Unlock NBA, NFL & MLB on Polymarket from the US

Why Sports Markets Are Blocked

Polymarket operates under regulatory constraints that require them to block US IP addresses from trading sports prediction markets via the API. This affects NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and other sports markets when accessed through the CLOB API programmatically.

What IS blocked: Sports markets via CLOB API from US IP addresses (403 error).

What is NOT blocked: Political markets, economic markets, crypto markets, news markets — all work fine from US IPs. The geoblock only applies to sports.

How the Bypass Works

PM-04 routes your API order calls through a rotating pool of non-US SOCKS5 proxies. From Polymarket's perspective, the order comes from a non-US IP and goes through normally.

• 1

  Auto-finds working proxies

  On startup, the script fetches non-US proxy lists from public APIs, tests each one against the Polymarket CLOB endpoint, and caches the 5 fastest working ones.

• 2

  Routes orders through proxy

  Every API call for a sports market is automatically routed through one of the cached proxies. You call the same function — the proxy layer is invisible.

• 3

  Auto-rotates if one dies

  If a proxy returns a 403 or times out, the script automatically tries the next one and refreshes the proxy list every 30 minutes.

• 4

  Telegram alert if all fail

  If all 5 cached proxies fail simultaneously, you get a Telegram alert. Extremely rare — usually back online within 2 minutes.

Setup in 10 Minutes

PM-04 integrates directly with PM-01 if you have it, or runs standalone.

Option A — With PM-01 (recommended)

PM-04 is already wired into PM-01's proxy_trader.py. Just add one line to your .env:

USE_PROXY_FOR_SPORTS=true

Restart PM-01. Sports markets are now accessible automatically.

Option B — Standalone

Unzip PM-04, run setup:

cd pm-04-geoblock-bypass
python3 setup.py

Then import it in any script:

from src.bypass import place_sports_order

result = place_sports_order(
    token_id="your-token-id",
    price=0.45,
    size=25,
    side="BUY",
    market_name="Lakers vs Celtics"
)

Test it works

python3 src/test_connection.py

You should see:

✓ Found 5 working non-US proxies
✓ Sports market API reachable via proxy
✓ Telegram connected
Ready to trade sports markets.