Legal
Judge denies Kalshi's request to continue Washington operations during court battle
A Washington Superior Court judge denied Kalshi's request to avoid a preliminary injunction that would force it to stop operating in the state. The ruling means Kalshi must halt its Washington operations while its court battle continues.
Why this matters?
Forces Kalshi to suspend operations in Washington during litigation, creating a template other states could follow if they seek similar injunctions against prediction-market platforms.
The bigger picture
Brings to four the state courts — Wisconsin, New York, Utah, and now Washington — that have rejected Kalshi's federal preemption defense, leaving Minnesota as the lone recent judicial holdout and forcing Polymarket into identical geofence-or-risk calculations state by state.
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