Can you use Polymarket and Kalshi in Poland? Rules and regulator actions (2026)

Kalshi's taker fee is 0.07 × contracts × price × (1 − price), times the series multiplier (1 by default) and rounded up to the next cent, so it peaks at 1.75¢ per contract at a 50¢ price. Resting (maker) orders are free on standard series and pay a fee only on the series Kalshi lists with maker fees.

Country-by-country rules, regulator actions and sources for Polymarket and Kalshi.

This is not legal advice, and we don't say whether trading is legal for you in Poland. We report what each platform's published rules say about Poland and the public regulator, court and police actions we could source, each with a date. Those rules change fast, so check the platform's current terms and the law in Poland before doing anything. ‘Not listed’ only means a platform's own list doesn't name Poland; it doesn't mean trading there is permitted.

At a glance

Polymarket (polymarket.com)Close-only
NotePolymarket's Help Center lists Poland both as blocked and as close-only. Polymarket domains are also reported to be on the Polish Ministry of Finance's register of prohibited gambling domains; we could not confirm when they were added.
Per Polymarket Help Center (Geographic Restrictions) · updated 2026-08-14 · Checked 2026-09-24
KalshiRestricted
Per Kalshi Member Agreement · undated · Checked 2026-09-24

Status under each platform's own published rules, and the most recent public action we could source, as of 2026-09-24.

Last public action: 2025-01-08 · Minister Finansów (Ministry of Finance), Register of domains used to offer gambling contrary to the Act · Added to blacklist (Polymarket)

Source: Secondary report

Dated public actions on record: 1

How to read this page

This page keeps two things apart for Poland: what each platform's own published rules say, and what regulators, courts and police in Poland have publicly done. A platform's list is its own policy and a government order is the government's, so a country can be on one and not the other.

The status labels are the same as in the main table. Restricted means the platform's own list blocks trading from Poland. Close-only means existing users there can close positions but can't open new ones. Some regions means only named regions are restricted. Separate product means residents use a different, separately regulated product, as US residents do with the Polymarket US app. Not listed means the platform's published list doesn't name Poland; that is not the same as permitted, and a regulator may still block the site.

Polymarket publishes two official lists that don't fully match: its Help Center page (updated August 14, 2026) and its developer docs (undated). We follow the dated Help Center list and say where the developer docs differ. Kalshi statuses follow its Member Agreement as fetched on September 24, 2026; the agreement itself is undated.

Each action shows the authority as it names itself, what it did, the platform it concerns and the date: the date of the action where it was published, otherwise the date it was first reported. Every entry is marked Official, Platform document or Secondary report. Where only secondary reporting exists, we say ‘reported by’ and name the outlet; where official sources conflict, we report both.

‘No public action found’ means our searches found none, not that none exists. Nothing on this page says whether trading is legal for you: for that, check the platforms' current terms and the law in Poland.

Polymarket's published rules for Poland

Polymarket's Help Center page on geographic restrictions (updated August 14, 2026) names Poland twice: among the 39 countries it lists as blocked, and in its close-only group with Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan, where “users may close their existing positions but cannot open new ones”. Its developer documentation (undated, fetched September 24, 2026) puts Poland in the tier that is close-only on both the website and the API. Because the close-only wording is the more specific rule, the status card above shows Poland as Close-only; we could not find the date on which Polymarket switched Poland to that mode.

In Poland a platform geoblock and a state block operate at the same time. Independently of Polymarket's own rules, Polish internet providers are required by law to block any domain entered in the Ministry of Finance register within 48 hours and to redirect visitors to a ministry notice page, and payment-service providers must stop processing payments to it within 30 days (Articles 15f and 15g of the Gambling Act). Polymarket nevertheless kept running markets on Polish events: money.pl reported on June 1, 2025 that more than US$100 million had been traded on its market on the Polish presidential election. We found no app-store removal for Poland.

Kalshi's published rules for Poland

Poland is on the list of 55 Restricted Jurisdictions in Section VI of Kalshi's Member Agreement (undated; fetched September 24, 2026), and it has been there since Kalshi's first international list in its Exchange Notice of October 23, 2025. Under the main table's labels that is Restricted: Kalshi's own agreement excludes people in Poland. We found no Kalshi notice or blog post explaining the entry, no public action by a Polish authority against Kalshi, and no report of kalshi.com in the Ministry of Finance register.

