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Old 04-25-2007, 10:10 PM
silencio silencio is offline
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Default Any Israelis withdrawing serious poker money to Israeli accounts?

I am an Israeli living outside Israel but I am not a citizen where I leave. My only bank account is an Israeli bank account.

I've made several withdrawals from neteller to my bank account but recently they got pretty tough about wanting to know where the money is from so I sent my dad and he let them know that it's online gambling money (if this was wise or not only time will tell). Anyway, the teller consulted with her supervisor and came back saying something like "it's illegal, don't transfer any more funds". Since banks refusing money is like kids refusing chocolate I am kind of worried and I now have lots of scared poker money (neteller and their problems...) which I can't move into my bank account.

Any Israelis here with experience in that? Is it really illegal? I was under the impression that it is only illegal to promote and/or base online gambling businesses in Israel, not to consume them. If that's true than we have it even worse than the Americans, at least they are able to make withdrawls
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