South Korea blocks Polymarket, Brazil lawmakers push bookmaker-funded gambling treatment, and Uzbekistan moves to ban P2P transfers via websites

This week’s batch of gambling and payments headlines is a reminder that the pressure is coming from two sides at once: access to wagering products, and the payment rails that support them. For PSPs and operators in high-risk verticals, the useful part is not the noise — it is where regulators and lawmakers are trying to cut off transactions, funding, and platform access.

1. South Korea has blocked access to Polymarket, the prediction-market exchange.
2. Brazilian lawmakers have proposed forcing bookmakers to fund treatment for people with gambling addiction.
3. In Uzbekistan, P2P transfers via websites will be banned.
4. In Israel, a new case is being investigated involving an Air Force major accused of betting on strikes against Iran and Yemen on Polymarket.
5. Separate items in the original roundup also flagged that women with gambling addiction more often face difficulties finding help, that 1win’s owner warned about possible risks in working with MORI WIN, and that Stake was accused of ending a deal with a streamer early.