联邦法官叫停伊州对体育预测市场牌照要求，认定联邦法律优先适用
据NPR Illinois 10月8日报道，一名联邦法官已阻止伊利诺伊州要求体育预测市场合约持有州博彩牌照，裁定联邦法律很可能优先于州政府的管辖权。
北伊利诺伊联邦地区法院法官玛莎·帕科尔德于10月2日发布初步禁令，案件由Kalshi、Coinbase和商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）起诉伊州总检长夸梅·拉乌尔提起。法院认定，经联邦监管的交易所提供的体育赛事合约可能属于《商品交易法》下的“掉期”，归CFTC专属管辖。
该裁决意味着伊利诺伊州目前不能强制预测市场运营商取德州博彩牌照，也不能将这些合约视为非法赌博。法院未对伊州新设的1.75%至3.5%预测市场交易费作出裁决，该费用仍有待进一步辩论。
各法院对此问题存在分歧：威斯康星州一名联邦法官得出了相反结论，认为州博彩法可适用于此类合约。这种分歧增加了该争议最终需要更高级别法院裁决的可能性。
Federal Judge Blocks Illinois From Licensing Sports Prediction Markets, Citing Federal Preemption
A federal judge has blocked Illinois from requiring state gambling licenses for sports prediction-market contracts, ruling that federal law likely preempts the state's authority, NPR Illinois reported on October 8.
U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold of the Northern District of Illinois issued a preliminary injunction on October 2 in the case brought by Kalshi, Coinbase and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission against Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. The court found that sports-event contracts offered by federally regulated exchanges may qualify as "swaps" under the Commodity Exchange Act, placing them within the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction.
The ruling means Illinois cannot, for now, force prediction-market operators to obtain state gaming licenses or treat the contracts as illegal gambling. The court did not rule on a separate new Illinois fee of 1.75% to 3.5% on prediction-market transactions, which remains subject to further argument.
Courts are divided on the issue: a federal judge in Wisconsin reached the opposite conclusion, holding that state gambling laws can apply to such contracts. The split increases the odds the dispute will eventually require higher-court resolution.
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