Prediction Market Checker: which prediction markets can you use in your state?
By Alexander Burnett (editor) Last updated Data read by our script
How we got this
How: Read by our script on 15 October 2026 from each platform's own help, fee and legal pages, and from official state, court and CFTC pages; a claim is shown only if its exact words are in the page text we saved, and every saved page is fingerprinted. How we checkHow we make moneyCorrections
On 15 October 2026 we read the help, fee and legal pages of 10 US prediction markets and the official pages of the states, courts and regulators acting on them. Only 3 (Robinhood prediction markets, Crypto.com prediction trading and Underdog prediction markets) say which states they leave out. Kalshi and Polymarket US list no states on the pages we could read, but courts in Nevada and Washington have ordered Kalshi to limit what it offers there, and 11 more states on our list have sued Kalshi, sent it a cease-and-desist letter or won an appeal against it.
Check your state
The platforms compared
10 US prediction markets, from their own pages and the CFTC's records. "Not stated" means the pages we could read didn't say. Full quotes are in each platform's section. For the two biggest names side by side, see Kalshi vs Polymarket.
| Platform | Regulator | Minimum age | Trading fee | Deposit fees | Withdrawal fees | Deposit methods | Withdrawals | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalshi | CFTC designated contract market (KalshiEX LLC), designated 3 Nov 2020 | 18 | A transaction fee on the expected earnings of each contract; rates vary by market and some markets also charge maker fees | Bank transfer deposits: no fee | Free to bank, debit card and crypto | Debit card (incl. Apple Pay, Google Pay), bank transfer (ACH), PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, crypto, wire | Bank transfer (US only), debit card, crypto | Weather, crypto, sports, entertainment and more |
| Polymarket US | CFTC designated contract market (QCX LLC, trading as Polymarket US), designated 9 Jul 2025 | Not stated | Taker fee = 0.0695 × contracts × price × (1 − price): at most about 1.74 cents a contract at 50¢. Makers get a rebate (−0.0125) | Not stated | Not stated | Debit card, bank transfer (ACH), Apple Pay (iPhone), PayPal, Venmo, USDC (iPhone, where available), wire | Back to the same method you deposited with, oldest deposit first | Sports, politics, crypto, weather, tech, culture and economics |
| Robinhood prediction markets | Robinhood Derivatives, LLC (a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant) routes orders to exchanges incl. KalshiEX and ForecastEx | 18 | Up to $0.01 a contract commission, plus an exchange fee of up to $0.01 a contract | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Crypto.com prediction trading | CFTC designated contract market (formerly Nadex), now also trading as Crypto.com | Not stated | Sports and prediction singles: taker 0.07 × contracts × price × (1 − price); maker 0.0175 × contracts × price × (1 − price) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Novig | Says it is now a CFTC-licensed designated contract market (Sept 2026) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| ProphetX | CFTC designated contract market (ProphetX LLC), designated 11 Jun 2026 | 18, or the age of majority where you are if higher | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| FanDuel Predicts | A CFTC-registered futures commission merchant offering event contracts listed on CME, its regulated affiliate | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| PredictIt | Runs under CFTC staff no-action relief (Letter 14-130, amended by Letter 25-20 on 14 Jul 2025) as a not-for-profit market; operation moved from Victoria University of Wellington to the Prediction Market Research Consortium, Inc. | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| DraftKings Predictions | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Underdog prediction markets | Not stated | 18 | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
State by state
Each cell combines the platform's own statement with the actions we read on official pages for that state. yes its own page says it serves the state and no action is on our list · limits its own page names a limit, or a state has sued it or told it to stop · no its own page excludes the state, or a court has ordered limits · – no state list and no action on our list.
