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A court in Nevada has issued a restraining order against Kalshi that prohibits the online prediction market from operating in the state, according to a new report from Wired. The order lasts 14 days and means that Kalshi can’t let people in Nevada bet on anything for at least the next two weeks, starting today.

Nevada is the first state to have completely halted operations for Kalshi, according to Wired, but the company has faced growing legal pressure in other states recently. Arizona, for instance, charged Kalshi with operating an illegal gaming business in the state this week.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board first started its fight against Kalshi over a year ago and argues the company shouldn’t be allowed to operate in the state because it pays no gaming taxes, has no gaming license, and has no physical location in Nevada. Kalshi declined to comment in an email to Gizmodo on Friday afternoon.

State court judge Julie Harkleroad in Carson City signed the order Friday, according to Bloomberg, which blocks contracts for anything involving sports, elections, and entertainment. Kalshi is currently raising about $1 billion in a new round of financing that values the company at $22 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Las Vegas, Nevada, has been walloped by a tourism slowdown in recent months, driven by a cooling economy and America’s declining reputation for human rights globally, which has scared away international visitors. Needless to say, people traveling from overseas don’t like the idea of getting picked up by ICE. And the gambling industry seems to be pulling every lever it can to entice visitors, both domestic and international, while keeping out competition from online betting.

In January, the Las Vegas strip saw an 11% drop from a year earlier, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and international travel to the U.S. was down 4.8 percent in January, the ninth straight month of decline in the number of visitors.

The benefit of Kalshi compared to a trip to Vegas is obvious. Anyone can do it from the comfort of their phone rather than traveling to pay for other expenses you’d typically incur during a vacation, including hotels and meals away from home.

The lawsuit against Kalshi cites an infamous appearance by CEO Tarek Mounsor on CNBC last month, during which he said insider trading was “banned” but provided no clarity on the actual definition of insider trading. The legal fight is expected to be “protracted,” as the Nevada Current recently put it.

The Devil Wears Prada brings their Flowers Tour to Las Vegas with multiple supporting acts for a night of hard rock that can’t be beat.

The year is just getting started in Las Vegas, and when this show was announced, it was a must-see for fans of heavy metal and hard rock. Not only was powerhouse The Devil Wears Prada headlining, but it featured three other exciting bands. At 7:00 PM, I Promised the World takes the stage. This is a relatively new metalcore band, but their seven-song set really introduced them to this crowd. It is fast and full of energy, like you would expect from a band of this genre, and they definitely start the night off right.

Up next is Split Chain, hailing from the UK. They have an easy-going, confident feel, and you get the impression that they are just a group of guys who are out there having fun, and it shows. Their eight song set begins with “Fade” and ends with “I’m Not Dying to be Here.” The band announces that they are DIY on this tour and will be upstairs selling merchandise following the set. Many members of the audience take this opportunity to meet them because their set was exciting and just what they were looking for.

It is now time for Four Year Strong. This is the most well-known of the supporting acts, and the crowd has piled onto the floor to see this set. They open with “uncooked,” a song whose video is getting a lot of streams at the moment. Around the middle of this song, three to four crowd surfers at a time start making their way to the front of the stage. The set continues with crowd favorites “We All Float Down Here,” “WHIPLASH,” “Seventeen,” and “daddy of mine,” before ending with “Wasting Time (Eternal Summer).” The energy from the crowd is intense from start to finish. The crowd surfers continue for all forty minutes. This is the perfect way to really get excited for the headliner. As the crowd waits for The Devil Wears Prada, they make their way around the venue. It is at this time that many begin to notice there is a special beer from local brewery Beer Zombies, appropriately named Flowers for the Flowers Tour. This is something that adds to the excitement, in some way connecting the crowd to the band even more. They have loved this band for a long time, and this makes them feel possibly a little more connected to them and definitely more excited for the show.

