See the Countries Each Orbit Betting Exchange Broker Lists
One block page, four country lists. Here is where each list sits and what it says.
The Orbit betting exchange opens through a broker, so the country lists that can be read are the brokers’. They sit in each broker’s own documents: AsianConnect in a help article and in the country menu of its sign-up form, BetInAsia and MadMarket in their terms and KYC pages, Sportmarket in its terms.
The United States is named in the documents of all four; France by BetInAsia, MadMarket and Sportmarket, and AsianConnect’s sign-up menu leaves it out. A name missing from a list is not a yes. BetInAsia and MadMarket also forbid a VPN, and their lists cover connecting from a named country. Below: what a block page says, the brokers’ documents, and a table of who names whom.
A block page, not a broken site
The door does not open, and the note pinned to it is signed by the network that delivers the site. A block page of this kind reads: “The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country.”
Its message gives your country as the cause. It mentions no account, so the block is about the country, not anything you did.
Such a page comes with the number 403, the web’s way of saying: understood, and no. (Its cousin 404 says: never heard of it. Moving on.) A 403 is only a number, though: an error page that does not mention a country block does not say why it appeared.
The exchange answers on two addresses, orbitxch.com and orbitexch.com, which are the same platform, and either can show a block page of this kind. The Register link on Orbit’s own page leads to a broker, and the broker routes into the exchange are laid out on their own page.
Four brokers, four sets of documents
Each list lives in its own document, and the words that open it say who the list is for. AsianConnect, BetInAsia and MadMarket each keep theirs in two places, and the two do not always agree.
AsianConnect
Where: a help article on restricted countries, and the country menu of the sign-up form.
Opens with: “Our site does not accept customers from…”
Names: the article opens with the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and USA. The menu (115 countries plus “Unknown”) has neither France nor the United States.
Open the brokerBetInAsia
Where: terms, clause 4.1.3, and the KYC policy page.
Opens with: “a resident of one of the following countries, or accessing the Website from one of the following countries”
Names: 29 names in the terms. The KYC page’s proof-of-ID list has 30: it adds Belarus and Russian Federation and drops Lithuania.
Open the brokerMadMarket
Where: terms, clause 4.1.3, and the KYC policy page.
Opens with: the same words as BetInAsia’s clause.
Names: some thirty names in the terms. The KYC page introduces its proof-of-ID list with “include but are not limited to”, adds Cyprus and Sweden, leaves out Russia and other names the terms carry, and writes “France and its territories”.
Open the brokerSportmarket
Where: terms, clause 3.7.
Opens with: “You may not register for an Account if you live in any of the following countries”
Names: United States of America, United Kingdom and France, then “any other jurisdiction not available in the country list upon registration”.
Open the brokerThe openings do not all test the same thing. AsianConnect names customers. BetInAsia and MadMarket name residents and people connecting from a listed country, so their lists follow the connection as well as where you live. Sportmarket’s clause 3.7 names those who live in one. Once the lists are read, the four brokers side by side shows what else separates them.
Who is named where
Thirteen countries, each named by at least one of those documents. A cell says whether that broker’s document carries the name, and nothing about you.
| Country | AsianConnect | BetInAsia | MadMarket | Sportmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Named; not in menu | Named | Named | Named |
| France | Not in menu | Named | Named | Named |
| United Kingdom | In menu | Named | Named | Named |
| Germany | In menu | Named | Named | Not named |
| Netherlands | In menu | Named | Named | Not named |
| Singapore | Named; not in menu | Named | Named | Not named |
| Spain | In menu | Not named | Named | Not named |
| Australia | In menu | Not named | Named | Not named |
| Sweden | In menu | Named | Named on KYC page only | Not named |
| Russia | In menu | Named on KYC page only | Named | Not named |
| China | Named; not in menu | Not named | Not named | Not named |
| Philippines | Named; not in menu | Not named | Not named | Not named |
| Thailand | Named; in menu | Not named | Not named | Not named |
Named: the country appears in that broker’s list. Not named: it does not. In menu: the country is offered in the drop-down on AsianConnect’s sign-up form. For AsianConnect, Named means its help article; for BetInAsia and MadMarket, the terms, clause 4.1.3, and “Named on KYC page only” means the proof-of-ID list of that page; for Sportmarket, clause 3.7.
