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KSA says betting on the Netherlands’ next prime minister is prohibited

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The Kansspelautoriteit said Dutch rules permit betting only on sports competitions organised by recognised sports bodies, making wagers on events such as the selection of a new prime minister prohibited. It urged consumers to report sites offering such bets and said the prediction-market platform Polymarket lacks a Dutch licence and may not offer services in the country.

Operators and platforms offering political betting in the Netherlands risk breaching the KSA’s stated rules.

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DGOJ links prediction markets to betting exchange rules in Spain

Spain’s DGOJ described prediction markets as cross-betting products in a 26 May notice, while its director general reiterated at MERGE Madrid in late October that gambling products require a licence to operate in Spain. The notice did not specify which licence applies; the article interprets the existing cross-betting category as potentially relevant. Italy’s 2013 rules allow player-to-player betting on non-sporting events, but the source says such events have not become part of a working exchange market.

Spain's DGOJ described prediction markets as player-to-player cross-betting in a 26 May notice, but did not say which licence applies, according to an analysis on an Italian gambling industry site. The author said a link to an existing cross-betting licence was an interpretation.

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