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Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP successfully assisted Polymarket.com in the administrative appeal before the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) against the order requiring the site to be blocked.
On 15 December 2025, the Italian Agency for Customs and Monopolies ordered the immediate restoration of access to polymarket.com, which had originally been blocked by the same Agency pursuant to its powers to remove services and products deemed non-compliant with the regulations governing gaming and betting.
Polymarket.com is a platform hosting so-called prediction markets on real-world events, ranging from politics and current affairs to economics and sports, with the stated aim of aggregating the forecasts of the “wisdom of crowds” in order to generate real-time statistics and polling data. In addition to predictive surveys, the platform also includes a feature that allows users to place bets—using cryptocurrencies, in particular the USDC stablecoin—on the outcomes of the reported events.
Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP secured the revocation of the Agency’s blocking order with respect to all website functionalities unrelated to so-called prediction markets, thereby allowing users connecting from Italy to access all news, surveys, and information available on the site.
This significant result was achieved by the team at Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, led by Attorney Roberto Cursano (pictured). Alongside Attorney Cursano, Attorneys Francesca Romana Baratta and Riccardo Ovidi assisted the client throughout all stages of the administrative proceedings.
“The revocation of the original blocking order against polymarket.com, obtained following the filing of the appeal before the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio,” notes Roberto Cursano, partner at Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, “represents a particularly important precedent in the context of the regulation of digital services and innovative platforms. It confirms the need for a rigorous, proportionate, and case-by-case application of restrictive measures adopted by administrative authorities, especially when such measures affect access to online services and the freedom of information and economic initiative.”