Oklahoma tribal town sues Kalshi in tribal court over PokkeTrades app
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town says it never approved the Kalshi-powered PokkeTrades app and asks a Muscogee (Creek) Nation court to block the claim.
The Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town and Sam Marshall, who says he is its chief, have sued Kalshi in the District Court of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, alleging that the town never approved PokkeTrades, a prediction market app announced in its name. The verified petition, case CV-2026-0173, was filed on October 30, as reported by Mvskoke Media, and asks for an emergency restraining order before the app’s planned November 2026 launch.
The defendants are Kalshi Inc., KalshiEX LLC, Kalshi Klear LLC, Redhawk Holdings LLC, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour, consultant Michael Stopp and Wilson Yargee, who also claims to be the town’s chief.
Two claims to one office
Kalshi’s October 7 announcement named PokkeTrades as one of four new tribal apps powered by its exchange and introduced “Chief Wilson Yargee of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town.” The town alleges that statement was false. It says its governing committee ratified Yargee’s removal in October 2021, and that an Oklahoma state judge in December 2025 recognized Carol Taylor as custodian of the town’s accounts and ordered Yargee removed as a bank signatory. Yargee moved to vacate that order in June 2026, and the petition says no ruling had been entered as of its filing.
The town also says its government never adopted Resolution No. 19-AQTT-26, the document presented as its approval of the venture, and that Marshall publicly disowned any prediction market deal on October 13.
Kalshi’s position
Front Office Sports reported on October 16 that the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs lists both Marshall and Yargee as chief and notes a “tribal leadership dispute.” A Kalshi representative told the outlet that the town’s tribal counsel “approved an agreement with Kalshi to launch a prediction market, and there is a signed agreement in place to that effect.” Stopp, who brokered the deal, said the vote to remove Yargee was not legitimate.
What the town asks for
The petition pleads ten counts, including Bad Talk, a claim drawn from Muscogee law, along with fraud, negligence, false affiliation, defamation and civil conspiracy. It asks the court to bar the defendants from saying the town owns, sponsors or approved PokkeTrades, and from saying Yargee, Stopp or Redhawk can act for the town. It also seeks recognition of the 2025 state court order, compensatory and punitive damages, an accounting and a jury trial.
Why it matters
Kalshi’s tribal deals give each tribe a branded app powered by Kalshi and a share of the fees on trades, as of Front Office Sports’ October report. This case asks a tribal court to rule on whether one of those partners ever agreed to the deal, before its app goes live.
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