Legal
Restricted Countries
The countries we don't accept players from, the reasons, and what happens if you try to play from one.
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1. Overview
We do not accept registrations, deposits, or play from residents of, or persons physically located in, the countries listed below. The reasons fall into four buckets:
- Regulatory — the country has its own remote-gambling licensing regime reserved to domestic operators (e.g. the UK, France).
- Operator policy — we have chosen not to operate there for risk reasons (e.g. the United States, where the legal landscape varies state-by-state and federal exposure is non-trivial).
- Sanctions — country, regime, or person-level sanctions imposed by the UN, OFAC, EU, or UK.
- Licensor restriction — the country is excluded under the terms of our Curaçao licence.
2. Current list
| Country | Code | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| United States (all states and territories) | US | Operator policy |
| United Kingdom | GB | Regulatory |
| France (including overseas territories) | FR | Regulatory |
| Netherlands (including overseas territories) | NL | Regulatory |
| Curaçao | CW | Licensor restriction |
| Australia | AU | Regulatory |
| Cuba | CU | Sanctions |
| Iran | IR | Sanctions |
| North Korea | KP | Sanctions |
| Syria | SY | Sanctions |
| Russian Federation | RU | Sanctions (sectoral) |
| Belarus | BY | Sanctions (sectoral) |
| Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson (regions of Ukraine) | UA-regions | Sanctions |
| Myanmar | MM | Sanctions |
| Afghanistan | AF | Sanctions |
| Sudan | SD | Sanctions |
The list above reflects our position at the date of this document. Sanctions lists change without notice; we apply changes automatically and may add or remove countries between updates of this page. The authoritative real-time list is enforced at the server.
3. How we enforce it
- IP-based geolocation at registration, sign-in, deposit, and play.
- Address verification through KYC.
- Payment-instrument issuer country screening.
- Continuous re-screening: a player who travels to a restricted country may be temporarily unable to play.
4. Consequences of using the Service from a restricted country
If we determine that an account is held by, or operated from, a restricted country:
- The account is suspended.
- Deposits are returned to the original payment instrument, less any third-party fees, subject to AML and sanctions screening.
- Bonus funds and winnings derived from bonus funds may be forfeited.
- Where sanctions apply we are required to freeze funds and may be required to report to the relevant authority.
Misrepresenting your country of residence is a breach of the Terms of Service.
5. Travelling
If you travel temporarily to a restricted country, you will be unable to play from that location. The account remains intact and play resumes once you return to a non-restricted location. We recommend you withdraw any pending balance before extended travel.
6. Contact
Questions: legal@theultimatepokergame.com.