Connecticut (USA): all our coverage

The federal regulator moved for a preliminary injunction on 11 September, with Robinhood pressing to join the case and Crypto.com taking the Nevada question to the Supreme Court. Connecticut's responses are due on 2 October.

Polymarket, Coinbase, Robinhood and six others have been told to cease and let residents withdraw their money, while PayPal, Sportradar, Genius Sports, ESPN, Apple and Google have been subpoenaed for what they know.

Mira Mircheva resigned for personal reasons after about eighteen months. George Papanier takes the role on an interim basis for the second time. Bally's meets the Chicago City Council on 9 September to discuss its finances.

Three Democrats have come back at the operator with eight more questions and a 17 September deadline, saying it "appears to be promoting addiction". The first round produced a $158 million responsible-gaming figure and, they say, no answer on the thing they actually asked about.

Judge Donald W. Molloy refused a preliminary injunction on irreparable harm, holding that repeatedly agreeing to stay the case fatally undermined the claim of urgency. Connecticut lost its emergency application the same week.

Sixteen days after beating Kalshi in federal court, Connecticut filed its own verified complaint in Hartford. The cease and desist asked the exchange to stop. This asks it to pay back what it has already earned.

Attorney General James Uthmeier has gone after the operators and the payment rails in the same action, naming Worldpay, Trustly, Praxis and Breeze Labs alongside Stake and VGW. Suing the processors is the part the rest of the industry should be reading.

A Connecticut federal judge has rejected both halves of Kalshi's legal theory in a single order, finding its sports contracts are not swaps and that federal commodities law would not displace state gambling powers even if they were. The pause Kalshi has held since December is gone.

Nevada's gaming regulator wants KalshiEX held in contempt, and hit with penalties of up to $120,000 a day, for letting people inside the state trade event contracts a court told it to block. The twist: federal judges have just ruled the opposite way, leaving the same product protected in one forum and prosecuted in another.

The CFTC is no longer just defending prediction markets in court. It is now going on the offensive against the states trying to shut them down. New York is the latest target in a rapidly expanding federal legal campaign.

New York's Attorney General is calling prediction markets what she says they really are: illegal gambling. The lawsuits against two of crypto's biggest names mark a significant escalation in the state versus federal battle over who controls this fast-growing sector.

Indiana Governor Mike Braun has signed House Bill 1052 into law, making Indiana the first state in 2026 and the seventh overall to prohibit dual-currency sweepstakes casino platforms, with civil penalties of up to $100,000 per violation taking effect from 1 July 2026.

As New York faces a billion-dollar drain to neighbouring states and illegal markets, Senator Joe Addabbo launches a renewed 2026 push to legalise iCasinos. With a proposed 30.5 per cent tax rate and a focus on consumer safety, the Empire State may finally be ready to embrace the digital gambling revolution.

In a landmark decision for the US gaming industry, California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 831, officially enacting the California

California is on the verge of outlawing online sweepstakes casinos after the state Senate passed Assembly Bill 831 with a unanimous and bipartisan 31-0 vote.

New Jersey has officially banned online sweepstakes and dual-currency gaming models after Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law targeting what regulators have

A pivotal moment has arrived for the future of digital entertainment in California, as a key Senate committee has given its stamp of approval to a

Sweepstakes operators, particularly VGW Holdings, faced a challenging week across the United States as regulators in Louisiana and Mississippi issued

Sweepstakes casino sites in Louisiana have received a reprieve after Governor Jeff Landry vetoed Senate Bill 181 (SB181), legislation aimed at banning the

Connecticut's Senate has given its approval to Senate Bill 1235, legislation aimed at prohibiting online sweepstakes within the state. The bill, which passed

America's regulated online casino gaming scene continues its impressive trajectory, with April 2025 delivering a robust performance across the seven states

Laurence Escalante, the billionaire founder of gaming giant VGW, has set out his intentions to take total control of the company through an offer to minority

While a case against event contracts platform Kalshi brought by the federal regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has been dismissed,