Regulator, court and police actions in Poland

Gambling in Poland is regulated by the Minister of Finance (Minister Finansów) under the Gambling Act of November 19, 2009 (Ustawa o grach hazardowych). Article 15f of the Act creates the Register of Domains Used to Offer Gambling Contrary to the Act (Rejestr Domen Służących do Oferowania Gier Hazardowych Niezgodnie z Ustawą), kept by the Minister and published at hazard.mf.gov.pl; once a domain is entered, internet providers must block it within 48 hours (Article 15f(5)) and, under Article 15g, payment-service providers must stop payments to it within 30 days, each on pain of a fine of up to PLN 250,000. Field enforcement is carried out by the National Revenue Administration (Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa, KAS). No court order and no proceeding against the operator is involved: the Minister makes the entry and the statutory duties follow. We found no statement on either platform from the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF); at EU level, ESMA reminded firms on July 3, 2026 that its binary-option measures apply to event contracts that are financial instruments.

January 8, 2025 (secondary reports): BitHub.pl reported on July 18, 2026 that the polymarket.com domain was entered in the Ministry of Finance register on January 8, 2025; the trade outlet iGamingPolska had reported the listing on January 14, 2025. The reason given in press is that the site let users in Poland place bets without the required Polish licence. This made Poland one of the earliest countries to act against Polymarket. We could not confirm the exact entry date from the register itself, which is why the timeline below marks the entry as a secondary report; the entry is shown there as Added to blacklist.

June 18–19, 2026 (official): Poland's gambling authority was one of nine European regulators (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland) that signed a joint statement on prediction markets pledging coordinated enforcement; the statement contains no new measure against either platform.

The block is a state ISP block at domain level plus a payment block. As of September 26, 2026 we found no report that the Polymarket entry has been struck from the register, although the register provides for removal and an operator may apply to the Minister to be struck off under Article 15f. We found no court challenge by Polymarket, Kalshi or any user, and no Polish action naming Kalshi. The register held roughly 57,900 entries as of September 26, 2026 and is updated almost daily, so the Polymarket entry is one of tens of thousands.

Timeline of public actions in Poland

The entries below are rendered from the same dated data as the main country table, newest first. Each row shows the date, the authority as it names itself, the type of action, the platform it concerns and the source with its type.

DateAuthorityActionPlatformSource
2025-01-08Minister Finansów (Ministry of Finance), Register of domains used to offer gambling contrary to the ActAdded to blacklistPolymarketSource Secondary report Checked 2026-09-26
Also reported by: Secondary report · Official
Entry date is BitHub.pl's figure, not confirmed from the register itself; an earlier report (iGamingPolska, 2025-01-14) is the strict alternative.

Public regulator, court and police actions concerning Polymarket and Kalshi in Poland, as of 2026-09-24. Not legal advice.

What the law says about people who trade in Poland

This section reports what the law and the authorities in Poland have said about people who take part in these markets, and any enforcement against users that has been made public. It describes; it doesn't advise.

The register itself targets domains, internet providers and payment providers, but the Ministry of Finance's own explainer page addresses players directly. It states that taking part in illegal online gambling carries fiscal-penal and administrative liability: an administrative penalty of 100% of the winnings, not reduced by the stakes paid, for taking part in a gambling game organised without a concession, permit or notification (Article 89 of the Gambling Act), and a fine of up to 120 daily rates under the Fiscal Penal Code (Kodeks karny skarbowy) for taking part in a foreign gambling game.

We found no case of a Polymarket or Kalshi user in Poland being fined or prosecuted under those provisions, and no tax interpretation from the National Revenue Administration or the Ministry on prediction-market gains. The payment duty in Article 15g falls on Polish payment-service providers; we found no statement from a Polish bank or payment provider that names Polymarket.

