Topic: So coinbase closed my account for gambling... - page 2. (Read 4521 times)
maybe your account considered spam, try to send emails to the admin and say that it was a mistake, maybe it will fix the accounts that you have on coinbase
Aha, I guess this is why my coinbase account was closed today. I didn't even know what I do with my bitcoins purchases got anything to do with them. Wow, Durex threatens to stop selling me condoms too if I continue laying random single one night stands.
I have dozens of transactions to and fro a variety of gambling sites each day, didn't even expect a coin seller to meddle into what I do with coins i bought. No emails, no warnings, just sudden closure.
I'm disappointed by coinbase's decisions and actions but hey, it's their lost not mine. I hope they maintain this dumb rule, many other sites are doing what they do, buying and selling btc, many more are trying to compete for a market share in this area. They'll get squeezed out of business when another capable btc trader comes along....I hope to see it happening soon:)
I have dozens of transactions to and fro a variety of gambling sites each day, didn't even expect a coin seller to meddle into what I do with coins i bought. No emails, no warnings, just sudden closure.
I'm disappointed by coinbase's decisions and actions but hey, it's their lost not mine. I hope they maintain this dumb rule, many other sites are doing what they do, buying and selling btc, many more are trying to compete for a market share in this area. They'll get squeezed out of business when another capable btc trader comes along....I hope to see it happening soon:)
Just don't use coinbase. Use blockchain.info and localbitcoins to stay on the down low with your gambling.
Moneypot uses a mixer upon withdraw as a feature that helps bs like this.
nice idea of using a mixer but isnt it that withdrawing funds from a gambling site have withdrawal fee? then another fee for using a mixer?
that's a lot of fees to pay before funds reach the wallet
No moneypot provides it to players as a service just one normal fee.
Moneypot uses a mixer upon withdraw as a feature that helps bs like this.
nice idea of using a mixer but isnt it that withdrawing funds from a gambling site have withdrawal fee? then another fee for using a mixer?
that's a lot of fees to pay before funds reach the wallet
Moneypot uses a mixer upon withdraw as a feature that helps bs like this.
coinbase doesn't accept customers from my country so I don't know much about it but it follows American rules and you know that unregulated gambling sites are not allowed in the US
I heard so many people complaining about this problem , maybe you should use an exchanger or something like that cause they are following your addresses
I heard so many people complaining about this problem , maybe you should use an exchanger or something like that cause they are following your addresses
If you are playing anonymously at a bitcoin sportsbook that bans US IPs, a VPN will allow you to get in and use the site.
coinbase doesn't accept customers from my country so I don't know much about it but it follows American rules and you know that unregulated gambling sites are not allowed in the US
I heard so many people complaining about this problem , maybe you should use an exchanger or something like that cause they are following your addresses
I heard so many people complaining about this problem , maybe you should use an exchanger or something like that cause they are following your addresses
What other sites can I use that are easy as coinbase? I could sell a bitcoin one day and the money would be in my bank account the next day with very low fees, less than 1%.
Thanks
I don't know any as easy as coinbase. You could buy and sell bitcoins for cash on localbitcoins. Somebody else mention circle.com, I have tried it.
Also found these, But can't vouch for them since I haven't tried them.
bitstamp.net
kraken.com
xapo.com
I presume that's why.
I got a warning email a month or so ago...I had done a few withdraws directly to CB from poker sites. Once I got it, I did every single transfer through a middle wallet first.
I'm guessing the transaction behavior was what led to the closure since I never went directly to gambling from CB again (winning poker player...I would keep X amount in CB, when I won that amount in poker, I would sell it on CB and withdraw that amount from the poker site to my other wallet and then to CB)
What other sites can I use that are easy as coinbase? I could sell a bitcoin one day and the money would be in my bank account the next day with very low fees, less than 1%.
Thanks
I got a warning email a month or so ago...I had done a few withdraws directly to CB from poker sites. Once I got it, I did every single transfer through a middle wallet first.
I'm guessing the transaction behavior was what led to the closure since I never went directly to gambling from CB again (winning poker player...I would keep X amount in CB, when I won that amount in poker, I would sell it on CB and withdraw that amount from the poker site to my other wallet and then to CB)
What other sites can I use that are easy as coinbase? I could sell a bitcoin one day and the money would be in my bank account the next day with very low fees, less than 1%.
Thanks
https://www.circle.com
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Using the Services to make the following types of payments is prohibited, and Circle reserves the right to monitor for payments that relate to:
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gambling activities including but not limited to sports betting, casino games, horse racing, dog racing, lotteries, games of chance, sweepstakes, games of skill that may be classified as gambling (i.e. poker), or other activities that facilitate any of the foregoing;
We understand that gambling may be legal in your jurisdiction, but unfortunately we cannot allow you to use Circle in connection with these activities.
