Topic: Connecting to Public Wifi - page 2. (Read 363 times)

I was wondering what makes a person to join public wifi to gamble. Isnt it that hard to wait few hours until you get home and use your own wifi? Or mobile data isnt that much expensive anymore, as well as gaming dont require much data. For me it isnt worth risking loosing funds or getting banned for security reasons (casinos might think someone got access to your account). If gambling is so much important, then there is always a chance to postpone something, gamble and get back to what was planned to do first.

It depends on the operator, if you hit the jackpot in your game he will definitely pay attention to you, if he doesn't pay attention to you then don't continue what you are doing. We should always avoid logging into public wifi because it is dangerous, there are many scammers. Gambling on public wifi is not recommended, always keep personal belongings safe.

Exactly what I was thinking when I was reading the OP.

Using a public WiFi network with a VPN is dangerous, using without a VPN is even more dangerous. Conducting any transactions, logging into any accounts, etc, all in an unencrypted fashion on a network where the eyes are on you...you can deduce the dangers.

Use a VPN and avoid public networks generally.

...and if you're worried about using a VPN on a gambling site, either don't use them, have KYC on the ready, or let them know that for your security and privacy, you'll be using a VPN from now on. They'll know your origin IP from initial usage. Though based on this experience, it doesn't matter too much if you're OK with KYC:

Unfortunately, casino operators doesn't authenticate who's playing your account, they just assume it's you if you can prove that you can unlock it so technically the verification process has its own hole in it. OP's concerned is if he is going to breach some casino's policy or terms IF someone already used the public wifi for the same casino site. But if I were to think at that time, I'll avoid it because there are games in casino that aren't allowed to play by 2 devices in a single IP address like Poker.

Perhaps that's another problem for using a public wifi connection on some online casino, anything they could see malicious they are free to do what they want.

Op this forum is not a City and if your are referring to the place are right now then you have used and " definite article or indefinite article" to indicate the location of the city. And that is by the way, I don't think the public network have anything to do with the casino if is has already connected, if the casino accept the ip from your end then there is no issue. And even if someone has connected it before you, the ip address would not be the same, therefore you can do the verification and continue your game. But using public WiFi is dangerous, because malwares can be transmitted and spywares can be also transmited as well so be careful when using it.

I don't think it will have any effect. Because every time you log in using a different network & device you will definitely be asked for verification to ensure that it is really you who is logging in.
However, there are several online gambling sites that implement a sudden policy if you win the jackpot. Either cancel your winnings or freeze your account because it is considered suspicious activity.
But to avoid spying via public WiFi, it's better not to use it for gambling. Especially if it's your main account with a fairly large amount of capital.

Even though it's understandable that sometimes we need to resort to free public WiFi, i would avoid it for this and anything that disallows double accounts as i see a possibility to get your account frozen for double accounting, at least until you explain the situation. I don't believe it would get you banned for life, but it would be inconvenient for everyone for sure, and it would take time to prove your case and identity and such..

And while https is pretty safe i wouldn't trust it enough to use wifi for my finances.

you can try but the casino will most likely still consider that you broke one of their terms and conditions(if they have that rule) if the IP of the wifi you used has been used by someone who uses the same casino. if you want to access the casino that you play at it would be better to just use mobile data instead of connecting to a public wifi. besides, connecting to public wifi is risky too so I would rather use mobile data.

This should not be a big threat to your account as someone like me don't count such as against the rules or as in any forms of violations, but if it's clearly stated in their ToS then try as much not to connect on them to gamble, you can use a public free wifi for other forms of browsing the internet but not for gambling since it may have something to do with your IP address being altered.

connecting to the public connection is what you would do when you get bored. and this looks like a common problem by the time millions of people in one city are trying to gamble in the limited crypto casinos around. and if the casino won't listen to the reason of possibility that there could be lots of you playing using the airport wifi or train wifi.

won't the KYC help? it should help if they just ask all the rest to submit KYC but this is also what others avoid submitting.

i've experienced this too, when i'm taking care outside of something and i'm bored, i try to access a gambling site and luckily yesterday on the gambling site where i play there was a notification about accessing from a new IP address, so i immediately chatted with customer service and got the answer is that as long as it is not accessed via VPN then playing with a new IP address is not a problem.  Therefore, i suggest that you only use one IP ^{(from your smartphone only)} to access online gambling sites, currently using smartphones to gamble is very common and easy.

When in doubt, skip; the rule I follow in gambling industry. If you are worried of possible sanctions from doing so then what's the need to do so? If you are too eager and there's signal on your network provider then why not sue cellular data then? And if you have access to your cellular data then obviously it will just be better to not gamble at all in public given that IP is being concerned here. Go home and play or avoid gambling and just mind your thing on why you are outside in the first place. Also, not all gambling sites have such restriction so you may still engage with other reputable ones, just if you have a strong reason to bet by that time.
In my area, public wifis are the worst given that there are many people connected into it simultaneously, you can't expect for a fast internet connection. It could even start a problem with your bet in particular with sudden lag interferences; imagine losing and not even satisfied with your gambling experience due to inconsistencies with your internet connection. There will always be option for us we are really into betting a particular game or sport.