Also worth knowing about Poland

Polish politics has been a large Polymarket market despite the block. In the presidential run-off of June 1, 2025, money.pl reported that more than US$100 million had been traded on Polymarket's Polish election market and that its odds swung from roughly 85% for Rafał Trzaskowski to roughly 75% for Karol Nawrocki after the late exit poll, while noting that the site is in the Ministry of Finance register. We found no statement on Polymarket from the National Electoral Commission (PKW).

What you can do on PolyKal from Poland

PolyKal is a read-only research site, and it does not restrict access by country, including from Poland. Its public pages, including prices on both platforms, order-book depth, after-fee cost comparisons, the fee calculator, and large-trade and whale data, need no account. You don't need a VPN to use them.

Viewing public market data is not trading. PolyKal doesn't place orders, hold funds or give access to trading on either platform, and a restriction on Polymarket or Kalshi in Poland still applies to trading there. Polymarket's help center says that using a VPN to get around its restrictions violates its Terms of Use, and Kalshi's Member Agreement excludes people in its restricted jurisdictions; getting around a block can also break local law. PolyKal doesn't help anyone get around them.

Start with the compare page, the fee calculator or large trades, or read how Polymarket works and how Kalshi works.

How Poland compares

Poland is one of 27 countries, plus the United States, that PolyKal tracks. The full availability table shows every country's status under each platform's rules and its regulator actions side by side, with the same dates and sources as this page, and its change log lists every edit we make.

Every entry is re-checked at least once a quarter, and sooner when a platform or regulator announces a change. The next scheduled full re-check is shown in the sidebar.

Frequently asked questions

Is Polymarket blocked in Poland?

Yes, in two separate ways. The polymarket.com domain is in the Ministry of Finance's register of domains used to offer gambling contrary to the Gambling Act (entry reported by BitHub.pl as January 8, 2025), which obliges Polish internet providers to block it within 48 hours and payment providers to stop payments to it within 30 days. Separately, Polymarket's own Help Center (updated August 14, 2026) lists Poland as close-only: existing positions can be closed, new ones can't be opened. Polymarket's help center also says that using a VPN to get around its restrictions breaks its terms.

Can I use Kalshi in Poland?

Kalshi's Member Agreement (fetched September 24, 2026) lists Poland among its 55 Restricted Jurisdictions, and has since Kalshi's first international list of October 23, 2025, so Kalshi's own rules exclude people in Poland. We found no public action by a Polish authority against Kalshi and no report of kalshi.com in the Ministry of Finance register; that absence is not the same as permission, and this page doesn't say whether trading is legal for you.

Is it illegal to use Polymarket in Poland?

The Ministry of Finance's explainer on the register states that taking part in illegal online gambling carries an administrative penalty of 100% of the winnings (Article 89 of the Gambling Act) and, for taking part in a foreign gambling game, a fine of up to 120 daily rates under the Fiscal Penal Code. Whether a given Polymarket position falls under those provisions is not something we found any Polish authority or court has said publicly, and we found no user who has been fined or prosecuted. This describes the law and the record; it is not legal advice.

Why is Polymarket on Poland's list of banned gambling domains?

The register is the Minister of Finance's instrument under Article 15f of the Gambling Act for domains that offer gambling contrary to the Act; the reason reported for the Polymarket entry (BitHub.pl, July 18, 2026) is that the site let users in Poland place bets without a Polish licence. The procedure needs no court and no proceeding against the operator; the Minister makes the entry and the blocking duties on providers follow. Whether an election or event contract is a bet or a financial instrument is a question the register does not address, and we found no statement on it from the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF).

Can I see Polymarket and Kalshi prices from Poland?

Yes. PolyKal's pages are read-only and open from any country, including Poland, without an account: current prices on both platforms, order-book depth, fee comparisons and large-trade data. Viewing data is not trading; PolyKal doesn't place orders, hold funds or give access to either platform, and the register entry, Polymarket's close-only rule and Kalshi's restriction still apply to trading. See how Polymarket works and how Kalshi works.

Can I use a VPN to access Polymarket or Kalshi from Poland?

No. Polymarket's help center says that using a VPN to get around its restrictions violates its Terms of Use, and Kalshi's Member Agreement excludes people in its restricted jurisdictions. Getting around a block can also break local law. You don't need a VPN to research these markets: PolyKal's prices, order books and fee calculator don't require one.

