France Blocks Polymarket Nationwide After Hackers Rigged Weather Bets
France's National Gambling Authority ordered a nationwide ISP block of Polymarket on July 16, citing a hacked Meteo-France weather sensor used to rig weather bets and years of unlicensed betting activity. The ban lands days before France's World Cup third-place match and adds France to a growing list of countries restricting the platform, while the U.S. fights the same battle state by state.