It was the rarest part of the gambler who used the public Wi-Fi to play the game.Because using the public Wi-Fi won’t be the better option for the normal people,their was huge possibilities for the people personal data and photos can be hacked by the user who provide the personal data.So if the gambler use the Public or free Wi-Fi will loss their personal details like password of the many important site.This may also occur,if we have the ability to accept the cookies send by the hacker while using the gambling site.The password of the gambling site also may leads to the gamblers to loss the huge money in the gambling site wallets.So better to use your own Wi-Fi or personal data.

Kind unfair if you think about it, if you consider there are countries and internet providers which do not give an option to their clients to have a fixed IP address, instead of that they get what is called a dynamic IP address. In my country it is something which is relatively common for people to have the IP address in their city and then after some time the IP address changes to a completely different city several hours away by car within the same country.
If what you say it is true and if there is some precedent about it, then it would be pretty sad someone from such countries to be denied a jackpot because factors they do not even have power over, like the status of their IP. 

I may even need to check the status of mine and also de Terms of Services of the casinos I have signed up on.

VPN protects against some of those things, Im surprised it was possible to connect to gamble via a shared IP.  Normally they restrict all kinds of sites that would be considered 18+ like a gambling site is included in that broad category.   As said its not too safe to use a public computer or a publicly shared connection, for alot of things its ok but if you gamble with a large balance its something I would avoid also just in case.   Keyloggers are sometimes installed on public computers and that kind of thing is something that has to be considered, dont use any big balance account is probably for the best as a precaution.

Technically you are not probably using the same IP even if you are connected to the same wifi or telecom service because they use dynamic IP in most countries so if you are not doing anything wrong then you do not need to worry about using it via a different IP but better not to be cause connecting to public wifi pose serious security vulnerabilities.

Why you should never, ever connect to public Wi-Fi

Let me give you an easy solution, just enable the hotspot from your mobile and connect your tab.

In every cases, I think this is the best he can do, besides reading terms and conditions of the casino he is playing at. He can send a direct message to the casino's support and explain the situation shared here, so the support will accurately reply him if he can play or not on their platform. In positive case, he has an alibi if the casino creates issues later with him for this reason, especially when trying to make a withdrawal. Gamblers always have to seek for guarantees from the house before they play and achieve big winnings, because if they start looking for such informations after they win, it's very likely they are going to have their payments denied, due to casinos using such gaps as "legit" excuses to not pay them accordingly...

The concern brought up here is actually very recurrent as a common situation experienced by many gamblers in a daily basis, as we are constantly going out, accessing Wi-Fi on the streets, what inevitably involves public connections which have hundreds or thousands of people using them simultaneously. At some point, there will be two or more gamblers using the same public Wi-Fi and the same casino platform. So, they must know what to do in this case and if it will bring punishments over their accounts.

Why don't you just ask your casino operator about it? They're the ones who can best explain their IP sharing policies and how they handle situations where players are connected to the same IP address.

A lotta gambling sites have policies against account sharing and stuff to stop sketchy business.  But I guess they understand sometimes random folks end up coming from the same IP without meaning to. 

So maybe if you explain your situation, they can note your account in case other players turn up from your IP down the road and  least thats what I'd try.  Can't hurt to ask them directly.

When I travel to another city in my country and stay at my relatives' house, I am in a state of maximum alert regarding whether or not they have an account at the same casino as me and what internet they use, I choose to use the operator's internet of my country's mobile phone service when I travel and stay at my relatives' house, at home I use the internet from my cable internet provider which is faster, while the internet from my country's mobile phone provider is very slow and the IP changes constantly so I get a lot of stress when I travel, but as I don't have many internet options, so I use the slow internet on my country's mobile phone

I also always watch how the IP is changing and I avoid going into the casino, I only go in if I really need to, that is, when I travel I don't place sports bets, I don't play at the casino. I prefer to spend all my time without playing until I go back to my city and home and start playing, this is so I can avoid problems. But I must say that even without entering the casino, the internet is so slow that keeping track of game results becomes a very difficult task. There were times when I typed goole and it took more than 3 hours for the page to open, I even fell asleep

and when I woke up I saw that the page had already opened, I became more irritated with that situation. Now talking about my country's Wi-Fi network, honestly, the free Wi-Fi internet in my country is only available at colleges and due to many people using it at the same time they have become very slow, to the point where it is useless for anyone to use it for play in a casino, I highly doubt that anyone from my country will use that internet at college to place sports bets or play a game in an online casino. students who are fans of films and video games have taken over the entire internet for themselves, they keep downloading them all day

KYC won’t matter if your account is linked to other account that abused the casino bonuses or ban by violating the ToS through IP connection like OP stated. There’s a lot of scam accusation here that is same story which casino denied even the difference on KYC because they knew that KYC can be purchased. Some people accept payment for their KYC especially from a 3rd world country which privacy doesn’t matter due to poverty.

It’s better to play safe because you will never know when you will hit big time then casino use this kind of bullshit excuse to seize your profit. An IP similarity is a strong digital evidence to assume someone with multiple account just like using public VPN that shares IP with other user.