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Czech Ministry adds Kalshi to unauthorised gambling list

Published Oct 2, 2026Updated 1h ago

The Czech Ministry has added Kalshi to its list of unauthorised gambling operators, according to Global Gaming Insider. The move comes as Czech authorities continue to take action against prediction market operators amid ongoing sector scrutiny.

Why this matters?

Another European jurisdiction formally blacklisting a CFTC-regulated US platform signals that national gambling regulators may not recognize or defer to American commodity-derivatives oversight, creating compliance complexity for platforms with global user bases.

The bigger picture

Joins Ohio, Tennessee, and Missouri in rejecting a CFTC-registered platform's gambling-authority claims, with New York now pursuing Polymarket on the same theory and Supreme Court petitions from New Jersey, Robinhood, and Crypto.com the only remaining federal-standard path.

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