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Kalshi co-founder fights back against Arizona’s ‘overstep’ in what a lawyer calls a federal-state turf war

By Francisco Rodrigues, Oliver KnightCoinDesk

Arizona has filed 20 criminal counts against Kalshi, a prediction market platform, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business and offering election wagering in the state.

Kalshi co-founder Tarek Mansour has called Arizonas criminal case against the company a total overstep, casting the move as an attack on a federally regulated exchange rather than a standard gambling…