肯塔基州成CFTC起诉的第九个预测市场监管争议州

Odaily Planet Daily News The U.S. CFTC sued Kentucky on Tuesday, seeking to prevent the state from regulating prediction market platforms as illegal sports betting and gambling operations, further establishing federal jurisdiction over prediction markets.

Previously, Kentucky sued platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket last week, accusing them of operating unlicensed illegal sports betting and gambling businesses within the state.

In its complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, the CFTC argued that Kentucky's attempt to shut down federally regulated designated contract markets interferes with the federal regulatory framework established by Congress for the national swaps market. The agency asserted that it has "exclusive jurisdiction" over related event contracts and prediction market products.

Kentucky has become the ninth state that the CFTC has sued in the ongoing dispute over prediction market regulation, indicating that the conflict between federal derivatives oversight and state-level gambling regulation continues to escalate.