Federal judge enjoins Kalshi from offering sports contracts on California tribal lands

Published Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 UTC · Updated Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:05:00 UTC · Edited by Bizzle · AI-assisted

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Summary

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the Northern District of California on Nov. 4 granted a preliminary injunction barring Kalshi Inc. and KalshiEX from offering sports-event contracts on the plaintiff tribes’ Indian lands, according to the court’s one-page order and coverage by The Block.

The order enjoins Kalshi from offering on those lands any sports contracts, including contracts that facially involve, relate to, or reference baseball, tennis, pickleball, soccer, basketball, football, golf, chess, esports, hockey, motorsports, boxing, wrestling and UFC events; plaintiffs must provide land-boundary maps by Nov. 13, and Kalshi must file a compliance status report within 21 days of the order.

The Block said the tribes—Blue Lake Rancheria and the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians—brought the suit alleging unauthorized Class III gaming under IGRA; a Ninth Circuit panel in September partially reversed Corley’s earlier denial, holding the tribes were likely to succeed and that CEA “exclusive” jurisdiction did not extend to Kalshi’s sports contracts on tribal lands.

Attorney Daniel Wallach called it the first preliminary injunction tribes have secured against Kalshi nationwide, The Block reported; the injunction is limited to the plaintiff tribes’ lands and does not by itself ban Kalshi sports contracts elsewhere in California.

Key facts

N.D. Cal. order (Nov. 4, 2026, Corley, J.): Preliminary injunction bars Kalshi Inc./KalshiEX from offering sports contracts on the Tribes’ Indian lands, listing 14 sports categories including football, basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, esports and UFC. (U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.))
Court order: Plaintiffs must provide maps of their Indian lands by Nov. 13, 2026; Kalshi must file an updated compliance status report within 21 days of the order. (U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.))
The Block: Suit by Blue Lake Rancheria and Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians; Ninth Circuit in September found tribes likely to succeed under IGRA and that CEA exclusive jurisdiction did not cover the sports contracts on tribal lands. (The Block)
The Block: Sports/gaming attorney Daniel Wallach called the order the first tribal preliminary injunction against Kalshi nationwide. (The Block)