A federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota’s ban on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, pausing the state’s enforcement push while a legal fight over who can regulate event
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota’s ban on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, pausing the state’s enforcement push while a legal fight over who can regulate event contracts plays out in court.
On July 27, 2026, a federal judge put Minnesota’s prediction market ban on hold, according to MPR News. The decision halts the state’s move to shut prediction market operators out of Minnesota. For related coverage, see Stablecoin Market Shrinks $7.7B in June, Report Says.
The ruling came in the form of a preliminary injunction, laid out in the court’s injunction order. It is a temporary block, not a final decision on whether Minnesota’s restrictions can stand. For related coverage, see Circle Acquires IBM Blockchain Patent Portfolio.
Kalshi and Polymarket sit at the center of the case because they are the platforms Minnesota targeted. The dispute is tracked on the federal court docket, which shows the matter remains active. For related coverage, see Samsung Wallet Adds Stablecoin Support, Report Says.
Minnesota moved against prediction markets earlier in the summer, with the state’s attorney general pressing the case in a June 18, 2026 statement on prediction markets.
The restriction itself is tied to state legislation, Minnesota Senate File 4511, published on the state revisor’s site. The bill frames the state’s authority to limit these markets within its borders.
The platforms argue federal oversight preempts the state. Prediction market operators have positioned event contracts under the Commodity Exchange Act, which places commodity derivatives under federal CFTC jurisdiction.
That sets up a turf war over who gets to police event contracts. The tension between state consumer-protection power and federal commodities regulation is what the judge must ultimately resolve, and the outcome would reach well beyond Minnesota.
The clash is the latest in a run of crypto-related policy fights in the state, which has also seen lawmakers move to ban Bitcoin kiosks under HF 3642 while separately allowing banks and credit unions to offer crypto custody.
For now, Minnesota users and the platforms get breathing room. The enforcement pause means the state cannot act on the ban while the injunction holds, as CBS Minnesota reported.
The ruling is only an early round. A preliminary injunction preserves the status quo; it does not decide the underlying question of whether the ban is lawful.
Court records indicate the case is still active, meaning further filings, hearings, or an eventual appeal could follow. Traders have relief today, but the broader prediction market fight remains unresolved.
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