Novig Lawsuits: Litigation Tracker

Summary

Novig is a party to 7 cases of the 74 on this tracker, involving 7 states.

Pending (7)

• Connecticut cease-and-desist orders to nine platforms (September 2026)

  Orders issued; first platform suit filedConnecticut Department of Consumer Protection — administrativeCT

  Connecticut ordered nine more platforms to stop offering sports event contracts (September 10, 2026) and issued about thirty subpoenas to vendors, app stores and media organizations.Checked Sep 22, 2026

• Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. Torrez

  No. 1:26-cv-02576

  Stayed to August 13, 2027 (enforcement standstill)D.N.M. (Judge Strickland)NM

  Stayed until August 13, 2027 (September 2, 2026) under an enforcement standstill; the Gaming Control Board members were dismissed without prejudice.Checked Sep 22, 2026

• Missouri Attorney General cease-and-desist letters (September 2026)

  Pre-suit letters; response window runningMissouri Attorney General — pre-suit letters (no court proceeding)MO

  Missouri’s Attorney General told six platforms to stop offering sports event contracts or get licensed and taxed as sportsbooks (letters dated September 16, 2026).Checked Sep 22, 2026

• Ludlow Exchange LLC (Novig) v. Brown

  No. 3:26-cv-05888

  Filed; no rulingW.D. Wash. (Judge Peterson)WA

  Novig sued Washington’s Attorney General and Gambling Commission (August 2026); no ruling yet.Checked Sep 22, 2026

• Ludlow Exchange LLC (Novig) v. Kaul

  No. 3:26-cv-00761

  Answered; pretrial conference setW.D. Wis. (Judge Boor)WI

  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 Sep 22, 2026

• Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. Campbell

  No. 1:26-cv-13615

  Stayed pending the Massachusetts SJCD. Mass. (Judge Saylor)MA

  Stayed by agreement (August 2026) until the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules on the preliminary injunction against Kalshi.Checked Sep 22, 2026

• Ludlow Exchange, LLC (Novig) v. James

  No. 1:26-cv-06676

  TRO denied; preliminary injunction to be decided on the papersS.D.N.Y. (Judge McMahon)NY

  Judge McMahon denied Novig an emergency TRO (August 2026) on the strength of Judge Torres’s Kalshi ruling, expressly without reaching the merits.Checked Sep 22, 2026

What Changed

Logged September 22, 2026

• New caseSeptember 16, 2026

  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

• CorrectionSeptember 11, 2026

  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

• FilingSeptember 10, 2026

  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

• New caseSeptember 10, 2026

  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

• RulingSeptember 2, 2026

  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)