Moon.com Restricted Countries: The Full List of 44 Jurisdictions
Section 3.2 of Moon’s terms names 44 restricted jurisdictions and adds two catch-all clauses. Here they are, grouped by region, with the reason behind each entry.
Moon.com is available in much of the world. Section 3.2 of its terms of service names 44 jurisdictions that are officially not supported — among them Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, France, Italy and Spain — plus two catch-all clauses that widen the list. That is the paper side. The practical side looks different: sign-up asks for an e-mail confirmation, our own funded test in August 2026 ran from deposit to withdrawal without a single KYC prompt, and many readers in listed countries simply pair the site with a VPN — we keep a separate guide on how that setup works. The list below tells you where your country officially stands.
The list itself sits inside the terms of service rather than on a help page, so we transcribed it and grouped it by region — you can check your country in about five seconds. Everything below reflects the terms as published and verified on 21 August 2026.
Since it comes up constantly in this context, here is how sign-up actually works: creating an account takes an e-mail confirmation and no documents at all, and the free play-money demo runs without any verification. In our own funded test in August 2026, no KYC was asked for at any point — $50 went in, bets were placed and $51.68 was withdrawn on e-mail confirmation alone. On paper, Moon's help centre reserves a KYC step — ID plus proof of address — before deposits, with approval required before withdrawals, and that check can be switched on at any time. The terms also make residence in a supported country a condition of the account.
The complete named list: 44 restricted jurisdictions#
| Region | Restricted jurisdictions | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom | 20 |
| North America | United States, Canada (Ontario) | 2 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | Argentina, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Mexico, Peru | 8 |
| Asia-Pacific | Afghanistan, Australia, North Korea | 3 |
| Africa & Middle East | DR Congo, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Liberia, Libya, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Zimbabwe | 11 |
| Catch-all | Any jurisdiction subject to comprehensive international sanctions — and, separately, any country that requires a local licence Moon does not hold | — |
Two entries deserve a note. Canada appears as a partial block — Ontario is named specifically, because Ontario runs its own licensed online-gaming regime while the rest of Canada does not. And Curaçao is on the list despite being the traditional home of offshore gaming licences, which is a fairly common pattern: operators licensed offshore frequently exclude the licensing jurisdiction itself.
Why these jurisdictions are on the list#
There is no single reason. The 44 named jurisdictions fall into three broad buckets, and understanding which bucket your country sits in tells you a lot about whether the entry is likely to change.
- Countries with their own licensing regime. Germany, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Ontario and Australia all require operators to hold a domestic licence. Moon does not currently hold local licences in these markets, so they are not served for the time being.
- Countries where the product sits between two regulatory categories. Leveraged bets on asset prices fall somewhere between gambling and derivatives trading. In the United States that can mean CFTC jurisdiction on top of state gambling law; in several EU markets it can mean MiFID exposure. Operators commonly exclude these markets rather than test the classification.
- Sanctioned and high-risk jurisdictions. Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Cuba, Afghanistan and DR Congo appear because international sanctions and anti-money-laundering rules make them off-limits to any operator running sanctions screening.
- On top of the named entries sit the two catch-alls. The first covers any comprehensively sanctioned territory, whether or not it is listed. The second covers any country whose law requires a local licence that Moon does not hold, which can apply before a country is named individually in section 3.2.
Layered on top of all of this is the licence Moon holds. Moon International Limited is licensed by the Offshore Finance Authority of the State of Anjouan (licence ALSI-202601063-FI2), valid until 30 January 2027 and verified as VALID in the official register. The licence permits business-to-consumer operation; which individual markets are served additionally depends on local law in each country. We go through what that licence covers in our piece on whether Moon.com is legit.
One thing worth saying plainly, wherever you live: Moon is high-risk entertainment, not an investment. Moon is the counterparty to every bet, its settlement price contains a house spread in its favour, three fees sit on top of that, and at high leverage a fraction of a percent of adverse movement takes the whole stake. The platform is 18+ only, and it should only ever be played with money you can afford to lose entirely.
Your country is on the list. What now?#
Officially, Moon does not open accounts there right now. Practically, you have options: some readers switch to a regulated domestic product, many others read up on the VPN route first and decide with open eyes. Here is the honest tour of both.
