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How do you turn gambling into a multi-billion dollar financial market? You simply find the right loophole-and bet that no one is clever enough to close it.

This is the untold, high-stakes story of the $25 billion regulatory arbitrage that shook American governance to its core. Prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket achieved the impossible: federal approval to operate as derivatives exchanges, allowing them to sell contracts on everything from NFL games to presidential elections. They claimed these were sophisticated "hedging instruments." In reality, they were running a national, tax-exempt sportsbook.

The result was a structural flaw that generated staggering profits:

  • The Tax Dodge: By obtaining a federal license, platforms sought to override state-level Gross Gaming Revenue taxes, which hit licensed sportsbooks at crushing rates from 20% to 51%.
  • The Regulatory Shield: Platforms attracted hundreds of millions in venture capital and achieved multi-billion dollar valuations, banking entirely on the principle that their federal approval provided an impenetrable shield against state gambling law.

But that shield provoked a massive counter-strike that shattered the illusion of stability:

  • The State Rebellion: State Attorneys General, led by Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell, sued to reclaim an estimated $4.3 billion in lost annual tax revenue and defend vital consumer protections.
  • The Sovereign Wall: Tribal nations, asserting federally protected rights under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), proved that derivative contracts are no match for tribal sovereignty, threatening to shut platforms out of nearly half the country.

The platforms successfully won their legal battles against the CFTC, but their victory only accelerated an existential multi-front war against states and tribes. Now, Congress is asking the final question: Is this financial innovation, or simply tax avoidance with extra steps?

The Regulatory Arbitrage is a gripping, fast-paced investigation into the collision of technology, finance, and sovereign power, exposing a high-stakes bet on regulatory confusion that may yet see a $25 billion industry vanish overnight.


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  • ISBN-13: 9798232570927
  • Publisher: Robert Walker
  • Publisher Imprint: Robert Walker
  • ISBN-10: 823257092X
  • Publisher Date: 03 Nov 2025


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