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Argentina Orders Nationwide Block of Polymarket
A Buenos Aires court ordered the nationwide block of Polymarket following a complaint from the city lottery, citing unauthorized gambling operations and the absence of age verification allowing minors to participate. Communications regulator ENACOM was directed to coordinate enforcement with ISPs, and both Google and Apple were instructed to remove Polymarket's mobile apps from Argentine storefronts. Argentina becomes the second Latin American country to ban the platform after Colombia, joining over 30 countries globally that have restricted access. Attention spiked after odds on a Polymarket market tracking Argentina's February inflation figure shifted sharply 15 minutes before the official data release, raising insider trading concerns.
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