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Romania’s ONJN rejects Polymarket request to suspend operating restriction

Enforcement & compliance

Romania’s ONJN rejected a new Polymarket request to suspend the restriction on its operations in the country, the regulator’s president, Vlad-Cristian Soare, said. Soare argued that the platform’s activity amounts to betting rather than trading and should fall under national gambling rules; the report says the request was rejected as unfounded, not on procedural grounds.

Polymarket’s restriction remains in place as Romania treats its activity as betting subject to national gambling rules.

Earlier fines and penalties by ADM

DateCompanyAmountStoryAppeal status
Polymarket, BetssonNot statedADM relists Polymarket among blocked gambling sites in ItalyNot stated
Polymarket, LazioNot statedADM blocks Polymarket again in Italy over unauthorised gambling statusNot stated
PolymarketNot statedADM orders blocks on 293 sites, including Polymarket, in ItalyNot stated
Not namedNot statedADM and finance police seize Bagheria venue during poker tournamentNot stated
Not namedEUR 7,000,000Italian authorities seize poker venue and €7 million in chips in BagheriaNot stated

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Ohio regulator orders Robinhood Derivatives to halt sports-event contracts by 16 October

The Ohio Casino Control Commission has reiterated that Robinhood Derivatives must obey its cease-and-desist order by 16 October. The order concerns sports-event contracts, and Ohio issued similar notices to nine other firms.

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