France Orders Polymarket Blocked After Its Own Geoblock Failed
Adventure One QSS Inc's platform verifies no bettor identities, and prosecutors opened a fraud probe on May 4.
- ANJ first flagged Polymarket in November 2024, then reaffirmed the illegal-gambling finding in February 2026.
- The site drew 578,751 visits and 205,057 unique French visitors in June alone.
- ANJ has blocked 1,290 illegal gambling URLs in 2025, part of a routine campaign.
Why it matters: A block the company controlled failed within months; only the state's own block holds.
Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) press release ↗ · Jul 19, 20267/19/26