At 9:30 PM, the room goes dark, and the band begins to play. The set kicks off with “Where the Flowers Never Grow,” “So Low,” and “Danger: Wildman,” which is so appropriate. The energy from this band is intense. Mike Hranica is prowling around the stage and doing his signature screams into the microphone. Jeremy DePoyster is matching his intensity while providing the clean vocals, and the rest of the band is matching this energy. It is great to see a band as connected as they are. At times, it is hard to know who to watch but then the band calls for crowd surfing, and the crowd is happy to comply. The waves of people start, and keep coming as the set progresses with “Broken, “Outnumbered,” and “Ritual.” There is added excitement because they have included two song in the set they have not played live in years – “Supernova” and “Kansas.” The crowd has clearly missed these songs.

The set is long, about an hour-and-a-half, with twenty songs including a three-song encore which ends the night with “Hey John, What’s Your Name Again.” With that, the night is over. The fans are excited and exhausted, having given their all matching the energy of the night. They were treated to an amazing performance from an old favorite while being introduced to some new favorites as well. Do not miss this tour if it comes to your city.

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A temporary restraining order that prohibits prediction market Kalshi from offering sports, election and entertainment event contracts in Nevada has been granted by a Carson City judge.

District Court Judge Jason Woodbury on Friday granted the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s motion for a temporary restraining order blocking Kalshi from operating in the state.

A hearing on an injunction is scheduled April 3 in the District Court in Carson City.

“Kalshi has repeatedly stated that its operations are legal in 50 states, which is clearly not true,” Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mike Dreitzer said in a release announcing the decision. “Prediction markets, to the extent they facilitate unlicensed gambling, are illegal in Nevada, and we have a statutory duty to protect the public. We want people in the state to wager safely at a licensed book.”

The decision came following rapidly evolving court action that began Thursday.

An appeals court denied a request for a stay from Kalshi that would have allowed it to continue to write event contracts on sports results in Nevada.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied the emergency motion from Kalshi to block the state of Nevada from enforcing its gaming regulations while an appeal was being heard.

Kalshi’s next move could be seeking a review from the U.S. Supreme Court, but it’s unclear whether Kalshi, which has been in litigation with the state for a year, will take that step.

Legal scholars have said they expect the ongoing fight between prediction markets and state gaming regulators across the nation would be decided by the Supreme Court.

Kalshi had argued that a lawsuit filed by the Control Board in Carson City should be heard in federal court, but the U.S. District Court in Nevada rejected Kalshi’s arguments and sent the case back to the state court.

Kalshi then took that decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, requesting a stay of enforcement while the appeal was under consideration.

Without explanation, the appeals court rejected the Kalshi argument in a one-sentence response remanding the case to the Carson City court.

Regulators across the country have taken up a similar strategy of suing prediction markets in state courts instead of federal courts, finding the state courts more sympathetic toward the enforcement of state gaming laws.

Representatives of New York-based Kalshi could not be reached to comment on their next legal move.

Representatives of the Control Board did not respond to a request for comment on the appeals court decision.

Florida gaming attorney Daniel Wallach of Wallach Legal posted on X Thursday that the Supreme Court appears to be Kalshi’s next option.

“Barring SCOTUS emergency intervention, a Nevada state court-issued TRO (temporary restraining order) against Kalshi appears imminent,” Wallach said on X.

When: Saturday, March 21st, 2026

Where: Allegiant Stadium

Who are the Openers: Dierks Bentley, Ty Myers and Thelma & James

What is Luke Combs Expected to Perform:

Taken from Luke Combs’ set at Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia on October 17th, 2025

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When Do Parking Lots Open: 4m

When Do Doors Open: 5pm

When Does the First Opener Perform: 5:50pm

What Time Does Luke Take the Stage: Usually around 9pm

Hot on the heels of Luke Combs’ brand new album, The Way I Am, being released, the North Carolina native's is finally kicking off.

