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Utah Sued Kalshi. Now The Federal Government Is Suing Utah
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 27, 11:22 AM MDT
updated Oct 28, 5:16 PM MDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Utah Political Watch, The Salt Lake Tribune and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Utah has filed 14 criminal charges against Kalshi and its founders, alleging the site violates state gambling laws, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. The state escalated the dispute with felony charges against the platform and some of its executives, according to KUER-FM and KSTU, while the federal government is now suing Utah following the state's initial lawsuit against Kalshi, Utah Political Watch reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (4), version 4, Oct 28, 6:29 PM MDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Utah files 14 criminal charges against Kalshi and its founders, says the site breaks the state’s gambling laws · The Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah ups the ante in Kalshi gambling fight with felony charges · KUER-FM
- Utah levels criminal charges against Kalshi and some of its executives · KSTU
- Utah sued Kalshi. Now the federal government is suing Utah · Utah Political Watch
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