🌎 Resumen en español · traducción automática
La Comisión de Comercio de Futuros de Productos Básicos, una agencia de la administración Trump, demandó a Kentucky en corte federal para bloquear los esfuerzos del fiscal general estatal Russell Coleman de impedir que dos empresas de mercados de predicción operen lo que él considera operaciones ilegales de apuestas deportivas sin licencia. El CFTC argumenta que las leyes estatales violan su jurisdicción federal exclusiva sobre los mercados de predicción, mientras que Coleman ha presentado demandas separadas contra las empresas Kalshi y Polymarket, acusándolas de operar casas de apuestas ilegales en Kentucky.
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A Trump administration organization that oversees regulation of derivatives markets has sued Kentucky to block efforts by the state’s attorney general to prevent two prediction market companies from operating what he says are unlicensed and illegal sports gambling operations.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed the lawsuit against Kentucky in federal court Tuesday. Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman, along with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, Department of Revenue Commissioner Thomas Miller and the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation are named as parties in the lawsuit.
The CFTC argues the state laws are an effort to block CFTC-registered contract markets.
“Kentucky is the latest state attempting to shut down federally-regulated event contracts,” said CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig in a statement. “Prediction markets provide Kentuckians with valuable information about the likelihood of future events and offer risk management products relied on by Kentucky businesses and individuals. As I’ve consistently pledged, the CFTC is firmly committed to maintaining its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets, and today’s lawsuit against Kentucky is yet another example of the Commission protecting its federal interests.”
Filed in the Eastern Kentucky U.S. District Court, the CFTC’s lawsuit is seeking that the state law be declared unconstitutional. The CFTC has filed similar lawsuits against Minnesota, Illinois, and Rhode Island.
Last week, Coleman filed lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket, prediction market companies with websites where people can wager on the outcomes of events, such as sport games or elections. He said at the time the companies were “operating illegal sportsbooks in Kentucky and breaking our laws.” Coleman also announced a third lawsuit against VGW Holdings, a company that operates online casino-style games, alleging its use of virtual tokens is an illegal sweepstakes casino operating within the state.
Before that, the Coalition for Fair Markets filed a lawsuit in Franklin County Circuit Court to block a state 14.25% excise tax on prediction market transactions. The tax stems from a bill Kentucky’s Republican-controlled General Assembly passed earlier this year.
A spokesperson for Coleman said Wednesday the attorney general’s office stands by its previous statements.
Coleman recently told The Washington Times that his office would “continue to collaborate with the Trump administration on rebuilding our economy, on border security,” but differed when it comes to prediction market regulations.
“This is just an outlier where we take a different position in terms of federal preemption versus the state sovereignty here,” Coleman said.
District Court Judge Chad Meredith has been assigned to the case, according to court records.
