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Missouri Sends Orders to Polymarket and Kalshi
Elections and votingMissouri has issued cease-and-desist orders to Polymarket and Kalshi, opening a state regulatory process involving both platforms.
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Prediction market companies have been directed to stop offering sports-related event contracts in Missouri.

Key takeaways
Prediction market companies were ordered to end sports “event contracts” in Missouri. The directive concerns contracts tied to sports events and requires the companies offering them to stop that activity in the state.
The action is directed at prediction market companies rather than individual voters, candidates or political committees. It does not involve a Missouri election, a ballot measure or a documented campaign position. No candidate is directly linked to the matter.
The central issue is whether the affected companies continue offering sports event contracts to people in Missouri after being ordered to end them. The order concerns the availability of those contracts in Missouri; it does not establish a broader rule for elections or political prediction markets.
The next step is compliance by the companies covered by the order. Changes to their platforms, including whether Missouri users can access sports event contracts, would show how the directive is being carried out.
Any further action would determine how the order is applied and enforced. Additional official records could identify the companies covered, the timing for ending the contracts and any procedures available to challenge or review the directive.
For Missouri residents, the immediate practical question is whether sports event contracts remain available through prediction market platforms. The development should be tracked through official orders, company notices and any later court or administrative filings that address the directive.
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