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Dutch rules prohibit political betting as Polymarket draws attention

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Dutch rules prohibit betting on political outcomes, including wagers on the country’s next prime minister, while Polymarket and Kalshi have drawn renewed attention in the Netherlands. Belgium’s Kansspelcommissie placed Polymarket on its blacklist earlier this year, and the Dutch prohibition also applies to bets on outcomes such as the next pope.

Operators and regulators face scrutiny over prediction-market betting on political outcomes in the Netherlands.

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