# ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTED TERRITORIES

**By accessing the Platform, you represent and warrant that:**

1. **Non-US Person:** You are **NOT** a citizen, resident, or physically located in the **United States of America (USA)**.
2. **Restricted Jurisdictions:** You are **NOT** located in **Canada**, **China**, **Iran**, **North Korea**, **Syria**, **Cuba**, **Crimea**, or any other jurisdiction where accessing prediction markets is prohibited by law.
3. **Sanctions:** You are not on any trade or economic sanctions lists, such as the UN Security Council Sanctions list or OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control).
4. **VPN Prohibition:** You agree **NOT** to use a Virtual Private Network (VPN), proxy, Tor, or other privacy tools to conceal your IP address for the purpose of circumventing our Geo-Blocking controls.

> **Enforcement:** We reserve the right to immediately block any IP address we suspect is violating this clause.


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