Online Gambling in China

[davejaw]

hi all,

my main source of income is playing poker online. i will be spending a few months in beijing and i was wondering if i would be able to play there. if so, would i run into any legal issues?

thanks for your help,

David

[imron]

I don't know if you'll run into any legal issues, but you might find that some websites are blocked. It might be worth investing in a VPN such as witopia, which will allow you to get around any blocked websites.

*Disclosure: Chinese-forums is a Witopia affiliate. If you use that link to make a purchase, then for less than 1 RMB a day you not only get a fully-functional VPN which will solve all blocking issues within China, you also drop a few coins in the forums' coffers.

[simonlaing]

I have a friend in Nanjing who gets by on winnings from online poker.

There can be restrictions to the IP from China on some smaller sites. (Chinese have good hackers I guess) You need a Western Bank account to deposit money into and out of. But generally it works fine.

Also there can be some issues withdrawing money, sometimes the best rate you get is from your debit card in the atm, but doing it this way you don't get a receipt , the receipt is helpful in changing RMB back into western currency.

It is definitely possible.

good luck,

Simon:)

[davejaw]

thank you for your helpful replies

what a friendly forum ^__^

[breaa]

I just arrived in Shanghai, and I have been unable to load pokerstars properly.

Not sure if I'm doing something wrong but it might be blocked.

[davejaw]

ahh.. that sucks...

let me know if you have any luck getting around it...

maybe you can find some live games to play instead

[imron]

As I mentioned earlier, probably the most convenient and practical way around website blocking is to use a VPN. If you're technically inclined, setting up a private proxy server is also a good solution.

*Disclosure: Same as above.

[roddy]

Can't get to pokerstars from Dalian either. It works through a VPN fine.