Daniel Wallach
@WALLACHLEGAL
#Sportsbetting & gaming lawyer. Co-Founder @UNHLaw sports wagering. Teach @MiamiLawSchool. Contributor @Forbes. Co-Founder @Condetrimental #sportslaw podcast.
Now do sweeps. Just sub in VGW+ for Kalshi. Same legal underpinning. + stronger RICO enterprise theory.
BREAKING: Three federally recognized California Indian tribes have sued Kalshi and Robinhood in CA federal court, alleging that the two companies are unlawfully engaging in sports betting by offering sports-outcome event contracts on the tribes’ Indian lands in violation of IGRA.
A Donald Trump Jr. backed platform is now offering bets on former President Barack Obama being arrested. "From day one, we defined a core principle: Do things the right way," Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour wrote earlier this year.
OBAMA ODDS ARE UP TO 27% kalshi.com/markets/kxarre…
Judge orders forensic probe into PlayUp CEO’s devices amid evidence tampering claims, via @ThomasAkoo. Alternative title: Laila Mintas is about to become the largest shareholder of PlayUp. next.io/news/betting/j…
🚨 New federal lawsuit: Three California tribes are suing Kalshi and Robinhood — alleging illegal sports gambling on tribal lands via event contracts. They say it violates IGRA, which gives tribes exclusive authority over gaming on reservations.
EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of Pete Rose's 2024 death, a battle over his estate–and intellectual property–has played out in a Nevada probate court, involving his son Tyler, daughter Fawn, and longtime rep Mike Maguire. @McCannSportsLaw and I delve in👇 sportico.com/leagues/baseba…
Called this one. Right down to the same case (Cordish). Pays to shadow follow.
NEW: Kalshi has filed a two-page response to Maryland’s filing of a notice of supplemental authority regarding the CA4’s recent decision in GenBioPro. In contrast to MD’s filing, Kalshi offers substantive argument, which could lead to the court striking its response as improper.
So much for “productive” talks.
First thing that comes to mind on the news of tribes suing Kalshi is what we wrote last month sportico.com/business/sport…
California Tribes Sue Kalshi and Robinhood: What To Know Via @PredictionNews_ predictionnews.com/news/californi…
Don’t overlook “Does 1-20.” Broadly defined as those “legally responsible for the unlawful acts.” Tribes allege a RICO enterprise which includes “the individual officers, directors, agents [market makers?] & employees who knowingly participated in the Gaming Racket’s affairs.”
![WALLACHLEGAL's tweet image. Don’t overlook “Does 1-20.”
Broadly defined as those “legally responsible for the unlawful acts.”
Tribes allege a RICO enterprise which includes “the individual officers, directors, agents [market makers?] & employees who knowingly participated in the Gaming Racket’s affairs.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gwi6irvWEAAYCc3.jpg)
California is becoming quite the gaming law hotspot. DFS, sweeps, prediction markets, and skill machines. Here’s another lawsuit:
NEW: Skill game manufacturer Pace-O-Matic has sued the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in Merced County Superior Court, alleging wrongful seizure of its skill games at two locations. POM alleges that its skill games are legal under CA’s predominance standard.