Thailand shows two AsianConnect documents disagreeing: the help article names it, and the sign-up menu offers it.
A country without a row
A country that none of these documents names has no row here, and the table says nothing about it either way. Sportmarket’s clause adds the country list on its sign-up form, which decides too.
Why a missing name proves nothing
Start with Sportmarket. After its three names, clause 3.7 adds “any other jurisdiction not available in the country list upon registration”. The list on the sign-up form decides as well as the clause.
Then the forms. All four sign-up forms ask for a country. The list is read once in the documents and once more on the form.
A name in a document is a no you can read. A name missing is a blank, and a blank is not a yes.
What two sets of terms say about VPNs
BetInAsia, in clause 3.4 of its terms, and MadMarket, in clause 3.5 of its terms, carry the same sentence: “You may not use a VPN, proxy or similar services or devices that mask or manipulate the identification of your real location.”
The sentence sits beside lists that reach “accessing the Website from one of the following countries”. The connection is part of the rule, and the rule asks for the real one.
The ordinary way in is a broker account, used from your real location. After it comes the identity check, and what that check asks for has its own page.
Whose job the law is
AsianConnect allows use of its services only for recreation and entertainment “in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, together with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations”. BetInAsia’s clause 3.3 says “It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your use of the service is legal.” MadMarket’s clause 3.4 carries the same sentence. Sportmarket’s clause 3.1 says “You may not use the Services if use would be illegal in the jurisdiction in which you are located”.
BetInAsia, MadMarket and Sportmarket put the question on the customer, and AsianConnect asks for use in line with the law. This page does not answer it, and it says nothing about the legal position of any place.
A list is not the law
The lists are the brokers’ own rules, and the law of your place is a separate question that no list answers.
Reading your row
Find your country in the table
Thirteen rows is all it holds, so a country without a row is simply absent from the table.
Cross out every broker whose document names it
Any “Named” in your row counts against that broker, including “Named on KYC page only”. “Not in menu” says only that AsianConnect’s sign-up form does not list the country. Read the clause itself in the broker’s document, not only the cell.
Look at the sign-up form of any broker left
It asks for your country. What the form and the broker’s reply say is the answer, and the table is not.
Best for: reading what each broker writes. Not ideal if: you want a verdict on your own country, because only a broker’s form and reply can give one.
Picture a bettor whose bookmakers have capped the stake (the capped-stake problem in one line). The exchange route takes that cap away, and what is left is how deep the market is, a question for how depth decides what fits. Before that comes a plainer one: whose list names the bettor’s country. A broker already in mind? The comparison tool shows what else its account opens, and the sign-up walk-through comes after. And if betting is stopping being fun, the responsible gambling page is there.
Short answers
Which countries are restricted on Orbit Exchange?
The lists that can be read are the brokers’, and they differ from one broker to the next. The table above puts thirteen names against the brokers’ documents. All four name the United States; AsianConnect’s sign-up menu leaves France out, and BetInAsia, MadMarket and Sportmarket name it.
Do I need a VPN for Orbit Exchange?
The ordinary route is a broker account. BetInAsia (clause 3.4) and MadMarket (clause 3.5) forbid a VPN, and their lists cover connecting from a named country as well as living in one.
Is Orbit Exchange available in my country?
That depends on the broker. A country that none of the documents names stays an open question: Sportmarket’s clause 3.7 also covers any jurisdiction missing from the country list at sign-up.
Why is Orbit Exchange blocked, and what does a 403 mean?
403 is the code for a request that was understood and refused. The message on a block page of the kind in the first section gives the country as the cause, not an account. An error page that does not mention a country does not say why it appeared.
Is it legal to use Orbit Exchange in my country?
This page cannot say. AsianConnect asks for use in line with applicable laws, and BetInAsia (clause 3.3), MadMarket (clause 3.4) and Sportmarket (clause 3.1) each put the question on the customer.
If the question behind these five is how brokers differ in general, the broker guide and the account mechanics cover it, and the exchange itself has its own page.