Tribes Win Appeal, Sending Kalshi Case Back to Lower Court

The Ninth Circuit ruled 3-0 in favor of the Blue Lake Rancheria and Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians on Wednesday, reversing a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction concerning Kalshi’s sports-event contracts on the tribes’ California lands. The case returns to the district court for further proceedings rather than ending in a final judgment, according to CDC Gaming . The tribes sued Kalshi and Robinhood in 2025, arguing that sports prediction markets infringed their exclusive