Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for ‘Prediction Games’ documentary
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Key Points:
- Prediction market Kalshi sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter demanding the removal of the trailer for the documentary "Instadocs: The Prediction Games," claiming it contains defamatory content and misleading statements.
- The trailer shows a party in Las Vegas where guests discuss betting on Kalshi, including a screenshot of a $5,000 bet, despite Kalshi being banned from operating in Nevada by court order.
- Kalshi argued the screenshot was from a bet made in May 2025, before the ban, but Netflix allegedly misled viewers into thinking the bet was made in July 2026, during the ban.
- Netflix acknowledges the screenshot is from 2025 but states that none of the documentary footage was fabricated and that the footage was filmed at a July 2026 event in Las Vegas.
- Kalshi claims a Netflix employee agreed not to feature the receipt in the documentary, but Netflix refused to remove it from the trailer currently available on its app.
