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    Hi all,

    I am currently in the USA and have been for a while. I recently had my account with a betting website suspended after they found this out, as the USA is a "restricted territory" and betting from here isn't allowed - I have been circumventing this by disguising my IP, on the previous advice of an employee from this betting company.

    Anyway, I recently told this betting company that it was their employee who advised me to do this, and that I had another account with them. This was after they honoured bets in my now suspended account, which were made from the USA - and these bets won me about 2K.

    These are the two messages they have recently sent as part of larger emails -

    "I would also like to advise you that we do accept business from a restricted territory, if you open another account and hide that you are in a restricted territory to place bets. Your transactions will be void and your deposits will be returned to you, whether these are winners or losers. Receipt of this email is our understanding that you are fully aware of the repercussions should you continue to access our site from a restricted territory."

    Transactions are basically money deposited, bets placed, and successful bets paid back into my account balance.

    And then -

    "Your account has been closed. If any further accounts are opened and bets placed whilst in a restricted territory, once these are detected all bets will be void - win or lose, and your deposits returned."

    Based on these messages, I have been betting based on the reading that when they discover this other account info, whether from me or on their own, all bets will be voided, and it will be treated as if nothing has happened, and I will be refunded all deposits - both current unsettled bets and old settled bets.

    Basically, I believe I can keep placing these bets as if risk-free, because whilst I am in the USA, they are now obligated to refund them when they find out anyway.

    Fair?
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  • #2
    Re: Advice on betsite email

    Not if you're beaking federal or state laws in placing the bets.

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    • #3
      Re: Advice on betsite email

      You aren't breaking federal law by online gambling, but you could run foul of some state laws.

      Fair? not really, and I thought part of the attraction of gambling was the risk factor.

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      • #4
        Re: Advice on betsite email

        And a to my reading of their emails?

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        • #5
          Re: Advice on betsite email

          How do you propose to force them to return your bets?
          You could hardly take them to court and say "yer honour, i bet illegally and now want my money back because they sent me an email"
          And if they do return your bets, declaring them void because you broke the law, they could just as easily sue you for the return of your wins (if any) as they followed your illegal actions.

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          • #6
            Re: Advice on betsite email

            Because they have said this is what they will do.

            It was also their staff who advised me to circumvent their system by hiding my IP, and on how to so this.

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