How often is this page checked?

We re-check every country page at least once a quarter, and sooner when a platform or regulator announces a change; each rule and action on the page shows its own date and source. If you spot something out of date for Poland, email [email protected] with a link to the new rule or order.

Sources & verification

Every statement on this page rests on the sources below. Platform rules were checked against Polymarket's and Kalshi's own pages on September 24, 2026; regulator, court and police actions were checked against the sources listed on September 24–26, 2026. Each source is marked as official, a platform document or a secondary report. Where only secondary reporting was available, we cite it and say so; where official sources conflict, we report both. We re-verify this page quarterly.

Official: Ministry of Finance: the register of domains used to offer gambling contrary to the Act (explainer, incl. penalties for participants) (undated, fetched September 26, 2026); the register itself, hazard.mf.gov.pl (last updated September 25, 2026); joint statement of nine European gambling regulators (June 19, 2026, as published by Germany's GGL); ESMA statement on binary-option measures (July 3, 2026). Platform document: Kalshi Exchange Notice of October 23, 2025 (first Restricted Jurisdictions list, includes Poland).

Secondary reports: BitHub.pl, July 18, 2026 (register entry dated January 8, 2025); iGamingPolska, January 14, 2025 (Polymarket on the list of banned domains); money.pl, June 1, 2025 (presidential-election market, register status); Bitcoin.pl, September 25, 2026 (how the register mechanism works).

Platform documents (all countries): Polymarket Help Center: Geographic restrictions (updated August 14, 2026), Polymarket developer docs: Geoblock (undated), Kalshi Member Agreement (undated; fetched September 24, 2026) and Kalshi Help Center: trading from outside the US (updated March 20, 2026).

PolyKal is an independent research tool. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Polymarket or Kalshi. We report each platform's published rules and public regulator, court and police actions in Poland; we don't say whether trading is legal for you, and we don't help anyone get around a platform's restrictions. Last reviewed September 26, 2026. Not legal or financial advice.

Know of a newer rule, order or court decision for Poland? Email [email protected] with a link to it.

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Reviewed byPolyKal data engineering
Last reviewed2026-09-26
Platform rules checked2026-09-24 against Polymarket's Help Center (updated 2026-08-14), Polymarket's developer docs and Kalshi's Member Agreement
Regulator actions checked2026-09-24 to 2026-09-26, against the sources listed on this page
Next scheduled full re-check: 2026-12-26
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Can you use Polymarket and Kalshi in Poland? Rules and regulator actions (2026)

Kalshi's taker fee is 0.07 × contracts × price × (1 − price), times the series multiplier (1 by default) and rounded up to the next cent, so it peaks at 1.75¢ per contract at a 50¢ price. Resting (maker) orders are free on standard series and pay a fee only on the series Kalshi lists with maker fees.

Country-by-country rules, regulator actions and sources for Polymarket and Kalshi.

This is not legal advice, and we don't say whether trading is legal for you in Poland. We report what each platform's published rules say about Poland and the public regulator, court and police actions we could source, each with a date. Those rules change fast, so check the platform's current terms and the law in Poland before doing anything. ‘Not listed’ only means a platform's own list doesn't name Poland; it doesn't mean trading there is permitted.

At a glance
Polymarket (polymarket.com)Close-only
NotePolymarket's Help Center lists Poland both as blocked and as close-only. Polymarket domains are also reported to be on the Polish Ministry of Finance's register of prohibited gambling domains; we could not confirm when they were added.
Per Polymarket Help Center (Geographic Restrictions) · updated 2026-08-14 · Checked 2026-09-24
KalshiRestricted
Per Kalshi Member Agreement · undated · Checked 2026-09-24

Status under each platform's own published rules, and the most recent public action we could source, as of 2026-09-24.

Last public action: 2025-01-08 · Minister Finansów (Ministry of Finance), Register of domains used to offer gambling contrary to the Act · Added to blacklist (Polymarket)

Source: Secondary report

Dated public actions on record: 1

How to read this page

This page keeps two things apart for Poland: what each platform's own published rules say, and what regulators, courts and police in Poland have publicly done. A platform's list is its own policy and a government order is the government's, so a country can be on one and not the other.

