Gambling Regulation
France’s gambling regulator has directed internet service providers to block access to the prediction market platform Polymarket. The move classifies the site as an illegal gambling operation.
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Hong Kong's government has suspended its plan to launch legal basketball betting, citing the rise of prediction markets. Home and Youth Affairs Minister Alice Mak Mei-kuen said the decision considers local circumstances and evolving external conditions to protect public interest. Former lawmaker Doreen Kong Yuk-foon called for predicting technological influences in future policy papers.