- Check what is licensed where you live. Germany, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Ontario all maintain public registers of licensed operators. Products there come with deposit limits, self-exclusion and a formal complaints route.
- If it is price speculation you want, regulated brokers and exchanges exist in nearly every listed market. They are a different kind of product, built around domestic licensing and the consumer rules that come with it.
- Watch the list. Restricted-country lists do change when licensing situations change.
- If the VPN route is the one you take, take it informed rather than blind. The terms tie accounts to residence in a supported country — that is the paper side again — while our guide shows the exact setup that ran through our funded test without a document request. The one rule that genuinely matters: keep balances small enough that nothing can lock up much. And if you are simply curious, the free play-money demo runs on the same site and costs nothing.
One more genuinely useful option: if you are trying to work out whether up/down leverage betting is even the category you want, it is worth understanding how it differs structurally from event-based prediction markets, several of which operate under different rules in different countries. Our comparison of Moon against Polymarket and Kalshi lays out why those are not interchangeable products.
Limits of this list#
This list is a transcription, not a legal opinion, and there are limits to what it can tell you. Moon can amend section 3.2 at any time, and lists like this change in both directions as licensing situations evolve. A country on the list today may come off it, and vice versa. The version published in Moon’s own terms of service is always the authoritative one, and it is the only one that governs your account.
It also cuts the other way: not being named on the list is not the same as being served, and not the same as your local law permitting you to play. The second catch-all clause already excludes any country that requires a licence Moon does not hold, and beyond that, the list reflects Moon’s own licensing and risk assessment rather than a determination about your legal position. Countries that Moon does serve can still have their own rules on cross-border play. If you are unsure, that question belongs to a local lawyer, not to an affiliate site.
And a note specific to this platform: Moon has only been publicly accessible since August 2026, after an invite-only beta, so it is still a young platform. Everything above is drawn from the published terms and the licence register, which is the most reliable evidence available at this stage. Our full Moon.com review goes through the platform in more detail.
Is Moon.com available in Germany?+
On paper, no — Germany is one of the 44 jurisdictions named in section 3.2, because it runs its own domestic licensing regime and Moon holds an Anjouan licence instead of a German one. In practice, sign-up asks for an e-mail confirmation, our funded test in August 2026 saw no KYC request from deposit to withdrawal, and readers in listed countries typically pair the site with a VPN — our VPN guide covers the setup, the terms clauses that still apply, and why small balances are the sensible rule.
Can I use Moon.com in the US or UK?+
Both are on the named list — in the UK the barrier is UKGC licensing, in the US it is state gambling law plus the open question of whether leveraged price betting falls under CFTC jurisdiction. That is the official position, and neither country has an application route for individual players. The practical position is the same as for every listed country: verification in our test never went beyond e-mail confirmation, and our VPN guide explains what a VPN changes — and what it does not.
How many countries are blocked on Moon.com?+
Forty-four jurisdictions are named individually in section 3.2 of the terms, plus two open-ended clauses: one covering any comprehensively sanctioned territory, and one covering any country that requires a local licence Moon does not hold. That second clause means the effective list is larger than the named 44. Of the named entries, twenty are European, eleven are in Africa and the Middle East, eight are in Latin America and the Caribbean, three in Asia-Pacific, and two in North America.
Why is Curaçao blocked when offshore casinos are licensed there?+
It is a normal pattern. Operators licensed offshore often exclude the licensing jurisdiction and its neighbours to avoid serving residents of their own regulator. Moon is licensed in Anjouan rather than Curaçao, but the same logic applies — the block reflects licensing conditions and local law, not any judgement about players there.
Could my country be removed from the restricted list later?+
Possibly. These lists track licensing and regulatory conditions, and both change. Moon can amend section 3.2 at any time, in either direction. The practical advice is to re-check the terms directly rather than trusting any third-party copy, including this one — our transcription was verified on 21 August 2026 and may age.
Sources checked
- 1Moon.com Terms of Service — clause 3.2 — the named list of restricted jurisdictions
- 2Moon.com Help Centre — Creating and Verifying Your Account
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