
Amid the surge of legal gambling in the United States, one area that has remained off-limits is betting on the outcome of U.S. elections. However, this could be about to change as a federal judge in Washington recently made a significant ruling.
The judge overturned a decision by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that had prohibited a company from offering bets on the outcome of Congressional elections. The New York-based company, Kalshi, emerged victorious in this legal battle, with the judge ruling in its favor.