Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking a judge to hold Kalshi in contempt over advertisements allegedly sent to residents after a court prohibited them. Adam Candee reports that the state cites three people who received promotions through email, social media and YouTube after the September 1 injunction. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina has scheduled a November 24 hearing; the alleged violations remain to be decided.
One advertisement invited a recipient to download Kalshi’s app to “Trade Football and More.” Two others promoted “markets you don’t want to miss.” The state’s motion says these recipients should have been excluded through location-based advertising controls. Kalshi had previously said it stopped advertising targeted to Michigan users, according to the report.
The September 1 order explicitly covers the marketing that brings people to the wagers. It bars soliciting participation in internet sports-betting contracts through email, push notifications, social media, influencers, affiliates and paid placements. Blocking bets and stopping their promotion are separate obligations under the injunction.
The court’s stated reasons for intervening include the exposure of younger users and gaps in consumer protections. Its order contrasts Michigan’s minimum gambling age of 21 with Kalshi’s access beginning at 18. It also identifies gambling-prevention funding and tribal revenue among the interests at risk. Those are the court’s grounds for preliminary relief, rather than measured losses from the three alleged advertising incidents.
Nessel is seeking a fine and reimbursement of enforcement costs and attorney’s fees. That puts the expense of policing the advertising ban directly before the court, alongside whether residents continued receiving invitations to wager. SBC Americas, a gambling-industry trade publication, says Kalshi had not answered its request for comment by publication. The hearing will address the state’s allegations; this report establishes neither a contempt finding nor a new penalty.