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 **Source:** Judge Nelson, Ninth Circuit oral arguments, April 16, 2026
 
 Judge Nelson's Rule 40.11 argument creates a preemption paradox: CFR Rule 40.11 prohibits DCMs from listing gaming contracts unless CFTC grants an exception. Nelson stated: 'You go to a casino to make sports bets' when CFTC attorney argued sports contracts don't involve gaming. If sports event contracts are gaming contracts, then CFTC's own rules prohibit rather than authorize them on DCMs, eliminating the preemption shield. This challenges the claim that DCM registration provides preemption protection—it may instead create a regulatory trap where the authorization framework simultaneously forbids the product.
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+## Challenging Evidence
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+**Source:** MultiState, Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act (March 2026)
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+Curtis-Schiff bill shows that even CFTC-licensed DCM preemption is vulnerable to Congressional override. Legislative redefinition of sports contracts as gambling rather than derivatives would eliminate DCM protection regardless of registration status. Filed during peak state-federal conflict with $600M state revenue loss data, suggesting strong political momentum.

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 **Source:** MultiState legislative tracking, March 2026
 
 Curtis-Schiff bipartisan bill explicitly defines sports event contracts as gambling products requiring state licenses, demonstrating that legislative conflation can override CFTC's technical distinction between derivatives and gambling. The bill's scope limitation (targets DCM platforms, silent on on-chain markets) suggests decentralized futarchy governance may remain outside gambling frameworks even if centralized prediction markets are captured.
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+## Extending Evidence
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+**Source:** MultiState legislative tracking, Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act
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+Curtis-Schiff bipartisan bill (March 2026) demonstrates that regulatory capture risk extends beyond agency rulemaking to Congressional legislation. Republican Curtis sponsorship breaks partisan framing, suggesting broader political coalition against prediction markets than previously understood. Bill explicitly targets CFTC-registered DCM platforms but leaves on-chain futarchy governance markets unaddressed, creating scope distinction that may protect decentralized implementations.