Polymarket remains blocked in Italy. The Lazio Regional Administrative Court rejected the urgent appeal filed by the prediction market platform, which aimed to suspend the measure by which on July 10, 2026, it was included in the list of prohibited sites by the Customs and Monopolies Agency. Polymarket has been inaccessible since July 27. The news was reported by the specialized news agency Agipro. The appeal was filed by the companies connected to the platform Blockratize, Inc. and Adventure One Qss, Inc.
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Extreme urgency
However, this is not a complete rejection by the Lazio Regional Administrative Court, which did not rule on the legitimacy of the Adm measure but limited itself to postponing the evaluation.
The case, in fact, as explained by the judge in the decree signed by the president of the Fourth Section Ter, “deserves due in-depth examination in a collegiate setting” and, precisely for this reason, on August 25 it will be examined by the entire panel of judges in the Council Chamber.
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According to the Court, the requirement of extreme urgency was missing to grant an immediate suspension of the Adm measure. Until the panel meets on August 25, therefore, the main international prediction market platform will remain blocked in Italy.
The site blackout – recalls Agipro – led to the almost immediate stop of the three-year sponsorship agreement with the Serie A football team S.S. Lazio, although Polymarket will still pay the club part of the amount provided for in the contract.
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