(FILES) This photograph shows set up screens displaying the logo and home page of US cryptocurrency based prediction market platform Polymarket, in Saint-Mande, east of Paris, on April 29, 2026. France's National Gaming Authority (ANJ) announced on July 17, 2026 that it is blocking access to the current-affairs betting site Polymarket, on which financial transactions from France had already been prohibited since November 2024. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP via Getty Images)