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X bans gambling-focused paid partnerships on its platform

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X added gambling to its list of prohibited industries for paid partnerships on 13 February, covering lotteries, social casinos, sports betting and other gambling-related content. The policy applies to compensated or incentivised organic posts, with possible consequences ranging from post removal to account suspension; X said its paid-partnership rules differ from its advertising policies.

The change restricts how gambling companies and creators can promote betting through compensated organic posts on X.

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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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