Gaming Commissions Continue to Evaluate NCPG Memberships Over Kalshi Presence

• The Ohio Casino Control Commission is the latest gaming commission to leave the National Council on Problem Gaming due to Kalshi’s entrance
• Both Nevada and Michigan gaming boards left the national council for the same reason
• The Massachusetts Gaming Commission recently evaluated its own exit, but decided to stay

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State gaming commissions and control boards continue to evaluate their memberships in the National Council on Problem Gaming due to the council’s decision to accept prediction market operator Kalshi into its ranks.

The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling publicly withdrew their memberships from the council over the summer, citing concerns over Kalshi’s presence with the council. The Ohio Casino Control Commission also quietly withdrew its membership in June, the commission confirmed to Sports Betting Dime, which came to light during a recent Massachusetts Gaming Commission meeting in which the commission evaluated its own membership status.

“I appreciate NCPG’s continued position of neutrality on gambling; however, NCPG’s actions are not neutral. Instead, it seeks to legitimize an illegal sportsbook operating in Ohio and undercut the Commission’s efforts to eliminate this source of unlicensed gambling. At a minimum, it creates consumer confusion as to whether this prediction market platform carries the same protection as licensed sports books. It does not. NCPG appears poised to partner with other prediction market companies through the creation of a new membership class designed for these illegal gambling operators,” OCCC Interim Director Andromeda Morrison wrote in a letter to the NCPG.

Kalshi Membership Raises Questions For State Regulators

The OCCC directly cited Kalshi’s membership with the NCPG as reason for leaving the council. Kalshi joined the NCPG in May 2026 after a $2 million, two-year investment to the council. The NCPG established a new membership subcategory, the Financial Services & Trading Subcategory, allowing the company to join as a platinum member.

“Kalshi’s active involvement in unlicensed sports gaming in Ohio, along with ongoing and unresolved regulatory and consumer-protection issues, stands in direct conflict with the standards of any organization committed to responsible gambling principles,” Morrison wrote in the letter.

The Michigan Gaming Control Board was the first to leave the NCPG in July. Henry Williams, executive director of the MGCB, noted in a letter sent to the organization that its relationship with the NCPG could no longer continue with the prediction market operator also being among its ranks.

“I regret that this action is necessary but trust you understand the MGCB’s need to ensure that it is not associated with organizations that are affiliated with companies engaged in illegal gambling,” Williams noted.

Williams criticized the NCPG’s decision to allow Kalshi membership, noting that Kalshi is involved in a number of lawsuits against states as means to overstep “countless regulations and the consumer-protection safeguards which Michigan and other states have enacted to protect their residents and uphold the integrity of sports betting.”

The Nevada Council on Problem Gaming came next, withdrawing its membership from the NCPG in August due to Kalshi’s presence in the NCPG and ongoing prediction market litigation in the state.

Massachusetts Commission Weighs Options

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MCG) recently discussed its membership with the NCPG as well, but ultimately decided to stay within the national council after a recommendation from the commission’s research and responsible gaming department. The MCG discussed the decisions from the MGCB and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling to withdraw, and also discussed the OCCC withdrawal, the first public mention of the group’s decision to do so.

While commission members accepted a recommendation to stay within the NCPG, they did not the commission would continue to evaluate its membership with the group as it moves forward.

“There’s overlap with what we regulate. There’s a lot of litigation around it. I’m okay accepting your recommendation for now, but almost like what Commission Brodeur said right now and Commissioner Skinner, I think we need to keep an eye on this. It may be that there comes a time, maybe sooner rather than later, that we have to sever ties,” Commissioner Eileen O’Brien said.

The MGC unanimously voted 5-0 to stay within the NCPG, but MGC Chairman Jordan Maynard said the council should be “on notice.”

“Anything we do, and anything we’re apart of, we’re going to stand for our values. We’re going to be core to who we are, we’re going to be who were are, but we’re not going to change because someone is taking money from one of these prediction market companies. We’re going to hold their feet to the fire. When our renewal comes up, I bet we’re going to have another conversation,” he said.