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Prediction Markets and States Clashed, Setting Off a Furious Political Battle

Prediction Markets and States Clashed, Setting Off a Furious Political Battle
NYT Business Thursday 27 August 2026, 09:02 UTC By David Yaffe-Bellany and Sharon LaFraniere 1 min read
Key Points

A legal dispute over the future of Kalshi, Polymarket and others has drawn in the Trump administration, the president’s son and nearly every state attorney general.

A legal dispute over the future of Kalshi, Polymarket and others has drawn in the Trump administration, the president’s son and nearly every state attorney general.
Kalshi (PERSON) Polymarket (PERSON) Trump (ORG)
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