{"id":244295,"date":"2022-11-21T07:01:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=244295"},"modified":"2022-11-21T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:02:26","slug":"predictit-traders-seek-expedited-injunction-hearing-to-block-cftc-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/predictit-traders-seek-expedited-injunction-hearing-to-block-cftc-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"PredictIt, Traders Seek Expedited Injunction to Block Commission Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"

An injunction that would allow PredictIT, the political futures exchange, to keep operating beyond Feb. 15 awaits a hearing. Plaintiffs in PredictIt\u2019s lawsuit against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) say a decision must be made soon.<\/p>\n

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On Friday, PredictIt and other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the CFTC filed a motion requesting a federal judge make a ruling soon on an injunction to allow its political futures trading markets to continue operating after February 15. (Image: ABC Action News\/YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, the plaintiffs filed another motion in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. In it, they asked US District Judge Lee Yeakel to schedule a hearing for their preliminary injunction request<\/a> so a ruling could be issued by Christmas.<\/p>\n

The 20-page document lists several reasons why they say the ruling needs to be made soon.<\/p>\n

PredictIt and Aristotle International, a technology company for political campaigns that also is the parent company for PredictIt, say they must invest hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a system that would allow contracts to be settled for a value between $1 and zero dollars. That work will require allocating nearly every PredictIt employee, the filing stated.<\/p>\n

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This trading and settlement infrastructure must be built from scratch and will require extensive planning, design, coding, and testing,\u201d<\/strong> the motion stated. \u201cAnd the fairest way to do so has not even been determined yet\u2014if in fact there is a way to do so that is fair to all traders.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further, PredictIt said it can’t recoup those costs if a ruling in its favor comes later.<\/p>\n

Trading Also Affected, Plaintiffs Say<\/h2>\n

Besides PredictIt and Aristotle, other plaintiffs in the case include eight traders on the exchange. They\u00a0 have contracts on markets that were set to expire after the February 15 deadline the CFTC imposed on PredictIt. The CFTC formally revoked the no-action letter in an August 4 letter the agency sent Victoria University of Wellington. The New Zealand school founded PredictIt for research purposes and received that letter from the federal agency eight years ago.<\/p>\n

The traders, including Austin, Texas resident Kevin Clarke, say the CFTC deadline has affected trading on markets for the 2024 presidential election<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat is not just a problem on Feb. 15\u2014 the Commission\u2019s mandate is severely distorting trading in those contracts today,\u201d the motion stated. \u201cMr. Clarke, for example, bought contracts before the Commission\u2019s decision on Republican nominees for President, that under normal conditions, would have traded up significantly after the midterm elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

CFTC Wants Suit Moved to DC<\/h2>\n

The CFTC wants the case dismissed. It has filed a motion to move the suit to the DC federal district court. According to the plaintiffs\u2019 filing on Friday, the federal court plans to rule on that first.<\/p>\n

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The CFTC filed its motion to transfer the case on September 20, and the motion for the preliminary injunction came 10 days later. A federal magistrate judge will hear oral arguments for the relocation on December 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Since the CFTC revoked the no-action letter, PredictIt hasn’t opened any new markets on the US elections. In filing the suit, the plaintiffs want the CFTC\u2019s letter invalidated so it can continue operations and offer new markets. The preliminary injunction focuses only on allowing existing markets to continue after February 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An injunction that would allow PredictIT, the political futures exchange, to keep operating beyond Feb. 15 awaits a hearing. Plaintiffs in PredictIt\u2019s lawsuit against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) say a decision must be made soon. On Friday, the plaintiffs filed another motion in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. 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