Is Kalshi legal in Nevada?

Kalshi’s sports contracts are blocked in Nevada. Nevada's status on prediction markets: court order in force. Details are on our Kalshi in Nevada page.

Is Polymarket legal in Nevada?

Polymarket’s sports contracts are blocked in Nevada. Nevada's status on prediction markets: court order in force. Details are on our Polymarket in Nevada page.

What is the difference between a sportsbook and a prediction market?

A sportsbook takes the other side of each bet and keeps what bettors lose, under a state license. A prediction market is a federally regulated exchange that matches users with each other and charges a fee, which is why platforms argue state gambling law does not reach them.

Nevada · Sports betting

Is sports betting legal in Nevada?

Where sportsbooks stand in Nevada, where Kalshi, Polymarket and other prediction markets stand, and why the answers differ. Built from our sourced state records.

Reviewed Nov. 7, 2026 · Live figures update with our records · Sources are footnoted

Sportsbooks: Legal onlineKalshi: Sports blocked

The short answer

Yes. Online sports betting is legal in Nevada. Retail and mobile sports betting through Nevada-licensed sportsbooks since 2010.¹

Prediction markets are a separate question, and in Nevada Kalshi’s sports contracts are blocked.

Sportsbooks in Nevada

Sports betting in Nevada is legal online. Retail and mobile sports betting through Nevada-licensed sportsbooks since 2010.¹ Gaming oversight: Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission.

Prediction markets in Nevada

Our status for Nevada: Court order in force. A court order currently bars at least one CFTC-regulated prediction market from offering some contracts, usually sports, to people in the state. Nevada state-court injunctions bar Kalshi, Polymarket and Coinbase sports contracts, and the Ninth Circuit has sided with Nevada against Kalshi.

Latest action (Court order, Nov. 4, 2026): The Ninth Circuit denied Kalshi's petition for rehearing en banc of its Aug. 28 Nevada decision.²

We track 15 lawsuits involving Nevada. Federal appeals from Nevada go to the Ninth Circuit, which ruled for the states on Aug. 28, 2026. Full record: prediction market laws in Nevada.

Which prediction market apps work in Nevada

Prediction market platforms in Nevada
Platform	In Nevada	Note
Kalshi	Sports blocked	Kalshi stopped new trades in sports, entertainment and election markets for Nevada users on March 21, 2026, after a state-court temporary restraining order, and told customers by email. Other markets stayed open. Nevada's Gaming Control Board said on June 1, 2026 that a state-court preliminary injunction bars Kalshi from sports-, election- and entertainment-related contracts in Nevada. Covers reported on July 27, 2026 that Kalshi agreed to a third-party geofence by August 12, 2026.
Polymarket US	Sports blocked	Nevada's attorney general announced on June 3, 2026 that a state-court preliminary injunction against QCX LLC (Polymarket) bars sports-, election- and entertainment-related contracts in Nevada while the state's enforcement action continues. A written order was still to follow at the time. After a January 2026 temporary restraining order, the Polymarket app showed Nevada users a notice that trading was not allowed in the state (reported February 2, 2026). CBS Sports reported on October 21, 2026 that the Polymarket US app operates in every state except Nevada. This is a press report, not a Polymarket statement.
Coinbase	No restriction found	A Nevada state court granted the Gaming Control Board a preliminary injunction against Coinbase on 2026-03-26, barring event contracts in Nevada. DeFi Rate (2026-10-21) and NEXTPredict (2026-09-30) say Coinbase excludes Nevada, and NEXTPredict says Coinbase's help center lists Nevada as excluded.
Crypto.com	No restriction found	Named in the December 2025 spokesperson list of states without sports markets (SBC Americas, 2025-12-16), after Nevada won in court in October 2025. Crypto.com's exchange has a Supreme Court petition pending (No. 26-344). Current status not confirmed.
DraftKings Predictions	Sports blocked	DeFi Rate, checking DraftKings' availability page on 2026-09-09, lists Nevada as 'Financial markets only'. Legal Sports Report's comparison page (updated 2026-10-14) instead calls Nevada an exception. The two conflict, and DraftKings' own page could not be opened. Legal Sports Report says Nevada is excluded from DraftKings Predictions.
Fanatics Markets	Not offered	Contracts trade on Crypto.com \| Derivatives North America (Nadex rules).
FanDuel Predicts	Offered	FanDuel's map lists Nevada as a 'FanDuel Predicts' state. Whether sports contracts are offered there was not confirmed: the 18 sports states Yogonet listed in January 2026 (AL, AK, CA, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, MN, NE, NM, ND, OK, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT) do not include Nevada.
Gemini Predictions	No restriction found	Listed as excluded by DeFi Rate (updated 2026-10-10). Not confirmed from Gemini.
PrizePicks	Not offered	Contracts trade on Kalshi.
Robinhood	Sports blocked	Robinhood agreed to suspend sports prediction markets in Nevada effective 2025-12-01, after a federal judge denied it an injunction against the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Its Supreme Court petition on the Ninth Circuit ruling (No. 26-338) was filed 2026-09-10. Third-party reviews from October 2026 (The Lines, next.io) still describe sports contracts as unavailable in Nevada.
Underdog	Not offered	Contracts trade on Underdog's own exchange UDX (Aristotle Exchange DCM/DCO, Inc. d/b/a Underdog Exchange), plus Kalshi and Nadex (Crypto.com \| Derivatives North America).
Webull	No restriction found	Contracts trade on Kalshi.

“No restriction found” means we know of no court order, regulator action or platform notice stopping it in Nevada; it is not a finding that it is legal there.

Why the answers differ

A sportsbook takes the other side of each bet and keeps what bettors lose.³ It needs a license from the state. A prediction market is an exchange that matches users with each other and takes a fee,³ and the large ones are regulated by the CFTC, whose jurisdiction over trading on those exchanges federal law calls exclusive.⁴ That is the platforms’ case for offering sports contracts nationwide; by the 2025 Super Bowl, Kalshi offered them in all 50 states, including states without legal sports betting.⁵

States answer that sports event contracts are sports bets by another name; Massachusetts, for one, says Kalshi’s closely resemble wagers at licensed sportsbooks.⁶ Federal appeals courts have split, 1 for the platforms and 2 for the states, and 3 petitions now ask the Supreme Court to decide: see the circuit split.

Age limits

Kalshi and Polymarket US accept customers from 18,⁷⁸ while most states set the gambling age at 20 or 21, a gap critics including the NCAA have raised.⁹ See how old you have to be. If gambling is causing you harm, call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.

Questions

Is sports betting legal in Nevada?: Yes. Online sports betting is legal in Nevada. Retail and mobile sports betting through Nevada-licensed sportsbooks since 2010.
Who regulates sports betting in Nevada?: Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission.
Is Kalshi legal in Nevada?: Kalshi’s sports contracts are blocked in Nevada. Nevada's status on prediction markets: court order in force. Details are on our Kalshi in Nevada page.
Is Polymarket legal in Nevada?: Polymarket’s sports contracts are blocked in Nevada. Nevada's status on prediction markets: court order in force. Details are on our Polymarket in Nevada page.
What is the difference between a sportsbook and a prediction market?: A sportsbook takes the other side of each bet and keeps what bettors lose, under a state license. A prediction market is a federally regulated exchange that matches users with each other and charges a fee, which is why platforms argue state gambling law does not reach them.