playing online from other countries

gambelero2 · #1 07-14-2005, 06:19 PM

What are the rules? I know that party lists "playing in a country where it is illegal" as one of the reasons they will confiscate your account.

I sent them an email and they said that unfortunately they said that they did not know (or have a list of) countries where you cannot play from. They also pointedly did not release themselves from their right to seize my account.

TStoneMBD · #2 07-14-2005, 06:21 PM

its illegal to play internet poker from the us. they play dumb because they certainly cant be honest.

gambelero2 · #3 07-14-2005, 07:07 PM

The problem is that they claim that they'll seize your account if you play in a country that is illegal.

Thks for the reply. No one ever responds to my posts, so I appreiate it.

P Rockets · #4 07-14-2005, 10:33 PM

I'm playing out of Japan - where it's also supposedly illegal. Have heard nothing from Party or anyone else on the issue (didn't even know party had that rule.

ZimbuTheMonkey · #5 07-14-2005, 10:40 PM

The sites won't do anything, don't worry.

LVGamb00ler · #6 07-17-2005, 02:52 AM

I spend about 5 months of the year in a foreign country. I can't access the Party/Empire/... cashier from that country, so the sites DO try to do something to constrain play from there.

G'luck,
Gamb00ler

mattw · #7 07-17-2005, 03:01 AM

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its illegal to play internet poker from the us. they play dumb because they certainly cant be honest.

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i thought the general concensus is that its a gray area for US citizens. it has not been addressed.

d10 · #8 07-17-2005, 03:14 AM

I don't know about the legality, but after 1 session playing outside the US my account was frozen until I could fax them all kinds of personal documents. It was a PITA.

Randy_Refeld · #9 07-17-2005, 03:20 AM

I was recently in Mexico and played on True and Empire with no problems. I think I might have palyed on some other sites, but I remember playing a lot on those because Empire had a reload while I was there. I did log onto Neteller as I have heard that they lockyour accoutn for security when you log in from another country.