Combs begins his continent-spanning trek with an eagerly anticipated show at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, March 21st 2026. The roster of opening acts throughout the ‘Beer Never Broke My Heart’ hitmaker's tour is incredibly impressive, and his first night in Nevada epitomises this, with Dierks Bentley, Ty Myers and Thelma & James supporting Combs. Given this stacked line-up, it'll take on the feel of being more like a mini country festival, rather than a headline show.

Doors open at 5pm, with the first act - Thelma & James - expected to take the stage shortly after at 5:50pm. Combs tends to start his set at around 9pm, finishing at roughly 11pm - but as always, all of the evening's set times are subject to change.

There's a strict bag policy in place, which you can check out in full . As for merchandise, with this being the first show on his 2026 tour, we're excited to see what new items Combs has on offer. We suspect there will be a host of sleek, must-have pieces themed around the ‘Beautiful Crazy’ crooner's latest album, The Way I Am.

Similarly, Combs’ 2026 setlist remains something of an unknown - so don't take the sample setlist as Gospel. He'll surely keep all his biggest hits in there, such as ’Beer Never Broke My Heart’, ‘Fast Car’, ‘Beautiful Crazy’, ‘She Got the Best Of Me’, ‘When It Rains It Pours’, ‘Hurricane’, ‘Lovin’ On You’ and ’Where the Wild Things Are’.

Another song we can say with almost certainty - although you never know - that Combs will perform is his rowdy earworm, ‘My Kinda Saturday Night’, as it inspired the tour's name.

We hope he introduces a host of early fan-favourites from The Way I Am in there too, such as ’Daytona 499’, ‘Rethink Some Things’, ‘Wish Upon a Whiskey’ and ‘Be By You’.

One thing is for sure - Combs will put on an electrifying show, with the country titan renowned for his varied, high-energy sets that combine his penchant for soulful, heartfelt ballads with his ability to deliver a soaring, galvanising barroom soundtrack.

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NBA commissioner Adam Silver met with Gov. Joe Lombardo last week on a Zoom call to discuss expansion and the Las Vegas market, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Silver told Lombardo the league probably would add two expansion franchises, with Las Vegas and Seattle the destinations of choice, the person said.

The discussion comes amid reports that the league is expected to vote to further its expansion process at the NBA Board of Governors meeting this month in New York and begin to talk with potential ownership groups.

NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson and his group, the MAGI, expressed an interest last week in being part of the ownership group if Las Vegas gets a franchise. Lombardo met with Johnson in February, the first NBA expansion-related talks between the top government official in Nevada and an interested ownership group.

“Magic’s impact as both an athlete and a business leader is well known, and we appreciate his engagement with our state,” Lombardo said in a statement. “My administration welcomes all conversations about bringing more professional sports teams to our state.”

MAGI chief strategy officer Andre Cleveland was tight-lipped about the situation.

“When it comes to business, most of us know Magic is a very private smooth operator, and through him I have learned that loose lips sinks ships,” Cleveland said.

MAGI has spoken with representatives of major hotel-casinos, according to the person. The group has three phases: Meeting with Lombardo and other area leaders, finding the location and deciding who else would be part of the ownership group.

Silver told Lombardo that T-Mobile Arena would be an option for a team should hundreds of millions of dollars in upgrades be made at the nearly 10-year-old arena, the person said.

Johnson is expected to speak with Silver after the league meetings to discuss his desire to be part of the ownership group.

Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley, who has a minor ownership stake in T-Mobile Arena, has also stated his desire to be part of the ownership group for an expansion team. He told Vegas PBS last year that he would invest $300 million in renovations to the arena if he was part of the ownership group.

Johnson and the MAGI will return to Las Vegas this weekend for an event at an unnamed location, the person said.

The NBA’s Board of Governors could name the expansion markets as soon as its July meetings during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, the person said.

Contact Mick Akers at makers@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2920. Follow @mickakers on X.