KALSHI INC.

Lobbying for KALSHI INC. · Matters affecting prediction markets

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2026

Expenses

$800,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Virginia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 4

JOHN BIVONA

Previously held: White House Liaison, US DHS (1/21-12/21) Chief of Staff, Rep. Antonio Delgado (12/18-8/20)
TONY HANAGAN

Previously held: 2014 - 2026: Cloakroom Assistant, Senior Cloakroom Assistant, Floor Assistant, and Senior Floor Assistant, Office of the Republican Secretary. He will not contact the Senate until his post employment ends and will only contact the House.
JAMES GILLESPIE

Previously held: 2015 - 2026: Congress: Staff Assistant, Correspondence Assistant, Cloakroom Floor Assistant, Special Assistant to Leader, Special Assistant to the Speaker, Legislative Assistant. White House: Legislative Assistant, Special Assistant to the President
CHELSEA BROSSARD

Previously held: 2023-2024: Chief of Staff to Rep. Josh Gottheimer

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 2

Commodities (big ticket)

Issues related to prediction markets and rule proposal; Advocacy related to event contracts regulation and prediction markets; and Matters affecting prediction markets.

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Issues related to event contracts regulation; Issues related to the purchase of events contracts by government employees; S 4469, Prediction Markets Act of 2026; S 4784, Senate FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); Issues related to the purchase of event contracts; S 4668, Protect College Sports Act; Issues related to the sale or regulation of sports related contracts; Advocacy related to event contracts regulation and prediction markets; Senate FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Issues related to the purchase of event contracts; S 4668, Protect College Sports Act Issues related to the sale or regulation of sports related contracts; Issues related to Prediction Market Act of 2026 (S.4469); and Issues related to legislation governing regulation of prediction markets.

Bills named in this filing 1

S. 4469
Prediction Market Act of 2026

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.