Romania’s gambling regulator has secured a decisive legal outcome after a domestic court rejected an appeal by Polymarket, a prediction market platform that had challenged its classification as an unlicensed gambling operator. The decision confirms the authority of the National Office for Gambling, widely known as ONJN and reinforces its position that platforms offering contracts based on real world events fall within the scope of gambling regulation....
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