The status labels are the same as in the main table. Restricted means the platform's own list blocks trading from Poland. Close-only means existing users there can close positions but can't open new ones. Some regions means only named regions are restricted. Separate product means residents use a different, separately regulated product, as US residents do with the Polymarket US app. Not listed means the platform's published list doesn't name Poland; that is not the same as permitted, and a regulator may still block the site.

Polymarket publishes two official lists that don't fully match: its Help Center page (updated August 14, 2026) and its developer docs (undated). We follow the dated Help Center list and say where the developer docs differ. Kalshi statuses follow its Member Agreement as fetched on September 24, 2026; the agreement itself is undated.

Each action shows the authority as it names itself, what it did, the platform it concerns and the date: the date of the action where it was published, otherwise the date it was first reported. Every entry is marked Official, Platform document or Secondary report. Where only secondary reporting exists, we say ‘reported by’ and name the outlet; where official sources conflict, we report both.

‘No public action found’ means our searches found none, not that none exists. Nothing on this page says whether trading is legal for you: for that, check the platforms' current terms and the law in Poland.

Polymarket's published rules for Poland

Polymarket's Help Center page on geographic restrictions (updated August 14, 2026) names Poland twice: among the 39 countries it lists as blocked, and in its close-only group with Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan, where “users may close their existing positions but cannot open new ones”. Its developer documentation (undated, fetched September 24, 2026) puts Poland in the tier that is close-only on both the website and the API. Because the close-only wording is the more specific rule, the status card above shows Poland as Close-only; we could not find the date on which Polymarket switched Poland to that mode.

In Poland a platform geoblock and a state block operate at the same time. Independently of Polymarket's own rules, Polish internet providers are required by law to block any domain entered in the Ministry of Finance register within 48 hours and to redirect visitors to a ministry notice page, and payment-service providers must stop processing payments to it within 30 days (Articles 15f and 15g of the Gambling Act). Polymarket nevertheless kept running markets on Polish events: money.pl reported on June 1, 2025 that more than US$100 million had been traded on its market on the Polish presidential election. We found no app-store removal for Poland.

Kalshi's published rules for Poland

Poland is on the list of 55 Restricted Jurisdictions in Section VI of Kalshi's Member Agreement (undated; fetched September 24, 2026), and it has been there since Kalshi's first international list in its Exchange Notice of October 23, 2025. Under the main table's labels that is Restricted: Kalshi's own agreement excludes people in Poland. We found no Kalshi notice or blog post explaining the entry, no public action by a Polish authority against Kalshi, and no report of kalshi.com in the Ministry of Finance register.

Regulator, court and police actions in Poland

Gambling in Poland is regulated by the Minister of Finance (Minister Finansów) under the Gambling Act of November 19, 2009 (Ustawa o grach hazardowych). Article 15f of the Act creates the Register of Domains Used to Offer Gambling Contrary to the Act (Rejestr Domen Służących do Oferowania Gier Hazardowych Niezgodnie z Ustawą), kept by the Minister and published at hazard.mf.gov.pl; once a domain is entered, internet providers must block it within 48 hours (Article 15f(5)) and, under Article 15g, payment-service providers must stop payments to it within 30 days, each on pain of a fine of up to PLN 250,000. Field enforcement is carried out by the National Revenue Administration (Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa, KAS). No court order and no proceeding against the operator is involved: the Minister makes the entry and the statutory duties follow. We found no statement on either platform from the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF); at EU level, ESMA reminded firms on July 3, 2026 that its binary-option measures apply to event contracts that are financial instruments.

January 8, 2025 (secondary reports): BitHub.pl reported on July 18, 2026 that the polymarket.com domain was entered in the Ministry of Finance register on January 8, 2025; the trade outlet iGamingPolska had reported the listing on January 14, 2025. The reason given in press is that the site let users in Poland place bets without the required Polish licence. This made Poland one of the earliest countries to act against Polymarket. We could not confirm the exact entry date from the register itself, which is why the timeline below marks the entry as a secondary report; the entry is shown there as Added to blacklist.