| State | Kalshi | Polymarket US | Robinhood prediction markets | Crypto.com prediction trading | Novig | ProphetX | FanDuel Predicts | PredictIt | DraftKings Predictions | Underdog prediction markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Alaska | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Arizona | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | no |
| Arkansas | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| California | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Colorado | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Connecticut | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | – | – | – | yes |
| Delaware | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| District of Columbia | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Florida | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Georgia | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Hawaii | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Idaho | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Illinois | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Indiana | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Iowa | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Kansas | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Kentucky | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Louisiana | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Maine | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Maryland | limits1 | – | no | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Massachusetts | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Michigan | limits1 | – | limits | yes | – | – | – | – | – | no |
| Minnesota | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Mississippi | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Missouri | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | – | – | – | – | limits1 |
| Montana | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Nebraska | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Nevada | no1 | no1 | limits1 | no1 | – | – | – | – | – | no |
| New Hampshire | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| New Jersey | limits1 | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| New Mexico | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| New York | limits1 | limits1 | yes | no | – | – | – | – | – | no |
| North Carolina | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| North Dakota | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Ohio | limits2 | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Oklahoma | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Oregon | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Pennsylvania | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Rhode Island | limits1 | limits1 | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| South Carolina | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| South Dakota | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Tennessee | limits1 | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Texas | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Utah | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Vermont | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Virginia | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Washington | no1 | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| West Virginia | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Wisconsin | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | limits1 | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
| Wyoming | – | – | yes | yes | – | – | – | – | – | yes |
Courts in Nevada and Washington have ordered Kalshi to limit what it offers, and 11 more states have sued it, sent it a cease-and-desist letter or won an appeal against it, according to TradingLookup's Prediction Market Checker (October 2026).
State and court actions we read
Each one from the state's own website, a court docket or the CFTC, quoted. 19 actions in 14 states: Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin.
Connecticut
- Lawsuit Connecticut lawsuit against Kalshi seeking an injunction on sports contracts (date not shown in the page text we saved)
- Cease-and-desist Connecticut cease-and-desist orders to nine platforms, including Polymarket, Crypto.com, Robinhood, ProphetX and Novig
Illinois
- Cease-and-desist Illinois Gaming Board cease-and-desist letters: Kalshi, Crypto.com and Robinhood (1 Apr 2025), Polymarket (27 Jan 2026)
Maryland
- Cease-and-desist Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission cease-and-desist letter to Kalshi on sports contracts (7 Apr 2025). The federal court in Maryland refused to block it (1 Aug 2025). We could not read the Fourth Circuit docket for Kalshi's appeal.
Massachusetts
- Regulator notice Massachusetts Gaming Commission letters to the sports betting firms it licenses: offering sports event contracts in Massachusetts is prohibited for them (13 Nov 2025). No prediction market is named.
Michigan
- Lawsuit Michigan Attorney General's case against Kalshi (Dana Nessel v. KalshiEX, LLC, No. 1:26-cv-731), listed in a federal court order in western Michigan. The Attorney General's own pages on the June and September 2026 orders refused our checker, so those orders are not counted here.
Missouri
- Cease-and-desist Missouri Attorney General cease-and-desist letters on sports contracts (date not shown in the page text we saved)
Nevada
- Court order Nevada state court injunction against Kalshi (3 Apr 2026); the regulator moved to hold Kalshi in contempt on 4 Jun 2026
- Court order Nevada state court injunction against Polymarket (29 May 2026)
- Court order Robinhood agreed to limit event contracts in Nevada pending appeal (25 Nov 2025)
- Court order Crypto.com agreed to limit event contracts in Nevada pending appeal (14 Oct 2025)
New Jersey
- Cease-and-desist New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement cease-and-desist letter to Kalshi on sports contracts (27 Mar 2025). A federal court then blocked New Jersey from enforcing it while the case runs, and the Third Circuit upheld that (6 Apr 2026).
New York
- Lawsuit New York lawsuit against Kalshi (31 Jul 2026)
- Lawsuit New York lawsuit against Polymarket US (24 Sep 2026)
Ohio
- Appeal ruling Sixth Circuit ruling for Tennessee (decided with a parallel Ohio case): the order that blocked Tennessee from enforcing its sports betting laws against Kalshi is lifted
- Appeal ruling Sixth Circuit opinion (25 Sep 2026): federal law does not override Ohio's gambling laws, so the Ohio court's refusal to block the Ohio Casino Control Commission and Attorney General from enforcing them against Kalshi stands
Rhode Island
- Lawsuit Rhode Island's suit against Kalshi and Polymarket US (QCX LLC) in state court (21 May 2026), since moved to federal court. Read in the CFTC's court filing, because the Attorney General's own page refused our checker.
