French Regulator Examines Polymarket After Bets on Trump

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The Polymarket website on Nov. 7.

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France’s gambling regulator is examining the operations of cryptocurrency-based prediction markets platform Polymarket to see if it complies with its rules following a surge in user demand around the US presidential election.

The scrutiny comes after a pseudonymous trader, identified by Polymarket as a French national, made large bets using four separate accounts on the platform in favor of Donald Trump winning the race.