Preliminary-injunction motion filed (September 2026)2d Cir.CFTC v. State
Docket last checked September 26, 2026. Snapshot — not legal advice.
As of September 27, 2026, the legality of prediction markets in Connecticut is unresolved — litigation is ongoing with no final ruling yet. Connecticut status and cases →
Overview
After Connecticut issued a cease-and-desist, the United States (through the DOJ) and the CFTC sued the state as part of a multi-state preemption offensive, filed April 2, 2026 in the District of Connecticut alongside the parallel suits against Arizona and Illinois. The complaint is captioned The United States of America; and Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. State of Connecticut; Ned Lamont (Governor), Attorney General William Tong, and Consumer-Protection/Gaming-Division officials, and seeks a declaration of exclusive federal jurisdiction plus an injunction against enforcement. No permanent injunction or final judgment has been confirmed on the docket: an earlier report of a ~May 2026 injunction could not be verified, and the only injunctive relief the CFTC actually secured in this April trio was a temporary restraining order in the separate Arizona matter, not Connecticut. Treat this case as pending. (Caption + docket confirmed against the CFTC complaint PDF: D. Conn. No. 3:26-cv-00498.)
Changes
Logged September 26, 2026
Correction
The federal injunction motion is now confirmed on the docket (ECF 102). We said Robinhood moved to intervene on September 11; its motion was already pending, and that day it filed only a notice citing its new cease-and-desist.
The United States and the CFTC moved for a preliminary injunction against Connecticut the day after its new cease-and-desist orders, and Robinhood, one of the recipients, moved to intervene. Press-reported; not yet confirmed on the docket.
CFTC and DOJ sue Connecticut (with Arizona and Illinois) over state enforcement; the complaint names Governor Ned Lamont and other officials.
September 11, 2026
After Connecticut’s September 10 cease-and-desist orders, the federal plaintiffs move for a preliminary injunction (ECF 102); Robinhood files a notice supporting its pending motion to intervene.
What's next: Connecticut’s response to the injunction motion was set for October 2, 2026, and an extension was granted September 17 (the new date is not on the public docket). Robinhood’s earlier motion to intervene is still pending; on September 11 it filed a notice citing its new cease-and-desist. No rulings.
Parties
Plaintiffs
United States of America (Department of Justice)
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Defendants
State of Connecticut
Ned Lamont (Governor)
William Tong (Attorney General)
Bryan Cafferelli (Commissioner, CT Dept. of Consumer Protection)
Connecticut Dept. of Consumer Protection, Gaming Division
Kristofer Gilman (Director, Gaming Division)
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