Spillemyndigheden blocks 98 unlicensed gambling sites in Denmark

Denmark's gambling regulator has ordered internet service providers to block 98 unlicensed gambling websites following a ruling by the Frederiksberg court. Polymarket is among the sites named in the order.

Spillemyndigheden identified the sites as targeting Danish customers without holding Danish licences. The court ruling gave the regulator the legal basis to compel ISPs to enforce the blocks. Polymarket's inclusion extends a pattern of the platform running into European licensing law — Denmark's action is a domestic enforcement decision, not a coordinated cross-border sweep.

The 98-site order is one of the larger single batches Spillemyndigheden has issued. Danish regulators have maintained a consistently active blocking programme, but the scale here suggests either a deliberate acceleration or a backlog cleared in one move.

For Polymarket, access from Danish IP addresses is now formally restricted. The platform has no Danish licence and has not indicated it intends to apply for one. European retail participation in Polymarket contracts becomes incrementally harder each time a regulator acts — and three have now done so within a short window.