June 18–19, 2026 (official): Poland's gambling authority was one of nine European regulators (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland) that signed a joint statement on prediction markets pledging coordinated enforcement; the statement contains no new measure against either platform.

The block is a state ISP block at domain level plus a payment block. As of September 26, 2026 we found no report that the Polymarket entry has been struck from the register, although the register provides for removal and an operator may apply to the Minister to be struck off under Article 15f. We found no court challenge by Polymarket, Kalshi or any user, and no Polish action naming Kalshi. The register held roughly 57,900 entries as of September 26, 2026 and is updated almost daily, so the Polymarket entry is one of tens of thousands.

Timeline of public actions in Poland

The entries below are rendered from the same dated data as the main country table, newest first. Each row shows the date, the authority as it names itself, the type of action, the platform it concerns and the source with its type.

Date2025-01-08
Minister Finansów (Ministry of Finance), Register of domains used to offer gambling contrary to the Act
Added to blacklist
Polymarket
Source Secondary reportChecked 2026-09-26

Public regulator, court and police actions concerning Polymarket and Kalshi in Poland, as of 2026-09-24. Not legal advice.

What the law says about people who trade in Poland

This section reports what the law and the authorities in Poland have said about people who take part in these markets, and any enforcement against users that has been made public. It describes; it doesn't advise.

The register itself targets domains, internet providers and payment providers, but the Ministry of Finance's own explainer page addresses players directly. It states that taking part in illegal online gambling carries fiscal-penal and administrative liability: an administrative penalty of 100% of the winnings, not reduced by the stakes paid, for taking part in a gambling game organised without a concession, permit or notification (Article 89 of the Gambling Act), and a fine of up to 120 daily rates under the Fiscal Penal Code (Kodeks karny skarbowy) for taking part in a foreign gambling game.

We found no case of a Polymarket or Kalshi user in Poland being fined or prosecuted under those provisions, and no tax interpretation from the National Revenue Administration or the Ministry on prediction-market gains. The payment duty in Article 15g falls on Polish payment-service providers; we found no statement from a Polish bank or payment provider that names Polymarket.

Also worth knowing about Poland

Polish politics has been a large Polymarket market despite the block. In the presidential run-off of June 1, 2025, money.pl reported that more than US$100 million had been traded on Polymarket's Polish election market and that its odds swung from roughly 85% for Rafał Trzaskowski to roughly 75% for Karol Nawrocki after the late exit poll, while noting that the site is in the Ministry of Finance register. We found no statement on Polymarket from the National Electoral Commission (PKW).

What you can do on PolyKal from Poland

PolyKal is a read-only research site, and it does not restrict access by country, including from Poland. Its public pages, including prices on both platforms, order-book depth, after-fee cost comparisons, the fee calculator, and large-trade and whale data, need no account. You don't need a VPN to use them.

Viewing public market data is not trading. PolyKal doesn't place orders, hold funds or give access to trading on either platform, and a restriction on Polymarket or Kalshi in Poland still applies to trading there. Polymarket's help center says that using a VPN to get around its restrictions violates its Terms of Use, and Kalshi's Member Agreement excludes people in its restricted jurisdictions; getting around a block can also break local law. PolyKal doesn't help anyone get around them.

Start with the compare page, the fee calculator or large trades, or read how Polymarket works and how Kalshi works.

How Poland compares

Poland is one of 27 countries, plus the United States, that PolyKal tracks. The full availability table shows every country's status under each platform's rules and its regulator actions side by side, with the same dates and sources as this page, and its change log lists every edit we make.

Every entry is re-checked at least once a quarter, and sooner when a platform or regulator announces a change. The next scheduled full re-check is shown in the sidebar.

Frequently asked questions
Is Polymarket blocked in Poland?

Yes, in two separate ways. The polymarket.com domain is in the Ministry of Finance's register of domains used to offer gambling contrary to the Gambling Act (entry reported by BitHub.pl as January 8, 2025), which obliges Polish internet providers to block it within 48 hours and payment providers to stop payments to it within 30 days. Separately, Polymarket's own Help Center (updated August 14, 2026) lists Poland as close-only: existing positions can be closed, new ones can't be opened. Polymarket's help center also says that using a VPN to get around its restrictions breaks its terms.

