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Checked Oct. 21, 2026

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Prediction market law in Mississippi

No public action found

No Mississippi lawsuit, cease-and-desist letter or prediction-market law was found; the attorney general supports New Jersey's Supreme Court petition.

No Mississippi enforcement action, court case or legislation aimed at CFTC-regulated prediction markets was found. Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a May 2026 multistate comment letter to the CFTC and the Ohio-led amicus brief filed Oct. 7, 2026 supporting Supreme Court review of the Third Circuit's Kalshi decision. Mississippi allows sports betting only at licensed casinos.

Public sources for Mississippi are thin. Treat this page as provisional and check the linked sources.

Timeline of state actions

  1. Other development, Kalshi

    Mississippi's attorney general signed an Ohio-led amicus brief, joined by 38 other states and DC, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant New Jersey's petition in Flaherty v. KalshiEX (No. 26-299).

    Source: Ohio et al. amicus brief, U.S. Supreme Court No. 26-299

  2. Other development

    Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a coalition of state attorneys general in a comment letter urging the CFTC to leave sports-related event contracts to state regulation.

    Source: Clarke County Tribune

Laws and bills

No enacted laws or pending bills specific to prediction markets found.

Court cases

No court cases involving Mississippi found.

Sources

  1. Clarke County Tribune
  2. Ohio et al. amicus brief, U.S. Supreme Court No. 26-299
  3. Sports betting status