Tunica-Biloxi Tribe partners with Kalshi to launch prediction market app

The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana is reportedly partnering with Kalshi, the regulated event contracts exchange, to allow customers to bet on real-world events through a tribally owned and operated business. That distinction matters, because Kalshi’s relationship with tribal gaming has been anything but friendly. The company is currently embroiled in multiple legal challenges from tribes arguing its sports event contracts violate the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the federal law that protects tribal sovereignty over gaming operations. A complicated courtship with tribal gaming Kalshi has secured partnerships with Robinhood and inked deals with major sports organizations including the NHL and the US Open. But tribes have pushed back, with multiple tribal nations filing legal challenges arguing that Kalshi’s offering of sports-related contracts on tribal lands infringes on the exclusive gaming rights established through tribal-state compacts under IGRA. The legal headwinds reached a peak on September 16, 2026, when a Ninth Circuit ruling granted a temporary injunction blocking Kalshi from offering event contracts on the lands of two California tribes. Who are the Tunica-Biloxi? The...