Nevada congressmen introduce House bill to ban sports contracts on prediction markets
Nevada Representatives Steven Horsford (D-NV) and Mark Amodei (R-NV) introduced the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, a bipartisan bill to ban sports prediction market contracts. The lawmakers said the measure would clarify that such activity falls under gaming rules, not financial products, closing a federal loophole. Both represent Nevada, the state with the largest regulated casino industry workforce. The bill comes as prediction market platforms have expanded into sports event contracts.
The House bill pairs with a Senate ban push from March 2026, turning a single-chamber threat into a two-front congressional campaign against Kalshi. Kalshi built significant sports volume under CFTC registration; a federal ban would strip that vertical nationwide without waiting for courts to finish the state-by-state cases already bleeding its legal budget.
The bipartisan pairing signals serious momentum: House and Senate versions can move on parallel tracks and force platforms to lobby two chambers at once. DraftKings and Robinhood face the same sweep risk; their own regulated sports event contracts would fall under the ban too. Traders holding sports positions now face double uncertainty: whether Congress acts before courts rule, and whether existing contracts survive if it does.