Ua hoʻopiʻi ka Loio Kuhina ʻo Kris Mayes ma Arizona i nā hoʻopiʻi hewa e kūʻē i ke kahua wānana Kalshi, e hoʻopiʻi ana iā ia no ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻoihana piliwaiwai kānāwai ʻole me ka laikini ʻole a hāʻawi ʻia i ka pili koho balota e kūʻē i ke kānāwai mokuʻāina.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi, waiho ʻia ma ka ʻaha ʻo Maricopa County, komo 20 helu, e ʻōlelo ana ua ʻae ʻo Kalshi i nā bets mai nā kamaʻāina ʻo Arizona ma nā hanana like ʻole, me ka 2028 heihei peresidena a me ka 2026 ʻO ke koho kiaʻāina ʻo Arizona a me nā hana mua i kū ʻole i ke kānāwai ma ka mokuʻāina. ʻO kēia ka hōʻailona o ka manawa mua o ka US. Ua hoʻopiʻi ka mokuʻāina i nā hoʻopiʻi hewa e kūʻē i ia kahua wānana, e hōʻailona ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻokō kānāwai mai nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa kīwila i ka hoʻopiʻi kalaima.
Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Kalshi e mālama ʻia e ka Commodity Futures Trading Commission a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā kānāwai piliwaiwai mokuʻāina.. Ua hoʻopiʻi mua ka hui i nā hihia federal e kūʻē iā Arizona, Iowa, a me Utah, claiming that state regulatory efforts infringe upon the federal government’s exclusive jurisdiction over derivatives trading.
Mayes countered that Kalshi is attempting to evade legal accountability by suing states, and that the criminal charges are a response to the company’s federal litigation. Kalshi, in turn, accused state officials of disrupting the judicial process and called the charges meritless, vowing to fight them in court.
Federal officials have voiced support for the prediction industry. The chair of the CFTC stated that legal attacks by state governments are undermining the agency’s exclusive jurisdiction over the sector. The dispute sets the stage for a potential showdown between federal and state regulatory authority.