Non-Schengen Countries that Allow Pokerstars.COM?
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Non-Schengen Countries that Allow Pokerstars.COM?
Hi guys, I've been traveling around Europe in Schengen territories since the beginning of 2015, and in April i'm going to have to move outside of the Schengen area to abide by visa laws. Can anyone tell me
-how strictly enforced the Schengen visa policy actually is?
-any non-Schengen countries that you can use the Pokerstars.COM client to play from.
Right now the only non-schengen country that pokerstars support has verified as playable for .COM is Romania. they refuse to comment on other countries and will only give you further information on a country if you are physically present in it, which is useless b/c by then you have signed on the client and confirmed playability for yourself
Thanks for helping me navigate!
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EDIT: Didn't see you want Stars.com, why do you want that necessarily?
The UK is probably your best option, as gambling winnings are tax-free and it's a non-Schengen country. Only problem is that you still need to pay America taxes, I'm pretty sure.
Thanks Chael.
Can anyone verify if they've played .com from cyprus?
*i need stars.COM b/c i'm doing month-to-month leases and it's not enough time for me to get registered with utility bills / other verification documents at each of my addresses
Well, I have this plan for the second semester. Can't you just log in and play at different countries (expect france, italy) ?
many of the countries have their own legislation that restrict you from playing unless you verify within that country. For instance, I'm in barcelona this month and i'm only able to play here under pokerstars.es. except in order to get verified on .es, you need utility bills/bank statements.
Here is an email i got from pokerstars support that explains the situation a little more:
Thanks a lot Nick. Enjoy the trip!
i play from serbia on pokerstars.com, at present time
What about Austria ? I want to go skiing
Croatia recently moved to .eu
wondering if all .EU is .com compatiable?
shortly r they COMpatiable
Here's a part of the email I got, maybe it helps with some of your questions:
"On February 3, all players in your country will be moving from the PokerStars.COM software to the PokerStars.EU software, and will operate under our license issued by the Malta Lotteries & Gaming Authority.
You will still be able to access the same great games and tournaments, and play against the same players as you did on PokerStars.COM.
PokerStars will continue to protect your player account balance under the same high standards, and we will continue to offer the same level of customer support from our base in Malta. "
Is Croatia and Serbia tax free now?
The current situation for Croatia is that there should be a reading of the proposed law around mid 2015 and come into effect at the start of 2016. I have some links from poker news relates sites so pm me if you're interested (as I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post them here).
Ok I cant wait for that. Thanks though :) currently slovenia seems the most srs option
Np. Have you considered Malta ? Not very expensive, great weather, tax free if I remember correctly.
I did consider it but flight tickets are expensive for me and it is not clearly tax free afaik. Gotta setup companies or w/e and then pay like 5%. Not exactly sure though. Like with slovenia places like italy, croatia, austria are very close etc :)
Here's an updated list of all compatible .COM countries in Europe
You will be able to play on PokerStars.COM as normal during your stay on those countries on PokerStars.EU.
The .EU countries are :
Austria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
its not on this list ^, but can anyone confirm Serbia as .COM playable/restricted?
Serbia is not EU but is .COM playable. The same goes for Norway.
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