Practical workarounds for US players

[Billman]

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www.easyswissbanking.com

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That's a very interesting idea and would seemingly work. Swiss bank accounts certainly aren't subject to whatever new regulations the feds set forth. As long as you can access them easily by neteller, it might be a winner. Anyone actually tried this?

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Swiss bank accounts for Americans can be a bit of a hassle. The Swiss would rather not take an American customer than open themselves up to supeonas and such when US customers are under investigation for tax evasion.

Not sure what this company is offering as part of their service but you should do a bit of research before using a third party for this type of thing. Even with setting up an offshore company as I recommended, you need to really do your homework on lawyers who can set this up. It's not always best to go with the cheapest or easiest method.

[caguma]

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www.easyswissbanking.com

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That's a very interesting idea and would seemingly work. Swiss bank accounts certainly aren't subject to whatever new regulations the feds set forth. As long as you can access them easily by neteller, it might be a winner. Anyone actually tried this?

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Swiss bank accounts for Americans can be a bit of a hassle. The Swiss would rather not take an American customer than open themselves up to supeonas and such when US customers are under investigation for tax evasion.

Not sure what this company is offering as part of their service but you should do a bit of research before using a third party for this type of thing. Even with setting up an offshore company as I recommended, you need to really do your homework on lawyers who can set this up. It's not always best to go with the cheapest or easiest method.

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I haven't really looked at the site, but I'm not trusting my money to easyswissbanking.com, sounds more like a scam than anything else. Also, most Swiss banks are in the business of managing wealth, when you take out fees and the conversion to Swiss Francs, people who put their money there earn negative interest last I knew. They don't want to have a guy moving money in and out every few weeks to poker sites.

[Utah]

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I'm highly confident that if I were a UK customer of Party Poker, I would have no problem accessing Party Poker from a US location/ISP

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That is 100% wrong. I have tested and they block U.S. IPs for real money games. You can observe from the U.S. but you cannot play.

[OmahaGal]

I agree - I wouldn't trust this at all.

I checked out the domain and it doesn't even look legit. The site states they are an intermediary and will help secure a Swiss bank account. While that in itself may not be an illegitimate business, there is no BCM Financial registered in/around the area where the domain information portrays. When you compare legitimate businesses and their corresponding domain information to this one, it doens't pass the smell test.

They use a 'hotmail' address. They don't list a telephone number and don't host their own address.


Administrative Contact:
BCM Finance International
Tim Norman (bcmfinance@hotmail.com)
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Fax: 612
9 Bell St Avalon
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BCM Finance International
Tim Norman (bcmfinance@hotmail.com)
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Fax: 612
9 Bell St Avalon
Sydney, 2094
AU

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Creation date: 28 Mar 2006 00:46:41
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[MusashiStyle]

eh... i suggest if u want a practical workaround, get a friend who lives not in US. Send him $. tell him to open an account and send u the password. These sites let u play from anywhere as long as the address is foreighm

[csi]

Your absolutely right, poker sites do track IP addresses that's why you would need to use a proxy server.

However, you would seriously need ID to match your 'new foreign address' just in case they ask to verify who you say you are, and that the ID address matches the Address registered to the site. IF it doesn't then kiss your money good bye.

[SDouble]

all you fish have to do is send me some money via check/money order and i'll transfer funds to your account [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Utah]

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Your absolutely right, poker sites do track IP addresses that's why you would need to use a proxy server.

However, you would seriously need ID to match your 'new foreign address' just in case they ask to verify who you say you are, and that the ID address matches the Address registered to the site. IF it doesn't then kiss your money good bye.

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You need it to match location. I use freecap to redirect the traffic to match the locations - http://www.freecap.ru/eng/?p=proxy

[kevstreet]

I live right near the Canadian border and own a passport. I was going to inquire about establishing an address there, but it appears that it won't make a differnce because of my ISP. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

I keep holding out hope that there's a way to make this work but the future is bleak.

[bluesbassman]

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I live right near the Canadian border and own a passport. I was going to inquire about establishing an address there, but it appears that it won't make a differnce because of my ISP. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

I keep holding out hope that there's a way to make this work but the future is bleak.

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I don't know whether this is has been brought up... but what about simply moving to Canada? I don't play poker full time, I have a career as an aerospace engineer. Does anyone know whether Canadian law would allow me to get an engineering job there and move?

I am so sick of the tyrannical U.S. government, I would seriously consider doing that even if I stopped playing online poker.