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Italian PD deputies question ministries over Polymarket–Lazio sponsorship

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Four Italian Democratic Party deputies submitted a parliamentary question to the sports and finance ministers about Polymarket’s sponsorship agreement with S.S. Lazio. They asked what checks the government would take over the deal’s compatibility with Italian rules, arguing that the arrangement raises regulatory questions; no ministerial response is given in the report.

A government review could clarify how Italy’s sponsorship restrictions apply to prediction-market platforms.

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CFTC orders exchanges to end US geofencing within 30 days

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered designated contract markets to end US geofencing that conflicts with impartial-access requirements within 30 days, or explain why they cannot comply. The order puts exchanges offering sports-event contracts at odds with court orders restricting Kalshi in several states and on tribal lands. Chairman Michael S. Selig said derivatives markets must operate nationally.

Within 30 days, designated contract markets must end geofencing restrictions in the U.S. that violate “impartial access requirements,” or give reasons they cannot comply, the CFTC has ordered. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig said in a statement that derivatives markets "must operate on a uniform basis at a national scale" to serve the purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.

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