Underdog Exchange DCM, Inc. v. Wilson

Filed; no ruling6th Cir.Platform v. State

Docket last checked September 22, 2026. Snapshot — not legal advice.

As of September 25, 2026, Ohio has a restriction on prediction-market platforms currently in effect. Ohio status and cases →

Overview

Underdog’s exchange arm, Underdog Exchange DCM, Inc., filed this pre-enforcement suit on September 8, 2026, seeking a declaration that the Commodity Exchange Act preempts the state’s gambling law as applied to its sports event contracts, and an injunction against enforcement. It is one of six such suits Underdog filed in a week — Massachusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Washington on September 8, and Connecticut on September 15 — after the company surrendered its daily-fantasy licenses in several states. It was filed in the Northern District, not the Southern District where Kalshi’s Ohio case began, and whatever the Sixth Circuit decides in Kalshi’s consolidated appeal will bear directly on it. No ruling. (Caption, docket and filing date confirmed via CourtListener; the description of the claims is press-sourced.)

Changes

Logged September 22, 2026

Timeline

September 8, 2026

Underdog Exchange DCM files a preemption suit for declaratory and injunctive relief.

What's next: Awaiting a responsive pleading; no injunction motion appears on the public docket. The Sixth Circuit’s pending decision in Kalshi’s Ohio/Tennessee appeal will control the question.

Parties

Plaintiffs

  • Underdog Exchange DCM, Inc.

Defendants

  • Wilson (lead defendant as captioned)
  • Sheetal Bajoria, Scott P. Borgemenke, Triffon Callos, Keith Cheney, Penelope Cunningham, Andromeda Morrison, Christopher Smitherman and others named in the summonses
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