{"id":1225,"date":"2024-11-07T13:55:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2024-11-07T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:08:00","slug":"french-gambling-regulator-considering-polymarket-ban-over-unlicensed-political-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/french-gambling-regulator-considering-polymarket-ban-over-unlicensed-political-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"French Gambling Regulator Considering Polymarket Ban Over Unlicensed Political Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\"><\/div>\n<p>France\u2019s gambling regulator ANJ is reportedly considering banning prediction site Polymarket after it gained a lot of attention during the recent US presidential election. This unlicensed platform handled massive volumes of bets worldwide, with its payout on a Donald Trump victory set to reach $450m.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Polymarket is just betting on something that is completely uncertain, which is exactly what gambling is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ANJ claims the US-based Polymarket is offering services to people in the country without a proper license. Talking about how the company tries to present itself as a prediction platform rather than a betting site, <em>CoinGape<\/em> referenced an ANJ insider saying: \u201cPolymarket is just betting on something that is completely uncertain, which is exactly what gambling is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Polymarket user that captured headlines recently and put the platform in ANJ\u2019s sights was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegasslotsonline.com\/news\/2024\/11\/06\/election-gamblers-anticipate-big-payout-after-trump-presidential-victory\/\">a French trader named \u201cTheo,\u201d who bet about $40m on Trump winning the election<\/a>, paying out up to $80m. In an interview with the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, Theo rejected claims he was trying to manipulate the market, simply saying he thought Trump was the likely winner.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vegasslotsonline.com\/news\/2024\/11\/07\/french-gambling-regulator-considering-polymarket-ban-over-unlicensed-political-betting\/\">French Gambling Regulator Considering Polymarket Ban Over Unlicensed Political Betting<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vegasslotsonline.com\/news\">Vegas Slots Online News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >France\u2019s gambling regulator ANJ is reportedly considering banning prediction site Polymarket after it gained a lot of attention during the recent US presidential election. This unlicensed platform handled massive volumes of bets worldwide, with its payout on a Donald Trump victory set to reach $450m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1226,"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}