Case 3:25-cv-06162-JSC Document 35 Filed 09/04/25 Page 25 of 34
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Injunctive relief is the only remedy that can restore the Tribes’ inherent governmental right
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to police and regulate the activity occurring within their lands and prevent further harm to tribal
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sovereignty. Therefore, the Court should grant the Tribes’ request for injunctive relief to prevent
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the ongoing threat to tribal sovereignty, the impermissible interference with tribal self-government,
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and the regulation of class III gaming activity on the Tribes’ Indian lands.
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The Tribes’ monopoly on class III gaming activity in California is the result of substantial
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time, effort, and money, painstaking negotiations with the State of California, decades of litigation
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and lobbying for favorable legislation, and a political campaign that resulted in an amendment to
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the California Constitution. Ramos Decl. ¶¶ 12-27; Mathiesen-Powell Decl. ¶¶ 11-25, 27;
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Declaration of Tracey Hopkins in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
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(“Hopkins Decl.”) ¶¶ 9-16. The Tribes spent decades establishing and securing the class III gaming
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market, and Kalshi has destabilized the Tribes’ market in a matter of months. Ramos Decl. ¶¶ 12-
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27; Mathiesen-Powell Decl. ¶¶ 11-25, 27; Hopkins Decl. ¶¶ 9-16. Importantly, Kalshi offers sports
betting, which the Tribes cannot legally offer pursuant to Picayune’s Compact 10 , and Blue Lake’s 11
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and Chicken Ranch’s 12 Secretarial Procedures. The Court should therefore grant the Tribes’
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request for preliminary injunctive relief to prevent ongoing harm to tribal sovereignty and the
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Tribes’ class III gaming markets.
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Additionally, Kalshi’s false and deceptive advertising, which includes claims of “legal
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sports betting” and that its gaming contracts are “legal in all 50 states,” is causing specific, concrete
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16 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES [ Case No.: 25-cv-06162-JSC] Indian Affairs (Jan. 31, 2024), https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/assets/as- ia/oig/pdf/508_compliant_2024.01.31_blue_lake_rancheria_secretarial_procedures.pdf. 12 Class III Gaming Secretarial Procedures for The Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California , Bureau of Indian Affairs (Jan. 31, 2024), https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/assets/as- ia/oig/pdf/508_compliant_2024.01.31_chicken_ranch_rancheria_secretarial_procedures.pdf. 10 Tribal-State Compact Between the State of California and the Chukchansi Indians , Bureau of Indian Affairs (May 16, 2000), https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/assets/as- ia/oig/pdf/508_compliant_2000.05.16_picayune_rancheria_tribal_state_gaming_compact_1.pdf; Third Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact to Extend the Compact Term , Bureau of Indian Affairs (Feb. 20, 2025), https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/assets/as- ia/oig/pdf/508_compliant_2025.02.20_picayune_rancheria_of_chukchansi_indians_tribal_state_ gaming_compact_third_amendment%29.pdf. 11 Class III Gaming Secretarial Procedures for The Blue Lake Rancheria , California , Bureau of
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