Polymarket Takes Dutch Ban to Court in Bid to Restore Access
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Polymarket is suing in The Hague to overturn the Netherlands' ban after the Ksa classified it as unlicensed gambling and levied a €420,000 fine. The case hinges on whether event contracts are financial derivatives (AFM oversight) rather than gambling (Ksa oversight). The outcome could shift regulatory treatment and market-access expectations for prediction markets in Europe, with near-term implications for platform legal and compliance risk.
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Oct. 6 — Polymarket has filed suit with a court in The Hague seeking to overturn the Netherlands' ban on its services and regain access to the local market, Financial Daily reported.
The Dutch Gambling Authority (Ksa) ruled in February that Polymarket operates as an unlicensed gambling platform, rather than a prediction market, and ordered it to stop serving users in the Netherlands. Regulators later imposed a €420,000 fine, citing non-compliance after the suspension deadline.
Polymarket plans to argue that its event contracts more closely resemble financial instruments such as futures and should fall under the supervision of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), not the Ksa.
