
Polymarket seeks EU finance status as insider-trade promo row grows
Polymarket is lobbying EU regulators for financial status while facing claims it paid to promote insider trading.
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Polymarket is lobbying EU regulators for financial status while facing claims it paid to promote insider trading.

Labour has dismissed a Conservative plan to stop Universal Credit claimants spending welfare on gambling as unworkable.

Brazil's gambling body ANJL warns a licensed online casino ban could double the illegal market's share.

Bulgaria's PM wants to ban almost all gambling advertising & hike taxes on operators.

The CFTC has warned that mention market contracts carry heightened manipulation risk.

Lula is set to issue a provisional measure curbing betting adverts & possibly banning online casinos after blasting the industry at the UN.

A Green Party conference motion proposes banning sports betting ads & tracking bettors via personal ID.

Kemi Badenoch says Labour's gambling tax rises are a doom loop that will shut good companies.

Eleven African countries have formed a new network to coordinate responsible gambling standards & treatment access.

Kalshi has asked US regulators for permission to let users borrow money to place prediction market bets.

Italy's finance ministry is weighing new gambling levies for the 2027 budget after retail reform talks with the regions collapsed.

Australia's BetStop self-exclusion register faces claims of weak enforcement & a boardroom conflict of interest.
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