Tennessee
- Appeal ruling Sixth Circuit ruling for Tennessee (decided with a parallel Ohio case): the order that blocked Tennessee from enforcing its sports betting laws against Kalshi is lifted
Washington
- Court order King County Superior Court order (13 Aug 2026): Kalshi must stop sports, elections, politics, entertainment, culture, tech and science, and mentions contracts in Washington and geofence the state
Wisconsin
- Lawsuit Wisconsin Department of Justice lawsuits in Dane County against Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket and Crypto.com over sports contracts (23 Apr 2026)
Official pages that refused our checker
These state pages blocked our script on 15 October 2026, so nothing from them is used above. They describe actions you may want to read yourself:
- Kentucky: Kentucky Attorney General: lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket (June 2026)
- Massachusetts: Massachusetts Attorney General: court order on Kalshi
- Michigan: Michigan Attorney General: orders against Kalshi (June and September 2026)
- Minnesota: Minnesota Attorney General: prediction markets
- New Jersey: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement: director's orders
- Rhode Island: Rhode Island Attorney General: lawsuit against Kalshi and Polymarket
The federal picture
Kalshi, Polymarket US, Crypto.com's exchange and ProphetX are exchanges designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and Novig says it is one too. PredictIt runs under a CFTC staff no-action letter instead. Many states argue that sports contracts are sports betting and need a state licence; the platforms say federal law covers them. Appeal courts have reached different results, and two cases are now waiting at the Supreme Court:
- Supreme Court petition New Jersey has asked the Supreme Court to review the Third Circuit decision of 6 Apr 2026 in its case with Kalshi; Kalshi's response is due 9 Nov 2026
- Supreme Court petition Robinhood has asked the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit decision of 28 Aug 2026 in its case with Nevada; Nevada's response is due 13 Nov 2026
- CFTC proposal CFTC proposed rule (9 Oct 2026) to define event contracts, including sports, as swaps
- Appeal ruling Third Circuit (6 Apr 2026) upheld the order that blocks New Jersey from enforcing its sports betting laws against Kalshi while the case runs. New Jersey has asked the Supreme Court to review it.
- Federal court order A federal court in Arizona blocked the state from enforcing its laws against Kalshi (preliminary injunction, 5 May 2026), as the CFTC's court filing records.
- Federal lawsuit The US government and the CFTC have sued six states (Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin) to stop them enforcing state law against CFTC-regulated exchanges (filing dated 28 May 2026).
Each platform, with receipts
Kalshi
Regulator: CFTC designated contract market (KalshiEX LLC), designated 3 Nov 2020. Minimum age: 18. Trading fee: A transaction fee on the expected earnings of each contract; rates vary by market and some markets also charge maker fees. State and court actions on our list: 13 states.
Kalshi: fees, payments, markets and every state action, with the quotes
Polymarket US
Regulator: CFTC designated contract market (QCX LLC, trading as Polymarket US), designated 9 Jul 2025. Trading fee: Taker fee = 0.0695 × contracts × price × (1 − price): at most about 1.74 cents a contract at 50¢. Makers get a rebate (−0.0125). State and court actions on our list: 7 states.
Polymarket US: fees, payments, markets and every state action, with the quotes
Robinhood prediction markets
- Robinhood Derivatives, LLC (a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant) routes orders to exchanges incl. KalshiEX and ForecastEx
Event contracts are offered by Robinhood Derivatives, LLC through either KalshiEX LLC, ForecastEX, LLC
- Minimum age: 18
You must be 18 or older
- Up to $0.01 a contract commission, plus an exchange fee of up to $0.01 a contract
maximum commission rate of $0.01 per contract. … can be up to $0.01 per contract
- Not available in: MD
Maryland residents can't trade event contracts.
- Limited in: NV
Nevada residents can't open new sports contracts (as of December 1, 2025).
- Limited in: MI
Michigan residents can't open new sports event contracts as of September 9, 2026.
- More state restrictions may apply; Robinhood says to check its app for the current list
Additional state restrictions may apply. Check the app for the most current list of supported states.
