US sues three states over prediction market laws

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed suit against the states of Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois, challenging their efforts to ban prediction market betting on platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket.

Prediction markets allow users to wager on real-world outcomes, from the likelihood of rain in Nevada to the beginning of a war, and have grown rapidly in popularity since 2024. 

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