The Ohio Casino Control Commission has told sports-gaming and fantasy-contest licensees and applicants to stop providing services to companies that offer sports event contracts in the state without an Ohio license. A commission letter reported by SoloAzar sets October 30 as the compliance deadline.
The direction reaches beyond prediction-market platforms themselves. It applies to Ohio-regulated businesses that supply services to those companies, increasing the risk that unlicensed sports contracts lose payment, technology, data or other commercial support from firms inside the state's licensing system. The report does not say that all prediction markets are prohibited; the focus is sports event contracts offered without state authorization.
Ohio has consistently argued that those contracts amount to sports wagering under state law. In an April comment letter, the attorney general joined other states in opposing unlicensed, untaxed sports event contracts offered through federally registered markets.
The companies dispute that view. Reuters reports that Kalshi considers the contracts financial derivatives under Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight, while states contend that gambling laws and taxes apply. Courts have produced differing outcomes, and the latest Ohio instruction adds a practical compliance deadline while that jurisdictional dispute remains unresolved.
