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Is Kalshi legal in Minnesota?

Status as of September 25, 2026 · every line has its source and date · not legal advice

Status at a glance

Kalshi and Polymarket US are reported live in Minnesota: a federal judge preliminarily enjoined (2026-07-27) Minnesota's new felony ban on prediction markets as applied to CFTC-registered exchanges before its 2026-08-01 effective date.

What the status rests on

• CBS Sports marks Minnesota 'Live': 'While legal action has been taken against prediction markets, sports markets remain available to residents of the state.' Are sports prediction markets legal? Status of Kalshi and Polymarket in all 50 states (CBS Sports) (news), September 24, 2026
• Through its latest entry, dated 2026-09-23, the D. Minn. docket shows no notice of appeal and no stay of the July 27 preliminary injunction. United States v. State of Minnesota, No. 0:26-cv-02661 (D. Minn.), docket (CourtListener), September 23, 2026
• Judge Katherine Menendez granted preliminary injunctions barring Minnesota from enforcing Minn. Stat. § 609.7615 (as amended by SF 3432) against CFTC-registered exchanges until a final decision on the merits. Order on Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction, Nos. 26-cv-2661, 26-cv-2778, 26-cv-2841 (D. Minn.), July 27, 2026
• ABC News: 'The judgment late Monday allows prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi -- both of which are also plaintiffs in the case -- to operate in the state while the case is heard.' Federal court blocks Minnesota ban on prediction markets for now (ABC News) (news), July 28, 2026

What has happened in Minnesota

Good to know

• The law makes it a felony to create or operate a prediction market for consideration as part of a business, and also to advertise such products; it reaches far more than sports. Order on Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction, Nos. 26-cv-2661, 26-cv-2778, 26-cv-2841 (D. Minn.)
• The injunction protects only CFTC-registered exchanges (designated contract markets), and the court said the statute 'may not be preempted in all its applications'. Order on Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction, Nos. 26-cv-2661, 26-cv-2778, 26-cv-2841 (D. Minn.)
• Kalshi told the court it had more than 90,000 verified users in Minnesota as of 2026-05-26. Order on Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction, Nos. 26-cv-2661, 26-cv-2778, 26-cv-2841 (D. Minn.), footnote 29
• SF 4760's House companion is HF 3990 (not HF 4437 as in the lead); the governor approved SF 4760 on 2026-05-18 and it was filed as Chapter 97. SF 4760 Status in the Senate, 94th Legislature (Revisor of Statutes)
• Tribal gaming groups, including the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association, were allowed to file an amicus brief in the Minnesota cases (motion granted 2026-06-29); no Minnesota tribal lawsuit against Kalshi or Polymarket was found on CourtListener. United States v. State of Minnesota, No. 0:26-cv-02661 (D. Minn.), docket entries 40 and 59 (CourtListener)
• No cease-and-desist letter or other state enforcement against Kalshi or Polymarket was found; the ban was enjoined as to CFTC-registered exchanges before its 2026-08-01 effective date. United States v. State of Minnesota, No. 0:26-cv-02661 (D. Minn.), docket (CourtListener)

State regulator: Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division. Its director, Jon Anglin, is a named defendant, and the 2026 laws let the director issue cease-and-desist orders and seek injunctions for § 609.7615 violations; the DPS website could not be opened (404 and bot check), so the statute page is cited instead.

The federal picture

Kalshi has been a CFTC-designated contract market since November 4, 2020 (CFTC release 8302-20). Whether states may still apply their gambling laws to sports event contracts is being decided in the courts, and the federal appeals courts do not agree yet:

• September 25, 2026: Pending appellate decisions that could change several states' status: Sixth Circuit (Kalshi v. Ohio, No. 26-3196, and Kalshi v. Tennessee, No. 26-5235; argued 2026-07-30), Fourth Circuit (Kalshi v. Maryland, No. 25-1892; argued 2026-05-07), Second Circuit (Kalshi's New York and Connecticut appeals, Nos. 26-1835 and 26-2239, heard in tandem), Seventh Circuit (CFTC and Kalshi appeals from the Wisconsin injunction denial, No. 26-2636 et al.), Tenth Circuit (Kalshi v. Utah, No. 26-4100). No decision in any of these appeared in the court records checked for this file (CourtListener; indexes can lag PACER by a few days). CourtListener dockets cited in the Ohio, Tennessee, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Utah entries
• September 16, 2026: Ninth Circuit (Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi, Inc., No. 25-7504; Murguia, McKeown, Paez; opinion by Judge McKeown) affirmed in part and reversed in part the denial of two California tribes' preliminary-injunction motion, holding the tribes likely to succeed in showing Kalshi's sports event contracts entered from tribal lands are class III gaming offered in violation of IGRA and their gaming procedures; the case was remanded for the remaining injunction factors, so no injunction had issued as of the last docket entry checked. Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi, Inc., No. 25-7504 (9th Cir. Sept. 16, 2026) - published opinion (PDF)
• September 9, 2026: Kalshi petitioned for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of the Ninth Circuit's 2026-08-28 Nevada decision (KalshiEX, LLC v. Assad, No. 25-7516); Montana's 2026-09-17 enforcement pause is tied to the outcome of that request. KalshiEX, LLC v. Assad, No. 25-7516 (9th Cir.) docket, entry 206 (CourtListener); Joint Stipulation of Dismissal, KalshiEX LLC v. Knudsen (D. Mont.), Doc. 35
• September 8, 2026: Southern District of Iowa (KalshiEX LLC v. Bird, No. 4:26-cv-00109) denied Kalshi a preliminary injunction against Iowa's Attorney General and Racing and Gaming Commission, finding Kalshi unlikely to succeed on preemption; Kalshi appealed to the Eighth Circuit (No. 26-2874, docketed 2026-09-17), a fifth federal circuit now hearing the question. KalshiEX LLC v. Bird, No. 4:26-cv-00109 (S.D. Iowa), Order Denying Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 57)
• September 2, 2026: New Jersey petitioned the US Supreme Court for certiorari in Flaherty v. KalshiEX, LLC (No. 26-299, docketed 2026-09-08); Kalshi's response deadline was extended to 2026-11-09; an amicus brief was filed 2026-09-22 by the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States. Supreme Court docket No. 26-299

How sure is this page? Confidence: high. The law, the injunction and the docket status through 2026-09-23 are confirmed from official legislative and court sources, and a 2026-09-24 news roundup reports the markets remain live. Researched September 25, 2026; court cases can change the status at any time, so check Kalshi's app before you trade.

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