Mayor Brandon Scott and the Baltimore City Council are suing Kalshi, Polymarket, and their affiliated companies over alleged illegal sports betting and prediction market gambling operations.
The lawsuits, filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, accuse the companies of violating Baltimore’s Consumer Protection Ordinance by “operating illegal, unlicensed sports-betting platforms and misleading consumers about the legality and regulatory status of their products,” according to a news release.
Kalshi and Polymarket allows users to wager on game winners, point spreads, point totals, player statistics, and other propositions that licensed sportsbooks commonly offer…