Polymarket restricts order placement from certain geographic locations due to regulatory requirements and compliance with international sanctions. Before placing orders, builders should verify the location.
Orders submitted from blocked regions will be rejected. Implement geoblock
checks in your application to provide users with appropriate feedback before
they attempt to trade.
Geoblock Endpoint Check the geographic eligibility of the requesting IP address:
GET https://polymarket.com/api/geoblock
This endpoint is on polymarket.com, not the API servers.
Response { "blocked" : true , "ip" : "203.0.113.42" , "country" : "US" , "region" : "NY" }
Field Type Description blockedboolean Whether the user is blocked from placing orders ipstring Detected IP address countrystring ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code regionstring Region/state code
Restricted Jurisdictions Restrictions fall into three groups. Block completely means no new orders and no closing of existing positions. Close-only means users can close existing positions but cannot open new ones. Each group notes whether it applies on the frontend, the API, or both. Codes are ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for countries and ISO 3166-2 for sub-national regions.
OFAC-Sanctioned Jurisdictions (Block Completely) Blocked on both the frontend and the API. No new orders, and existing positions cannot be closed.
Jurisdiction Code Iran IR Syria SY Cuba CU North Korea KP Ukraine — Crimea UA-43 Ukraine — Donetsk UA-14 Ukraine — Luhansk UA-09
Regulatory-Restricted Jurisdictions (Close-Only on Frontend and API) Users can close existing positions but cannot open new ones, on both the frontend and the API.
Jurisdiction Code Australia AU Belarus BY Belgium BE Burundi BI Brazil BR Canada — British Columbia CA-BC Canada — Ontario CA-ON Canada — Alberta CA-AB Canada — Quebec CA-QC Central African Republic CF Congo (Kinshasa) CD Ethiopia ET France FR Germany DE Iraq IQ Italy IT Lebanon LB Libya LY Myanmar MM Nicaragua NI North Korea KP Poland PL Russia RU Singapore SG Somalia SO Slovakia SK South Sudan SS Sudan SD Taiwan TW Thailand TH United Kingdom GB United States US United States Minor Outlying Islands UM Venezuela VE Yemen YE Zimbabwe ZW
Regulatory-Restricted Jurisdictions (Close-Only on Frontend) Close-only on the Polymarket frontend; the API itself is not restricted.
Jurisdiction Code Japan JP Netherlands NL Malta (Sports Only) MT
Blocking Logic The geoblocking system includes:
OFAC-Sanctioned Countries : Countries sanctioned by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)Additional Regulatory Restrictions : Countries added for specific regulatory compliance reasons
Server Infrastructure
Primary Servers : eu-west-2Closest Non-Georestricted Region : eu-west-1
Direct co-location available. Users who complete the KYC/KYB
form can get access to co-locate
directly in eu-west-2 for the lowest possible latency to Polymarket’s
primary servers.Usage Examples interface GeoblockResponse { blocked : boolean ; ip : string ; country : string ; region : string ; } async function checkGeoblock () : Promise < GeoblockResponse > { const response = await fetch ( "https://polymarket.com/api/geoblock" ); return response . json (); } // Usage const geo = await checkGeoblock (); if ( geo . blocked ) { console . log ( `Trading not available in ${ geo . country } ` ); } else { console . log ( "Trading available" ); }
import requests def check_geoblock () -> dict : response = requests.get( "https://polymarket.com/api/geoblock" ) return response.json() # Usage geo = check_geoblock() if geo[ "blocked" ]: print ( f "Trading not available in { geo[ 'country' ] } " ) else : print ( "Trading available" )
use polymarket_client_sdk_v2 :: clob :: { Client , Config }; let client = Client :: new ( "https://clob.polymarket.com" , Config :: default ()) ? ; let geo = client . check_geoblock () . await ? ; if geo . blocked { println! ( "Trading not available in {}" , geo . country); } else { println! ( "Trading available" ); }
Why These Restrictions Geographic restrictions are implemented to ensure compliance with:
International sanctions and embargoes
Local financial regulations
Gambling and prediction market laws
Anti-money laundering (AML) requirements
Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations
If you believe you are incorrectly restricted or have questions about geographic availability, please contact Polymarket Support .
Next Steps
Authentication Learn how to authenticate trading requests.
Place Orders Start placing orders (from eligible regions).
