Betfair and Paypal

chumofchance · #1 10-02-2007, 02:32 AM

Well sweet, thanks, but all the same, could you go ahead and be more explicit? I'm actually quite bright, I just know nothing about online banking. Hence the question.

WhoIam · #2 10-02-2007, 03:05 AM

Paypal doesn't process gambling transactions.

Olin Prefleup · #3 10-02-2007, 03:06 AM

It does in Europe. There is no need to be a dbag, especially if you are not well informed .

chumofchance · #4 10-02-2007, 03:18 AM

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Thank you. Honestly, 2p2 tilts the [censored] out of me sometimes.

And back to the original question, how workable is this plan assuming I have a legit non-US paypal account, albeit one tied to a US bank? If not, I can get access to a non-US bank account, but it'd be annoying.

bookish · #5 10-02-2007, 04:16 AM

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Are you sure??
I'm in England and I've always had to use neteller.
I've never seen neteller accepted anywhere* poker-related and I assumed it was a paypal thing. Once ebay bought them they dropped out of the ... ahem .. adult space too. I'm told.

*Possible exception for PokerTracker and similar.

WhoIam · #6 10-02-2007, 04:23 AM

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It does in Europe. There is no need to be a dbag, especially if you are not well informed .

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Please explain how trying to be helpful equals being a dbag. Thanks.

Olin Prefleup · #7 10-02-2007, 04:29 AM

I remember reading that it was available in some rooms to EU residents (Ladbrokes and Betfair, i think). But im not European, so I may be wrong [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Olin Prefleup · #8 10-02-2007, 04:31 AM

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Please explain how trying to be helpful equals being a dbag. Thanks.

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I dont think the first reply was particularly helpful

RioGossiper · #9 10-02-2007, 07:10 AM

I deal frequently in paypal and gaming in europe. This would not be possible to use your US paypal in this manner. Paypal API checks the country first thing, and will stop you if you try to deposit to betfair.

If your betfair account gets blocked it will be a pain to not be in the UK. They frequently block new accounts for verification.

Paypal does allow you to have multple account in different countries so you could setup a 2nd paypal account in britain. You will need a british bank account however.

The only place that will let you have an account as a non resident is Barclays, it is £10k minimum to open. But if you have a willing relative this is all possible to do.

g33z3r · #10 10-02-2007, 08:14 AM

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I used PayPal for deposits and withdrawals at betfair. (german bank account + nationality)