Is Polymarket available in India?
Short answer: Polymarket does not restrict India: it is not on the platform's list of blocked or close-only countries, so orders are accepted from an Indian location. That is the platform's rule only. India tightened its law on real-money online games in 2025 and taxes crypto heavily, so check your own position first.
The platform side
India appears in none of Polymarket's three restriction tiers. The website and the API both accept new positions from Indian connections, and there is no location warning at order time.
The Indian side
Three things an Indian user should weigh before funding an account:
- Online gaming law. India legislated against real-money online games in 2025. Whether a contract on an election or a rate decision is a "money game" under that law has not, to our knowledge, been tested in court. Until it is, treat the question as open rather than answered in your favour.
- State law. Betting is a state subject. Several states prohibit online wagering outright, and the answer in Telangana or Tamil Nadu is not the answer in Goa or Sikkim.
- Foreign exchange. Sending money abroad is governed by FEMA and the Liberalised Remittance Scheme, which excludes remittances for betting and similar purposes.
Crypto tax is the practical cost
Gains on virtual digital assets are taxed at a flat 30% with no offset for losses, and a 1% TDS applies to transfers above the threshold. USDC is a virtual digital asset. A strategy that is profitable before tax can easily lose money after it, so do the arithmetic before you trade, and keep exchange statements for every leg.
Funding
There is no rupee deposit. USDC has to be bought on an exchange and moved to a Polygon wallet. Bank transfers to crypto platforms are scrutinised, and peer-to-peer trades carry a real risk of receiving tainted funds and having an account frozen.
What Indian users trade
Cricket markets are fewer than you would expect; the deepest books are US politics, global macro and crypto prices. Check order-book depth, because a thin market can move several percent on a small order.
Using PolyGram from India
PolyGram shows Polymarket's live prices and event pages inside Telegram, and reading them needs no account or wallet. Whether you may trade from where you live is decided by PolyGram's own terms and by your local law, not by this page; check both before you deposit.
Source: Polymarket's own geographic-restrictions documentation, checked on 11 November 2026. This page is information, not legal advice; rules change, so confirm before you trade.