Is playing with VPN legal?

[Heatman]

Do you think it's legal for you to play on any poker website using a VPN? VPN helps to mask your real location and IP address which can be used to bypass poker websites their services isn't available in your location.

Have you ever tried playing on a poker site using a VPN? What will be the consequences if your account is found out?

 

[fords8]

Some site I would think have banned this.

 

[Nathan AKA Nate]

Yeah some sites ban vpn and multiple accounts get banned

 

[Demon_skeith]

Only if the sites want to ban duplicate account making or those avoiding bans by using a vpn.

 

[Nathan AKA Nate]

Only if the sites want to ban duplicate account making or those avoiding bans by using a vpn.

I don’t use a VPN

 

[Henry]

I don't play with VPN. I don't know how safe it is doing so on some sites as well.

 

[Nathan AKA Nate]

I think it’s not safe for personal information I don’t like it and it’s like your sharing a IP with millions of people
I don’t agree with them

 

[Henry]

I think it’s not safe for personal information I don’t like it at it’s like your sharing a IP with millions of people
I don’t agree with them

You made a valid point here. I wouldn't be comfortable as well with that kind of situation as well. I play without vpn for my safety.

 

[Nathan AKA Nate]

Correct

 

[Shortie]

I believe most sites have banned the use of a VPN. This is understandable as I can imagine there are many ways to cause issues using a VPN.

 

[Nathan AKA Nate]

Yeah bad things you can do with them

 

[Bawse]

I know people that do it. I wouldn't, because I don't want to risk not be able to cash out my winnings.

It's a good way to get banned if you're playing from restricted country or state.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

VPN is a very important topic in online poker. So many poker sites did not allow VPN because they need to check where you are located because of some legal reasons. If you are caught using VPN, they can freeze your account.

 

[Heatman]

Only if the sites want to ban duplicate account making or those avoiding bans by using a vpn.

Personally, I would first find out if any poker website I want to use allow the use of VPN because if they don't, there's no excuse to make when they block your account.