Nevada Problem Gambling Council Cuts Ties With National Organization
Mike Goodpaster Published 19/08/2026
The Nevada Council on Problem Gambling (NVCPG) has cut ties with the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) over the latter’s partnership with prediction market site Kalshi. There's currently an ongoing court battle between the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and Kalshi. The NGCB is accusing Kalshi of offering illegal sports betting in the state and has won a court order requiring Kalshi to geofence its sports-event contracts in the state.
The NVCPG believes that the NCPG's partnership with Kalshi is basically an endorsement of what it views as the prediction market site flaunting Nevada gambling laws.
The NVCPG is accusing the NCPG of ignoring the gambling risk of prediction markets
In May, the NCPG created a new Financial Services and Trading subcategory to open a way for Kalshi to become a partner. The prediction market site put up a $2 million two-year investment to “support a strategic initiative focused on trader health and safety.”
Officials from the NVCPG point to several questionable actions taken by prediction market sites like Kalshi. They feel that these actions don't seem to align with the type of expectations that should be warranted by a problem gambling service.
Kalshi welcomes players as young as 18. In Nevada, the legal gambling age is 21. The NVCPG also doesn't believe that prediction market sites are dedicating the same level of commitment to problem gambling resources that state-regulated sports betting sites are providing.
Nevada Council Executive Director Trey Delap believes that the two problem gambling organizations are no longer mission-aligned.
Delap says he raised these concerns “directly with National’s leadership and gave them an opportunity to address them.” Those concerns evidently fell on deaf ears.
“After months of discussion, we’ve concluded that this is not simply a disagreement about one company," Delap told the Nevada Current. "It reflects a fundamental difference in how we believe a problem gambling organization should respond to emerging gambling risks.”
Delap feels that the rapid expansion of prediction markets “has exposed a larger problem. Gambling innovation is moving faster than the public-health infrastructure designed to address it. Our answer isn’t to fight yesterday’s battle. It’s to build what the field needs next.”
Nevada regulator is in court with Kalshi
The NVCPG has offered its full support to the NGCB in its court battle with Kalshi. This fight is over the prediction market site's sports-event contracts. Nevada's group is among 14 state gambling regulators currently engaging in court showdowns with prediction market sites. Some states are also dueling with their regulator, the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The NGCB recently won a court injunction banning Kalshi from offering sports-event contracts in the state.
Michigan was the first state to leave the NCPG
It was Michigan that set the wheels in motion on severing ties with the NCPG. On June 1, the Michigan Gaming Control Board announced it was leaving the NCPG.
"The MGCB expressed concern that the partnership could undermine state regulatory efforts and create confusion by suggesting Kalshi operates under the same consumer protection and regulatory oversight as licensed sports betting operators," the MGCB said in a statement.
There were 35 states that were part of the NCPG. Now there are 33. Delap believes more states may soon be looking to get out.
“Stakeholders including gaming, treatment, regulators, and other state councils are all having serious conversations about withdrawing or redirecting their support,” Delap said.