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gambling activities including but not limited to sports betting, casino games, horse racing, dog racing, lotteries, games of chance, sweepstakes, games of skill that may be classified as gambling (i.e. poker), or other activities that facilitate any of the foregoing;
We understand that gambling may be legal in your jurisdiction, but unfortunately we cannot allow you to use Circle in connection with these activities.
It's a international(non. US) agreement. They can't allow this either as they are based in US. (CMIIW)
If you use Nitrogen you will be fine since they use multiple wallets for withdrawals and you can change your deposit address up to 5 times a day. For transferring with other books, you can use a mixer such as https://bitmixer.io/
Before closing an account, Circle normally will ask you what type of transactions that you make and with whom. Most just say they buy and sell computer equipment and tell Circle that I would rather keep the names private. It seems to work.
I presume that's why.
I got a warning email a month or so ago...I had done a few withdraws directly to CB from poker sites. Once I got it, I did every single transfer through a middle wallet first.
I'm guessing the transaction behavior was what led to the closure since I never went directly to gambling from CB again (winning poker player...I would keep X amount in CB, when I won that amount in poker, I would sell it on CB and withdraw that amount from the poker site to my other wallet and then to CB)
What other sites can I use that are easy as coinbase? I could sell a bitcoin one day and the money would be in my bank account the next day with very low fees, less than 1%.
Thanks
I got a warning email a month or so ago...I had done a few withdraws directly to CB from poker sites. Once I got it, I did every single transfer through a middle wallet first.
I'm guessing the transaction behavior was what led to the closure since I never went directly to gambling from CB again (winning poker player...I would keep X amount in CB, when I won that amount in poker, I would sell it on CB and withdraw that amount from the poker site to my other wallet and then to CB)
What other sites can I use that are easy as coinbase? I could sell a bitcoin one day and the money would be in my bank account the next day with very low fees, less than 1%.
Thanks
https://www.circle.com
Quote
Using the Services to make the following types of payments is prohibited, and Circle reserves the right to monitor for payments that relate to:
-snip-
gambling activities including but not limited to sports betting, casino games, horse racing, dog racing, lotteries, games of chance, sweepstakes, games of skill that may be classified as gambling (i.e. poker), or other activities that facilitate any of the foregoing;
We understand that gambling may be legal in your jurisdiction, but unfortunately we cannot allow you to use Circle in connection with these activities.
-snip-
gambling activities including but not limited to sports betting, casino games, horse racing, dog racing, lotteries, games of chance, sweepstakes, games of skill that may be classified as gambling (i.e. poker), or other activities that facilitate any of the foregoing;
We understand that gambling may be legal in your jurisdiction, but unfortunately we cannot allow you to use Circle in connection with these activities.
It's a international(non. US) agreement. They can't allow this either as they are based in US. (CMIIW)
I presume that's why.
I got a warning email a month or so ago...I had done a few withdraws directly to CB from poker sites. Once I got it, I did every single transfer through a middle wallet first.
I'm guessing the transaction behavior was what led to the closure since I never went directly to gambling from CB again (winning poker player...I would keep X amount in CB, when I won that amount in poker, I would sell it on CB and withdraw that amount from the poker site to my other wallet and then to CB)
What other sites can I use that are easy as coinbase? I could sell a bitcoin one day and the money would be in my bank account the next day with very low fees, less than 1%.
Thanks
I got a warning email a month or so ago...I had done a few withdraws directly to CB from poker sites. Once I got it, I did every single transfer through a middle wallet first.
I'm guessing the transaction behavior was what led to the closure since I never went directly to gambling from CB again (winning poker player...I would keep X amount in CB, when I won that amount in poker, I would sell it on CB and withdraw that amount from the poker site to my other wallet and then to CB)
What other sites can I use that are easy as coinbase? I could sell a bitcoin one day and the money would be in my bank account the next day with very low fees, less than 1%.
Thanks
https://www.circle.com
I tried to search if there's any rule about accepting payments from gambling sites, there's none but i'm not sure about their rules before we sign up if there is. I get my payments from Magicaldice through coinbase.
Coinbase does prohibit using their service to send/receive money from gambling sites, it may go unnoticed but when and if they find out they will close your account and this is not the first time it has happened. Here's where they mention these rules:
Quote from: https://www.coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement
--Appendix 1: Prohibited Businesses and Prohibited Use
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
Right.
Thing is, they sent me a warning and basically just said don't gamble through Coinbase again. I never once sent bitcoins to or from a gambling site directly with Coinbase again. I went through the MyCelium wallet on my phone every single time.
So the only thing I can think of is the pattern of my activity. Selling X amount of BTC from Coinbase and then immediately transferring that same exact amount of BTC back into Coinbase from a different wallet.
I tried to search if there's any rule about accepting payments from gambling sites, there's none but i'm not sure about their rules before we sign up if there is. I get my payments from Magicaldice through coinbase.
