Kalshi asks the full Sixth Circuit to review the panel decision favoring Ohio and Tennessee officials

Kalshi has asked the full Sixth Circuit to review a panel decision that favored officials in Ohio and Tennessee, according to DeFi Rate.

DeFi Rate’s Oct. 14 headline identified the request for en banc review as the latest development in the dispute. The available material does not include the underlying article or further details about Kalshi’s filing.

The classification at issue

The panel held that Kalshi’s sports contracts are not swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act, according to DeFi Rate’s summary. That classification is the central legal issue identified in the available reporting.

Kalshi is now seeking review beyond the panel that issued the decision. The reported request does not itself establish that the full court will hear the case or change the ruling.

What it means for prediction markets

• The next procedural question is whether review is granted. The available reporting establishes a request, not a decision by the full Sixth Circuit to reconsider the case.
• Contract classification remains the focus. The panel’s holding concerns Kalshi’s sports contracts and their treatment under the Commodity Exchange Act; the supplied material does not establish consequences for other contracts or platforms.