Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket for offering unlicensed sports betting
📍 The outcome
Baltimore filed lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket, accusing them of offering unlicensed sports betting, violating consumer protection laws and involving prediction‑market gambling, and also named Coinbase, Robinhood and Webull in the complaints. Industry leaders subsequently discussed the broader prediction‑market fight.
Epilogue added 23d ago, after coverage quieted.
Who reported it (6)
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Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket for offering unlicensed sports betting NBC Sports · 90d ago broke it first
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