[MicroBob]

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Hello,

I had this simple idea that might be stupid, but who knows...

Say you want to deposit $500 on an online Poker Room but your U.S. bank won't let you.

How about you send that money to someone who does not live in the U.S., though Paypal for eample, and then that person transfers that money back to you on the poker room itself? (At least Pokerstars and Party allow you to do that) I think I see how a website could be set up to connect players who want to deposit and others who want to help.

Non-U.S. players could help U.S. players this way. Obviously, there's the trust issue, but that didn't stop Ebay from working.

Maybe as an incentive players who help make the deposit can retain à $5 flat fee or something similar?

Thoughts?

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many others have mentioned having a friend in Europe do this for you or something.

I'm not a big fan of this.

YOU finding a way to fund the site yourself actually isn't a felony.
But if somebody funds the site FOR you then that can be sonstrued as a felony.


So if they look through your bank-records and/or somehow determine that your $500 to your pal in England was to launder it to a poker-site then I think they can be held legally responsible for funding the gambling for you.

So this 'friend' of yours now would be bet to make sure he stays the hell out of the U.S.


This is all a VERY novice interpretation of a really long-shot circumstance that perhaps COULD happen.

But I really think you are better having a bank or something else overseas do it for you then using a 'friend' in Europe.


Also, it is entirely possible that it will remain relatively easy to fund the accounts from your bank to neteller, etc.

I just wanted to address one potential issue I have with the idea of using a friend in Europe because, to me, what they are doing looks more illegal then what you are doing and you shouldn't be asking that kind of 'favor' from anyone imo.