Morning Edition · Sunday, July 19, 2026Published at 1:27 AM EDT · New York
The gambling regulator cited addictive design, missing self-exclusion tools and possible manipulation of weather markets. French traffic to the site had risen to more than 578,000 monthly visits despite a 2024 payments ban.

France has escalated its move against Polymarket, the blockchain-based prediction market, from a financial ban to a full network block. The Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ), France's national gambling authority, ordered internet service pr…
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