Betfair and Paypal

[chumofchance]

Hey everyone, quick question. I'm a US resident but have access to non-US ip addresses (findnot.com, vpn, etc.). Using a non-US ip address lets me use the Betfair client (which won't work for me otherwise). I'm wondering if the following will let me play there...

I have some relatives living in the UK. If I use their address while making a Betfair account, and then create a paypal account with the same address, can I get away with having the paypal account linked to my normal US bank account?

Thoughts? Thanks, Alan

[Annorax]

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Hey everyone, quick question. I'm a US resident but have access to non-US ip addresses (findnot.com, vpn, etc.). Using a non-US ip address lets me use the Betfair client (which won't work for me otherwise). I'm wondering if the following will let me play there...

I have some relatives living in the UK. If I use their address while making a Betfair account, and then create a paypal account with the same address, can I get away with having the paypal account linked to my normal US bank account?

Thoughts? Thanks, Alan

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I'd tell you exactly what's wrong with your post, but it's just easier to call you stupid.

[chumofchance]

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]

Paypal doesn't process gambling transactions.

[Olin Prefleup]

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

[chumofchance]

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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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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.

[cardman]

Don't [censored] around with Betfair if you're in the U.S. They find out you're an American in the U.S. and your account is [censored].

[chumofchance]

Ha, good to know [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Thanks for the replies everyone.

[bookish]

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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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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]

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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.