Coinbase does prohibit using their service to send/receive money from gambling sites, it may go unnoticed but when and if they find out they will close your account and this is not the first time it has happened. Here's where they mention these rules:
Quote from: https://www.coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement
--Appendix 1: Prohibited Businesses and Prohibited Use
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
I do think it can only be enforced where online gambling is prohibited like in the US. But in a country where it is not, I can't see how they can do that to someone's account outside it's jurisdictions.
I tried to search if there's any rule about accepting payments from gambling sites, there's none but i'm not sure about their rules before we sign up if there is. I get my payments from Magicaldice through coinbase.
Coinbase does prohibit using their service to send/receive money from gambling sites, it may go unnoticed but when and if they find out they will close your account and this is not the first time it has happened. Here's where they mention these rules:
Quote from: https://www.coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement
--Appendix 1: Prohibited Businesses and Prohibited Use
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
I do think it can only be enforced where online gambling is prohibited like in the US. But in a country where it is not, I can't see how they can do that to someone's account outside it's jurisdictions.
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Right.
Thing is, they sent me a warning and basically just said don't gamble through Coinbase again. I never once sent bitcoins to or from a gambling site directly with Coinbase again. I went through the MyCelium wallet on my phone every single time.
So the only thing I can think of is the pattern of my activity. Selling X amount of BTC from Coinbase and then immediately transferring that same exact amount of BTC back into Coinbase from a different wallet.
Right.
Thing is, they sent me a warning and basically just said don't gamble through Coinbase again. I never once sent bitcoins to or from a gambling site directly with Coinbase again. I went through the MyCelium wallet on my phone every single time.
So the only thing I can think of is the pattern of my activity. Selling X amount of BTC from Coinbase and then immediately transferring that same exact amount of BTC back into Coinbase from a different wallet.
Yeah, however they did but they did tracked it and if you had used some kind of mixing service in between this wouldn't have happened but even then Coinbase is a little anal when it comes to things like these.
You can search for exchanges here: http://howtobuybitcoins.info/#!/USD and see the one that suits your needs, or you can use an e-wallet service for gambling like Neteller, they allow BTC deposits directly and you can cash-out your winnings to your bank account or use their card at any ATMs.
Note: you won't be able to deposit BTC and cashout to your bank or ATM, but you can send it to Neteller merchants and online gambling sites. But there are a lot of traders here and on LBC who will easily buy your BTC for Neteller and you can cashout that to your Bank account or ATM.
I think the problem is your middle wallet. Coinbase tracked the coins going into your middle wallet and found they are sent from a gambling site. You could have used an exchange or a shared web wallet as the middle wallet. It would be more difficult to track your source of income.
I tried to search if there's any rule about accepting payments from gambling sites, there's none but i'm not sure about their rules before we sign up if there is. I get my payments from Magicaldice through coinbase.
Coinbase does prohibit using their service to send/receive money from gambling sites, it may go unnoticed but when and if they find out they will close your account and this is not the first time it has happened. Here's where they mention these rules:
Quote from: https://www.coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement
--Appendix 1: Prohibited Businesses and Prohibited Use
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
hey thank you for the link and the warning, maybe it's time for me to move my coins somewhere else where payments from gambling sites are allowed to be stored and accepted.
I tried to search if there's any rule about accepting payments from gambling sites, there's none but i'm not sure about their rules before we sign up if there is. I get my payments from Magicaldice through coinbase.
Coinbase does prohibit using their service to send/receive money from gambling sites, it may go unnoticed but when and if they find out they will close your account and this is not the first time it has happened. Here's where they mention these rules:
Quote from: https://www.coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement
--Appendix 1: Prohibited Businesses and Prohibited Use
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
Right.
Thing is, they sent me a warning and basically just said don't gamble through Coinbase again. I never once sent bitcoins to or from a gambling site directly with Coinbase again. I went through the MyCelium wallet on my phone every single time.
So the only thing I can think of is the pattern of my activity. Selling X amount of BTC from Coinbase and then immediately transferring that same exact amount of BTC back into Coinbase from a different wallet.
I tried to search if there's any rule about accepting payments from gambling sites, there's none but i'm not sure about their rules before we sign up if there is. I get my payments from Magicaldice through coinbase.
Coinbase does prohibit using their service to send/receive money from gambling sites, it may go unnoticed but when and if they find out they will close your account and this is not the first time it has happened. Here's where they mention these rules:
Quote from: https://www.coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement
--Appendix 1: Prohibited Businesses and Prohibited Use
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
5. Gambling, except where permitted by Coinbase
--You may not use your Coinbase Account to engage in the following categories of activity ("Prohibited Use"). By opening a Coinbase Account, you confirm that you will not use your Account to do any of the following:
3. Partake in any transaction involving online gambling except where permitted by Coinbase;
What other sites can you link your bank account and your sells go directly to your bank?
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