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Polymarket lobbies Europe to treat prediction markets as financial products, not gambling

Published 23 September 2026, 12:17am

US prediction market Polymarket has been meeting regulators in the UK and Europe to make the case that it should be treated as a financial services provider rather than a gambling firm, according to the Financial Times.

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