Crypto.com prediction trading
- CFTC designated contract market (formerly Nadex), now also trading as Crypto.com
the DCM now also does business under the name of Crypto.com
- Prediction trading is offered in the US only
Prediction Trading is currently available in the United States only.
- Sports and prediction singles: taker 0.07 × contracts × price × (1 − price); maker 0.0175 × contracts × price × (1 − price)
0.07 × C × P × (1 − P), where C = number of contracts, P = contract price. … 0.0175 × C × P × (1 − P)
- Not available in: NY
US states: New York NY
Novig
- Says it is now a CFTC-licensed designated contract market (Sept 2026)
September 2, 2026 … We're now a CFTC-licensed Designated Contract Market (DCM).
ProphetX
- CFTC designated contract market (ProphetX LLC), designated 11 Jun 2026
Organization: ProphetX LLC … Status: Designated … Date: 2026-06-11
- Minimum age: 18, or the age of majority where you are if higher
You are over 18 of age or the minimum legal age of majority whichever is higher in the jurisdiction in which you are located
FanDuel Predicts
- A CFTC-registered futures commission merchant offering event contracts listed on CME, its regulated affiliate
is a futures commission merchant ("FCM") registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission … CME is a Regulated Affiliate of the Firm
PredictIt
- Runs under CFTC staff no-action relief (Letter 14-130, amended by Letter 25-20 on 14 Jul 2025) as a not-for-profit market; operation moved from Victoria University of Wellington to the Prediction Market Research Consortium, Inc.
CFTC Letter No. 25-20 No-Action July 14, 2025 … The Market has been operating under the trade name … to allow Victoria University to transfer operation of the market to the Prediction Market Research Consortium, Inc.
DraftKings Predictions
Underdog prediction markets
- Minimum age: 18
To trade Prediction Picks, you must be 18 or older and physically located in an eligible state at the time of trading.
- Based on where you are when you trade, not where you live
Eligibility is based on your location, not your state of residence.
- Available in: AL, AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, DC, WV, WI, WY
Prediction Picks are currently available in the following states: … Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Not available in: AZ, MI, NV, NY
Prediction Picks are not currently available in the following states: … Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, & New York
- Not available in any US territory (Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa) or Ontario
Prediction Picks are not available in Ontario or any U.S. territories
Polymarket (international): not for US or UK traders
Polymarket's original site is an offshore exchange that settles in USDC. Its own pages say trading is blocked in the US and that UK users can only close positions. We name its pages as text, not links. US traders use Polymarket US, a separate, CFTC-regulated exchange. Both, with their quotes: Polymarket page.
Method
- Which platforms. 10 prediction markets open to US residents: exchanges designated by the CFTC and the brokers that sell their contracts (our judgement of the best known, not a market-share list). DraftKings Predictions is listed, but its pages refused our checker, so we list no facts for it; PredictIt's help pages loaded no text, so its entry rests on the CFTC's letter.
- What we read. Each platform's own help, fee, terms and legal pages; CFTC records; state attorney general, gaming regulator and governor pages; the Supreme Court docket (69 pages; 59 read). Nothing from review sites, news or comparison sites.
- How. Our script opens each page with a user-agent that names TradingLookup, after checking robots.txt, and saves the visible text with a SHA-256 fingerprint. A blocked page is recorded and not retried (kalshi.com itself blocked us, so Kalshi's full fee schedule and Member Agreement aren't here; its help centre was readable).
- Every claim has a quote. A claim is published only if its exact words are in the text we saved that day (81 of 81 claims).
- How cells are filled. The platform's statement and the state's actions are kept apart. "No" means the platform excludes the state or a court has ordered limits; a lawsuit, cease-and-desist letter or appeal ruling shows as "limits" because the platform may still operate while the case runs. We never read a lawsuit as a finding that a platform broke the law: these are the state's claims, and the platforms dispute them.
- Not covered: which individual markets (for example sports) work in your state today, beyond what a platform or a court order says. Check the platform's app before you trade.
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Courts in Nevada and Washington have ordered Kalshi to limit what it offers, and 11 more states have sued it, sent it a cease-and-desist letter or won an appeal against it, according to TradingLookup's Prediction Market Checker (October 2026).
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