The order, issued by Judge Susana Parada following an investigation led by prosecutor Juan Rozas from the city’s specialized gambling prosecution office, directs telecom authorities to implement network-level access restrictions and requires the removal of the Polymarket app from Google and Apple’s app stores in the country.
Prosecutors argued that Polymarket functioned as a “concealed online betting system” and did not apply identity and age-verification controls required under gambling oversight frameworks. “This meant that anyone – including children and adolescents – could access the platform and begin betting without any kind of control,” prosecutors concluded.
The case was initiated after action by Buenos Aires city gambling regulators, who argued the service was operating without proper authorization.
The decision surfaced publicly during heightened scrutiny of prediction-market trading linked to Argentina’s February inflation release, after contract activity accelerated shortly before the official data print—sparking speculation about access to the official index ahead of its release.
Prediction markets face pushback
