Missouri Turns Federal Gambling Law on Novig as Polymarket Sues State AG

Missouri’s attorney general has asked a federal court to stop sports-centric prediction market platform Novig from taking money from Missouri residents under a 2006 federal anti-gambling law, while Polymarket U.S. filed its own suit to block the state’s crackdown. Both filings landed on Nov. 9 in the same federal court in St. Louis. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed counterclaims against Novig on Nov. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, as part of the answer to the lawsuit the company filed in October against her and two Missouri Gaming Commission officials. The first counterclaim relies on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA), which lets a state attorney general sue in federal court to stop “restricted transactions.” Missouri argues that wagers placed…

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