Polymarket Adds Deposit Limits, Self-Exclusion Tools for Users

Polymarket's move reads less like a compliance checkbox and more like an admission that its user base now behaves like a sportsbook's, which the volume mix already suggests. Hard-to-reverse limits and a clinical partner matter because prediction markets have long straddled the line between information venue and gambling product, and that ambiguity is exactly what draws regulatory attention. The interesting question is whether these tools are adopted voluntarily or become the template regulators impose. Whether usage data actually shapes the design, as Otranto suggests, is worth watching.