Hungary Gambling — Distribution and platforms: Can we ship through apps and platforms?

SZTFH's use of ISP-level blocking against Polymarket this cycle demonstrates the regulator's willingness to deploy network-level distribution controls against unlicensed, decentralised gambling platforms rather than confining itself to conventional site-level enforcement against domestic operators. The action, ordered in January 2026 and naming Adventure One QSS Inc. as the platform's operator, is expressly temporary pending a final administrative decision, and carries Confirmed-tier confidence corroborated by a second tier-three source. For distribution and platform risk, the material takeaway is that a foreign-incorporated, decentralised prediction-market structure did not place Polymarket outside SZTFH's practical reach: the regulator instead directed domestic ISPs to block access, a mechanism that does not depend on the operator's cooperation or domestic presence. This is a new instance of network-level control this cycle, and the interpreter rates the distribution-platform-rules category amber accordingly.