加州第十次、第十一次就Kalshi案提交法庭之友：支持纽约州与威斯康星州执行州博彩法
加州总检察长 Rob Bonta 11月6日在 Oakland 宣布，加州司法部已加入两个跨州联盟，分别提交两份法庭之友意见，支持纽约州与威斯康星州对预测市场运营商 Kalshi 执行本州体育博彩与赌博法律。这是加州第十次和第十一次加入针对 Kalshi 及同类预测市场公司的多州法庭之友行动。
两份意见的核心主张相同：联邦法律对州赌博法的优先适用，不能套用到预测市场提供商身上；把体育赛事合约包装成金融产品，不应架空各州监管赌博、保护消费者的传统职权。意见认为，这类做法对各州监管有害。
Bonta 说：“我们看到越来越多年轻人成为成瘾性博彩平台的猎物，现在是各州联合起来保护年轻人的时候了。”他说：“预测市场不能利用联邦漏洞，绕过州消费者保护法、体育博彩法和赌博法。提交这份意见，就是与威斯康星州、纽约州和各州伙伴坚定站在一起，确保联邦商品法不被武器化，用来逃避州法、助长赌博成瘾、削弱各州对合法博彩的监管。”
纽约州一案名为 KalshiEX, LLC v. Williams 等人案。纽约州博彩委员会向 Kalshi 发出停止令后，Kalshi 起诉委员会；地区法院驳回了 Kalshi 的初步禁令请求，认定纽约州赌博法适用于 Kalshi 的体育赛事合约、并不被联邦法优先排除，Kalshi 已向美国联邦第二巡回上诉法院上诉。
威斯康星州一案名为商品期货交易委员会诉威斯康星州案。威斯康星州先在州法院起诉 Coinbase、Kalshi、Robinhood、Polymarket 和 Crypto.com，预测市场提供商把案件移送联邦法院后，商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）另行对威斯康星州提起联邦诉讼，并请求初步禁令阻止该州执行赌博法；地区法院驳回了 CFTC 的请求，CFTC 已向美国联邦第七巡回上诉法院上诉。
与加州共同提交意见的还有 Alabama、Arizona、Arkansas、Colorado、Connecticut、Delaware、夏威夷、Idaho、Illinois、Iowa、Kansas、Louisiana、Maine、Massachusetts、Michigan、Minnesota、Mississippi、Nebraska、Nevada、New Jersey、New Mexico、New York、North Carolina、Ohio、Oklahoma、Oregon、Rhode Island、South Carolina、South Dakota、Tennessee、Vermont、Virginia、Washington、West Virginia、Wisconsin 和 Wyoming 等36个州的总检察长，联盟共37名总检察长。
加州此前已九次加入同类行动：最近一次在10月29日，加州加入37名总检察长联盟，支持犹他州对 Kalshi 执行州博彩法，该案正在美国联邦第十巡回上诉法院审理。
关联：加州加入37名总检察长联盟提交法庭之友意见：支持犹他州对预测市场Kalshi执行州博彩法
（来源：加州总检察长办公室）
California Files Its Tenth and Eleventh Kalshi Amicus Briefs, Backing New York and Wisconsin Gambling Laws
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in Oakland on November 6 that California has joined two bipartisan coalitions of attorneys general in filing two amicus briefs supporting New York's and Wisconsin's right to enforce state sports gaming and gambling laws against prediction market operator Kalshi. The filings mark the tenth and eleventh time California has joined multistate amicus efforts targeting Kalshi and similar prediction market companies.
Both briefs make the same core argument: federal preemption of state gambling laws, as applied to prediction market providers, is improper and detrimental to the traditional role of states to regulate gambling and protect vulnerable citizens.
"We are seeing more and more young people being preyed upon by addictive gaming platforms and it is time for states to join together to protect our youth. This filing is representative of our bipartisan commitment to protecting state regulatory authority over illegal, unregulated gambling operations," said Attorney General Bonta. "Prediction markets cannot use federal loopholes to bypass state consumer protection, sports gaming, and gambling laws. By joining this brief, we stand firmly with Wisconsin, New York, and our state partners to ensure that federal commodities laws are not weaponized to evade state laws, fuel gambling addiction, and undermine state regulation of legal gaming."
In the New York case, KalshiEX, LLC v. Williams, et al., Kalshi sued the New York State Gaming Commission after the Commission sent a cease-and-desist order to Kalshi. The district court denied Kalshi's preliminary injunction motion, holding that New York gambling laws as applied to Kalshi's sports-event contracts are not preempted. Kalshi has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
The Wisconsin case, Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. State of Wisconsin, arose out of Wisconsin's filing of an action in state court against Coinbase, Kalshi, Robinhood, Polymarket, and Crypto.com. After the prediction market providers moved the cases to federal court, the CFTC filed its own federal lawsuit against Wisconsin, alongside a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the state from enforcing its gambling laws. The district court denied the CFTC's motion. The CFTC has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Attorney General Bonta joins the attorneys general of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai'i, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming in filing the briefs, a coalition of 37 attorneys general in total.
California has joined nine similar efforts before. Most recently, on October 29, California joined a coalition of 37 attorneys general backing Utah's enforcement of its state gambling laws against Kalshi, in a case pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
(Source: California Attorney General's Office)
来源：加州总检察长办公室
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：位于 Madison 的威斯康星州议会大厦（本稿威斯康星州一案的当事州政府地标）。Warren LeMay 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, the seat of government of Wisconsin, a party state in one of the two cases in this report. Photo by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
GSM Global · 本篇英文版 English edition of this story
