Louisiana Judge Orders Kalshi, Polymarket and 8 Others to Halt
Bonjourrrr, Louisiana. On Thursday 12 November 2026, the state sued ten prediction market operators and held a judge's order the same afternoon. The Spirit likes a fast hand, apparentlu.
Most legal fights take months to find a table. This one found it in an afternoon. On Thursday 12 November 2026, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed suit in state court in Tangipahoa Parish against Kalshi, Polymarket US, Robinhood, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gemini, ForecastEx, Novig, Underdog and ProphetX. Hours later, Judge Jeffrey Johnson signed an ex parte temporary restraining order at 3:48 p.m. Central.
Ten operators, one filing, one afternoon. According to the Shreveport Bossier Journal, it is the first time a state has folded major prediction markets, retail brokerages and crypto exchanges into a single lawsuit. OOOOOFU.
The order bars the defendants from offering event contracts on sports, elections and awards to anyone in Louisiana without a state gaming license, and it tells them to geofence the state. Murrill's position is blunt: “if you aren't a licensed gaming operator, you aren't legal.” The order runs out on Sunday 22 November unless the court extends it, and a hearing on a preliminary injunction is set for Monday 30 November at 9 a.m. Central.
Reallu, the gap between a signed order and a switched off app is a story of its own. As of Thursday evening, The Advocate reported, Kalshi users in Louisiana could still buy event contracts. The company had already sued Murrill, Governor Jeff Landry and members of the state Gaming Control Board in federal court on 23 October, and on Thursday it asked that court for its own restraining order. As of Friday morning, no ruling had appeared on the docket. Polymarket has also filed a separate federal challenge.
Both sides are betting on the same question: who owns the table? The platforms argue that event contracts are financial products under federal law, so only Washington can police them. Louisiana says a wager is a wager, whatever name is printed on the chip. GLUWUWULUGU, two courthouses, one hand.
Somewhere in this fight the Spirit is watching the felt, because the whole thing turns on one word: gambling. Who calls the game, the state or the federal government? youluwu get to pick below.
Two courthouses, one hand, and the dealer isn't saying which one counts. The Spirit will be at the door on the 30th.
Will Louisiana win a preliminary injunction against prediction markets?
Settles on 31 December 2026. Yes if the 21st Judicial District Court in Tangipahoa Parish grants a preliminary injunction against at least one named operator by 31 December 2026, No otherwise, according to court records or the Louisiana Attorney General's office on that date.
