Complex, multi-state and novel-structure questions in sweepstakes, prediction markets, skill games and what comes next, in every U.S. state and territory.
Founder, Apparently Law
Kale advises gaming and prediction-market operators on the law that decides whether a product can launch, and where. A derivatives, gaming and regulatory lawyer, he was previously at Skadden, Arps and Lowenstein Sandler. He has advised gaming, prediction-market and digital-asset platforms, managed gaming licensing and advisory across the states and territories, and helped license and advise some of the largest prediction-market exchanges globally.
Read the full biographyAll 50 states and territories with local counsel where a jurisdiction requires it.
Signed, dated analysis of gaming and prediction-market law, one mechanic at a time.
Prediction markets
CFTC staff’s September 2026 no-action position lets a front end for regulated event contracts launch without registering as an introducing broker, on ten conditions. What the position lets a startup build and charge for, which designs sit outside it, and what the registered paths cost, from the letters, the rules and NFA’s own pages.
Specialized gaming and prediction-market advisory
Billing rates start at $4,000 per hour.
Engagements start at $50,000.
Apparently AI
Use Apparently AI, our partnered coding agent for gaming and prediction-market startups, and get discounted pricing on our legal advisory. As you build, it tells you your legal risk in each jurisdiction.
