By Isaac • July 18, 2026 10:21 am •
France has escalated its fight with Polymarket from regulatory warnings to a nationwide internet block.
On July 16, the country’s gambling regulator ordered French internet service providers to cut off access to the prediction-market site. The order followed an earlier transaction geoblock that users found ways around.
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The dispute sits at the messy intersection of crypto, gambling law and real-world data. French officials are also pointing to suspicious weather markets as evidence that the platform’s risks extend beyond licensing paperwork.
France’s National Gambling Authority, known as the ANJ, said Polymarket was promoting an unauthorized gambling offering to people in France. The order was issued by the ANJ’s president and applies to French internet service providers.
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