Crypto.com and Novig filed suit against Missouri on Sunday, challenging the state's authority to block sports event contracts on prediction markets. The two companies moved independently of Kalshi, Polymarket, and Robinhood, which have not joined the Missouri action.
Missouri becomes the latest state to face direct legal challenge from prediction market operators. The suits argue that federal CFTC jurisdiction preempts state-level prohibition of event contracts designated as legal under federal commodity rules.
The decision by Kalshi, Polymarket, and Robinhood to hold off is the sharper detail. All three have been active litigants in other jurisdictions. Their absence in Missouri suggests a deliberate sequencing choice — whether to avoid a ruling that could cut against the preemption argument in a less favorable circuit, or to let Crypto.com and Novig absorb the initial procedural risk, is not stated in the filing.
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