Novig Lawsuits: Litigation Tracker
Last updated November 8, 2026. Snapshot, not legal advice.
Cases
9
Pending
9
Pro-market
0
Anti-market
0
Summary
Novig is a party to 9 cases of the 90 on this tracker, involving 8 states.
Pending (9)
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Ludlow Exchange LLC (Novig) v. Brown
No. 3:26-cv-05888
Washington moved to dismiss Novig’s suit (October 2026), arguing the Ninth Circuit’s Assad decision already rejects its preemption theory; no ruling yet.Checked Nov 8, 2026
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Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. Hanaway
No. 4:26-cv-01780
Novig sued Missouri’s Attorney General and Gaming Commission officials as their cease-and-desist deadline expired (October 16, 2026).Checked Nov 8, 2026
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Missouri Attorney General cease-and-desist letters (September 2026)
Also named: Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood, Crypto.com, Underdog
Novig and Crypto.com’s exchange sued Missouri’s Attorney General and Gaming Commission officials as the thirty-day windows closed (October 16, 2026), and Kalshi followed on October 27 after its extended deadline drew no assurance of non-enforcement.Checked Nov 8, 2026
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Ohio Casino Control Commission cease-and-desist letters (October 2026)
Also named: Polymarket, Robinhood, Coinbase, Gemini, Webull, Underdog, ProphetX
Ohio’s Casino Control Commission ordered ten platforms and brokers to stop offering sports event contracts in Ohio and confirm compliance within fourteen days, citing the Sixth Circuit’s decision (October 2, 2026).Checked Nov 8, 2026
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Connecticut cease-and-desist orders to nine platforms (September 2026)
Also named: Polymarket, Robinhood, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gemini, Webull, Underdog, ProphetX
Connecticut ordered nine more platforms to stop offering sports event contracts (September 10, 2026). By early October state officials had told reporters that ProphetX, Gemini and Webull had withdrawn from the state, and Underdog had sued.Checked Nov 8, 2026
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Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. Torrez
No. 1:26-cv-02576
Stayed until August 13, 2027 (September 2, 2026) under an enforcement standstill; the Gaming Control Board members were dismissed without prejudice.Checked Nov 8, 2026
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Ludlow Exchange LLC (Novig) v. Kaul
No. 3:26-cv-00761
Novig sued Wisconsin’s Attorney General and gaming administrator (August 2026), weeks after a federal judge in the same state rejected the CFTC’s identical preemption theory.Checked Nov 8, 2026
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Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. Campbell
No. 1:26-cv-13615
Stayed by agreement (August 2026) until the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules on the preliminary injunction against Kalshi.Checked Nov 8, 2026
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Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. James
No. 1:26-cv-06676
Judge McMahon denied Novig an emergency TRO (August 2026) on the strength of Judge Torres’s Kalshi ruling, expressly without reaching the merits.Checked Nov 8, 2026
What Changed
November 2026
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Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. Hanaway
Missouri moved to consolidate Novig’s Eastern District suit with Kalshi’s later suit in the same court.
E.D. Mo. No. 4:26-cv-01780, Doc. 20 (docket text)
October 2026
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Ohio Casino Control Commission cease-and-desist letters (October 2026)
Robinhood Derivatives agreed to stop offering new sports event contracts in Ohio by November 2, in exchange for the Casino Control Commission’s agreement not to enforce while the Sixth Circuit and Supreme Court appeals are pending.
Robinhood Markets, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 -
Ohio Casino Control Commission cease-and-desist letters (October 2026)
The Casino Control Commission ordered its own licensees, including sportsbooks and suppliers, to stop servicing platforms that offer sports event contracts in Ohio and to confirm compliance by October 30.
Ohio Casino Control Commission licensee notice (Oct. 20, 2026; PDF hosted by Sports Betting Dime) -
Ludlow Exchange LLC (Novig) v. Brown
Washington moved to dismiss Novig’s preemption suit, arguing the Ninth Circuit’s Assad ruling already decides it. The case moved to Judge David G. Estudillo, who set a scheduling conference for January 28, 2027.
Motion to dismiss, W.D. Wash. No. 3:26-cv-05888 (Dkt. 18) -
Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. Hanaway
Novig sued Missouri’s Attorney General and Gaming Commission officials in the Eastern District of Missouri on October 16, the day its cease-and-desist window closed, seeking an injunction against enforcement.
Complaint, E.D. Mo. No. 4:26-cv-01780 (Doc. 1) -
Missouri Attorney General cease-and-desist letters (September 2026)
Missouri’s thirty-day deadlines passed without a suit by the State. Novig and Crypto.com’s exchange sued in federal court instead; Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood and Underdog had not, as of the latest docket checks.
Complaint, Ludlow Exchange, LLC d/b/a Novig v. Hanaway, E.D. Mo. No. 4:26-cv-01780
8 more changes
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Ohio Casino Control Commission cease-and-desist letters (October 2026)
Ohio’s Casino Control Commission sent cease-and-desist letters to ten platforms and brokers (Underdog, Gemini, Coinbase, ProphetX, Novig, Robinhood, Polymarket US, Plus500, Moomoo and Webull), citing the Sixth Circuit’s September 25 decision. Each must confirm compliance by October 16.
Ohio Casino Control Commission letters, October 2, 2026
September 2026
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Missouri Attorney General cease-and-desist letters (September 2026)
We said Missouri’s letter stated no deadline. All six letters give thirty days from their date, so the windows close October 16 for Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com and Robinhood and October 17 for Novig and Underdog, after which the State says it will sue.
Missouri AG — letter to Kalshi -
Missouri Attorney General cease-and-desist letters (September 2026)
Missouri’s Attorney General told Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Novig, Underdog and Robinhood to stop offering sports event contracts or be licensed and taxed as sportsbooks. No suit has been filed by either side.
Missouri AG — letter to Kalshi -
Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. James
September 11 was an initial pretrial conference, not oral argument as we had said. Judge McMahon will decide Novig’s injunction on the papers after its September 24 reply; New York opposed on September 10, and tribal amici were granted leave to file for the state.
CourtListener — 1:26-cv-06676 -
Ludlow Exchange LLC (Novig) v. Kaul
Novig’s Wisconsin case is before District Judge William M. Conley, not Magistrate Judge Boor alone; it was reassigned to him on September 10. The October 20 pretrial conference produced a scheduling order.
Docket, W.D. Wis. No. 3:26-cv-00761 -
Ludlow Exchange LLC (Novig) v. Kaul
Wisconsin answered Novig’s complaint rather than moving to dismiss, and a pretrial conference is set for October 20.
CourtListener — 3:26-cv-00761 -
Connecticut cease-and-desist orders to nine platforms (September 2026)
Connecticut ordered nine more platforms — Polymarket, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Robinhood, ProphetX, Novig, Webull, Gemini and Underdog — to stop offering sports event contracts, and subpoenaed about thirty vendors, app stores and media organizations.
Governor of Connecticut — announcement -
Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. Torrez
Novig’s New Mexico case is stayed until August 13, 2027. The Attorney General will not enforce until at least fourteen days after that, and the Gaming Control Board members were dismissed without prejudice.
Order granting stay (Doc. 27)