Kalshi has sued Illinois over a new state tax scheduled to apply to sports-related prediction markets next week. The measure would take 15% of gross receipts from qualifying wagers.
Kalshi has sued Illinois over a new state tax scheduled to apply to sports-related prediction markets next week. The measure would take 15% of gross receipts from qualifying wagers.
Kalshi has filed a lawsuit against Illinois over a new state tax aimed at sports-related prediction markets. The tax is set to take effect next week and would collect 15% of gross receipts from sports-related wagers.
Kalshi has filed a lawsuit against Illinois over a new state tax aimed at sports-related prediction markets. The tax is set to take effect next week and would collect 15% of gross receipts from sports-related wagers.
The dispute matters because it places prediction market operators in a direct fight with state-level regulators over how these products should be taxed when they overlap with sports wagering. For companies such as Kalshi, a gross-receipts tax could affect the economics of offering sports-linked event contracts in the state.
Prediction markets allow users to trade on the outcome of future events, and sports-related contracts have become a growing point of legal and regulatory scrutiny. Illinois' move signals that states may seek to treat at least some of these products similarly to sports betting for tax purposes.
The case will now test how far Illinois can go in applying a sports-wagering-style tax to prediction market activity. The outcome could be watched by other states considering how to regulate and tax similar markets.
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