TIME
Top Match
Kalshi Is Imposing Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban on Former Rep. George Santos. Here’s Why
The prediction-market exchange said it established “reasonable cause to believe” that Santos participated in insider trading.
Center Left
WSJ.com : U.S. News
Ex-Congressman George Santos Receives Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban
Center
The decision comes after a federal regulator alleged he made more than $17,000 by placing bets on his attendance at the State of the Union address.
Compare coverage
9 related stories from other outlets
New York Post
Top Match
Kalshi slaps scandal-ridden George Santos with first-ever lifetime ban over shady bet
Kalshi said Monday that it has slapped scandal-ridden former Rep. George Santos with its first-ever lifetime ban after he allegedly made more than $17,000 in illicit bets on the prediction market.
Right
The Daily Caller
Top Match
Betting Platform Hits Ex-Rep. George Santos With Lifetime Ban Over Suspicious Trades, Company’s First Ever
$71,356 penalty
Right
The Guardian
Good Match
Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos from prediction platform for life
Santos was accused of profiting from bets tied to his attendance at Trump’s State of the Union addressGeorge Santos, the former Republican congressman whose political career collapsed under a mountain of lies, has become the first person ever handed a lifetime ban by the prediction-market platform Kalshi.The company announced the permanent suspension on…
Center Left
PBS NewsHour
Good Match
Kalshi permanently bans ex-Congressman George Santos for life after concluding he likely was insider trading
The company announced the ban after saying its compliance department had established reasonable cause to believe Santos engaged in insider trading over his attendance at the State of the Union, when he turned a $17,839 profit on his trading activity.
Center
NPR
Good Match
Kalshi bans former congressman George Santos for life after State of the Union trades
Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman more than $71,000.
Center
Good Match
Kalshi permanently bans Santos from its platform in first-ever lifetime ban issued
Online prediction market platform Kalshi has permanently banned former U.S. Representative George Santos from its platform. The penalty marks the first-ever lifetime ban issued by the event-contract trading venue, which also levied a financial fine of over $71,000 against the expelled lawmaker following an investigation into suspicious trading activity…
Far Right
The New Republic
Good Match
George Santos Just Made History—in a Bad Way
Disgraced former Republican Representative George Santos has become the first person to ever receive a lifetime ban from the prediction market Kalshi.The Wall Street Journal reports that Santos received the ban after he allegedly made over $17,000 from bets he placed about his attendance at President Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this year.…
Left
Good Match
Kalshi permanently bans former GOP Rep. George Santos over illegal trading
Former GOP Rep. George Santos, of New York, has drawn fire for allegedly trading on whether he would attend this year's State of the Union address.
Center