Can I use Kalshi in Poland?

Kalshi's Member Agreement (fetched September 24, 2026) lists Poland among its 55 Restricted Jurisdictions, and has since Kalshi's first international list of October 23, 2025, so Kalshi's own rules exclude people in Poland. We found no public action by a Polish authority against Kalshi and no report of kalshi.com in the Ministry of Finance register; that absence is not the same as permission, and this page doesn't say whether trading is legal for you.

Is it illegal to use Polymarket in Poland?

The Ministry of Finance's explainer on the register states that taking part in illegal online gambling carries an administrative penalty of 100% of the winnings (Article 89 of the Gambling Act) and, for taking part in a foreign gambling game, a fine of up to 120 daily rates under the Fiscal Penal Code. Whether a given Polymarket position falls under those provisions is not something we found any Polish authority or court has said publicly, and we found no user who has been fined or prosecuted. This describes the law and the record; it is not legal advice.

Why is Polymarket on Poland's list of banned gambling domains?

The register is the Minister of Finance's instrument under Article 15f of the Gambling Act for domains that offer gambling contrary to the Act; the reason reported for the Polymarket entry (BitHub.pl, July 18, 2026) is that the site let users in Poland place bets without a Polish licence. The procedure needs no court and no proceeding against the operator; the Minister makes the entry and the blocking duties on providers follow. Whether an election or event contract is a bet or a financial instrument is a question the register does not address, and we found no statement on it from the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF).

Can I see Polymarket and Kalshi prices from Poland?

Yes. PolyKal's pages are read-only and open from any country, including Poland, without an account: current prices on both platforms, order-book depth, fee comparisons and large-trade data. Viewing data is not trading; PolyKal doesn't place orders, hold funds or give access to either platform, and the register entry, Polymarket's close-only rule and Kalshi's restriction still apply to trading. See how Polymarket works and how Kalshi works.

Can I use a VPN to access Polymarket or Kalshi from Poland?

No. Polymarket's help center says that using a VPN to get around its restrictions violates its Terms of Use, and Kalshi's Member Agreement excludes people in its restricted jurisdictions. Getting around a block can also break local law. You don't need a VPN to research these markets: PolyKal's prices, order books and fee calculator don't require one.

How often is this page checked?

We re-check every country page at least once a quarter, and sooner when a platform or regulator announces a change; each rule and action on the page shows its own date and source. If you spot something out of date for Poland, email [email protected] with a link to the new rule or order.

Sources & verification

Every statement on this page rests on the sources below. Platform rules were checked against Polymarket's and Kalshi's own pages on September 24, 2026; regulator, court and police actions were checked against the sources listed on September 24–26, 2026. Each source is marked as official, a platform document or a secondary report. Where only secondary reporting was available, we cite it and say so; where official sources conflict, we report both. We re-verify this page quarterly.

Official: Ministry of Finance: the register of domains used to offer gambling contrary to the Act (explainer, incl. penalties for participants) (undated, fetched September 26, 2026); the register itself, hazard.mf.gov.pl (last updated September 25, 2026); joint statement of nine European gambling regulators (June 19, 2026, as published by Germany's GGL); ESMA statement on binary-option measures (July 3, 2026). Platform document: Kalshi Exchange Notice of October 23, 2025 (first Restricted Jurisdictions list, includes Poland).

Secondary reports: BitHub.pl, July 18, 2026 (register entry dated January 8, 2025); iGamingPolska, January 14, 2025 (Polymarket on the list of banned domains); money.pl, June 1, 2025 (presidential-election market, register status); Bitcoin.pl, September 25, 2026 (how the register mechanism works).

Platform documents (all countries): Polymarket Help Center: Geographic restrictions (updated August 14, 2026), Polymarket developer docs: Geoblock (undated), Kalshi Member Agreement (undated; fetched September 24, 2026) and Kalshi Help Center: trading from outside the US (updated March 20, 2026).

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