Is Polymarket Available in Your Country?

Polymarket uses IP-based geoblocking to restrict access. When you visit polymarket.com, your IP address is checked against the blocked country list. If you're in a blocked region, the website will not load.

If you are building against Polymarket rather than checking your own access, the same check is exposed as an endpoint: GET https://polymarket.com/api/geoblock returns the geoblocking status for the requesting IP, including the detected country and region. Our country checker documents the response fields, and explains how a Polymarket geoblock differs from a government or ISP block on the domain.

Countries are blocked for two main reasons:

• OFAC sanctions compliance — Countries under US Treasury sanctions (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, etc.)
• Regulatory compliance — Countries where national regulators have taken action (France, Spain, Argentina, Indonesia, etc.). Close-only restrictions (UK, Germany, Italy, Australia and others) let existing users close positions but not open new ones.

The restriction is based solely on IP address — there is no KYC or identity verification on Polymarket. Some users in restricted regions access international platforms by routing their internet connection through a different geographic location. This is a common practice for accessing global financial and information services.