Germany's GGL urged state agencies to treat illegal online gambling as a public health concern on 24 September, during its annual Gambling Addiction Action Day. The regulator called for scrutiny of promotions and offers linked to unlicensed platforms, while CEO Ronald Benter said those sites lack player safeguards.
State agencies are being asked to examine promotions and offers from unlicensed gambling platforms.
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GGL board member Ronald Benter met Germany's federal drug and addiction commissioner, Prof. Dr. Hendrik Streeck, for the first time on 5 December 2025 to discuss prevention, regulation and action against illegal gambling. The two sides agreed to continue the dialogue, with the GGL pressing for a StGB reform to extend prosecution to illegal gambling offers operated abroad.
Ohio state senator Bill DeMora is seeking renewed action on two bills covering sports prediction markets and election betting. SB 430 would bring sports-outcome contracts under Ohio’s sports-gambling rules, while SB 479 would extend the ban on election wagers to prediction-market platforms; neither bill has received a Senate floor vote.
French police are investigating whether traders on Polymarket had confidential information about the Ballon d’Or result, after 12 accounts correctly predicted the top five in order. France Football contacted the police gambling unit after the ceremony and said it was preparing a complaint; no leak or criminal offence has been established.
French police are investigating whether Polymarket account holders had confidential information before the Ballon d’Or result was announced, according to anonymous police sources. No leak or criminal offence has been established.
Polymarket and Crypto.com-owned OG.com filed separate federal lawsuits against Arkansas officials, seeking to prevent enforcement of state gambling laws against their event-contract markets. Both companies cite the state’s recent case against Kalshi as evidence that they could face enforcement; the suits argue federal law pre-empts Arkansas law.
Prediction-market operators Polymarket and OG, which is owned by Crypto, have brought separate federal suits to stop Arkansas from applying state gambling laws to their markets. Their defendants include Attorney General Tim Griffin and members of the Arkansas Racing & Gaming Commission, according to the source.
Robinhood and Polymarket filed separate federal lawsuits seeking to stop Missouri officials from enforcing gambling laws against their sports event contracts. Both argue that federal commodities law gives the Commodity Futures Trading Commission exclusive jurisdiction; Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has separately filed counterclaims alleging Novig violated federal and state laws.
Robinhood and Polymarket filed separate federal lawsuits seeking to stop Missouri officials from applying gambling laws to their sports event contracts. Both companies argue that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over the products, rather than state gambling regulators.