A federal court in Michigan converted a temporary restraining order against Kalshi's sports prediction markets into a permanent injunction, meaning violations now carry a fine of $500,000 per day.
The original restraining order was issued in June. The conversion to a full injunction marks a procedural escalation: Kalshi can no longer treat the block as a temporary constraint pending resolution. The $500,000 daily penalty structure gives the order enforcement teeth that the earlier instrument lacked.
Kalshi's sports contracts have drawn legal challenges across multiple jurisdictions as the company pushes into territory that state regulators and competing interests have contested. The Michigan ruling adds a fixed financial consequence to continued non-compliance, changing the calculus for how long the company can sustain any dispute over the order's scope.
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