BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 17, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A court has ordered prediction platform Polymarket be blocked for users in Argentina, prosecutors said in a statement Monday, dubbing the site "a clandestine online betting system." Polymarket allows users to buy and sell shares based on the probability of real-world events -- from election results to military attacks. The investigation arose from a complaint filed by the Buenos Aires City Lottery. The court also will instruct tech giants Google and Apple to remove access to Polymarket's mobile apps in Argentina. Polymarket calls itself the world's largest prediction market, a realm of betting that was once dismissed as a niche crypto curiosity and has gone mainstream in recent years.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 17, 2026 03:16 UTC