Poland licenses only fixed odds sports betting from private operators and blocks the rest. Polymarket was added to the Ministry of Finance register of prohibited gambling domains in January 2025.
Last reviewed 3 May 2026 · Status as of May 2026 · Information, not legal advice
As of May 2026, prediction markets are not legally available in Poland without authorization, and a leading venue is blocked. Under the Polish Gambling Act, the state holds a monopoly on online casino and most online gambling, while private operators may offer only licensed fixed odds sports betting. Polymarket was added to the Ministry of Finance register of prohibited gambling domains on 8 January 2025, which triggers DNS and payment blocking.
Poland runs one of the stricter gambling regimes in the European Union. Under the Gambling Act, first passed in 2009, the state holds a monopoly over online casino games, lotteries, and slot machines. Private operators can apply for a licence, but only to offer fixed odds sports betting. Every other form of online gambling, prediction markets included, is prohibited unless it is licensed, and there is no licence route for prediction markets.
Enforcement runs through a public blocklist. The Ministry of Finance maintains a Register of Domains Used to Offer Gambling Games in Violation of the Act. Once a site is listed, internet providers block it at the DNS level and payment providers are required to refuse transactions. Polymarket was added to that register on 8 January 2025, and Polish users were subsequently moved into a close only mode, able to settle open positions but not to deposit or open new trades.
Poland has also joined a group of European regulators coordinating on prediction markets, a sign that scrutiny is tightening rather than easing. For a Polish resident the practical position is clear. There is no licensed prediction market, the best known venue is blocked, and trying to reach a listed site through workarounds runs against the law and offers little protection if funds are lost.
No prediction market holds a Polish licence. The platforms below are listed for context. At least one of them is on the Ministry of Finance blocklist, and none offers a licensed route for a Polish resident.
Kalshi is a United States designated contract market overseen by the CFTC and is built around United States access. It is not licensed for gambling or financial services in Poland and offers no licensed route to residents there. See the Kalshi profile.
Polymarket is a crypto settled prediction market that operates without a gambling licence in Poland. Reachability through a browser or app is not the same as legal availability. See the Polymarket profile.
The Crypto.com event contract product is a United States CFTC listed offering and is not licensed for residents of Poland. Read the Crypto.com Sports and Events profile.
Positions are as of May 2026 and can change. We link to a platform only where it is genuinely available to a reader. Being able to reach a site through a workaround is not the same as legal availability.
Gambling in Poland is governed by the Gambling Act and supervised by the Ministry of Finance and the National Revenue Administration. Prediction markets are not licensed, and listed domains are blocked. Confirm the current position with the Ministry of Finance before relying on anything here.
Status as of May 2026. We never invent a citation, and where a position is contested we mark it as contested.
Reaching a blocked or unlicensed service does not make it safe or legal, and recovering funds can be hard. Prediction markets can lose you money. Stake only what you can afford to lose, never to chase a loss, and never on borrowed money. If gambling stops feeling like a free choice, step back and seek support from a problem gambling service in your country.
No. As of May 2026 prediction markets are not licensed in Poland, unlicensed gambling is prohibited, and a leading venue is on the Ministry of Finance blocklist. This is general information, not legal advice.
Yes. Polymarket was added to the Ministry of Finance register of prohibited gambling domains on 8 January 2025, which triggers DNS and payment blocking, and Polish users were moved to a close only state.
Gambling is governed by the Gambling Act of 2009 and supervised by the Ministry of Finance together with the National Revenue Administration, known as KAS.
Private operators may offer only licensed fixed odds sports betting. Online casino and most other online gambling sit under a state monopoly, and prediction markets have no licence route.
Because no prediction market is legally available to a Polish resident, and a leading venue is blocked. We only show an open account or compare path where a platform is genuinely available to you.