09-25T20:30:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}