Jacob Thomas78 said:Man, I just tried to toss about $10 over to FanDuel.com using PayPal... and unlike usual, PayPal blocked the transaction with a note saying: It is PayPal policy not to allow residents of your country of registration to make payments to gambling / casino / poker / bingo merchants. I don't even see those "gambling" vs "non-gambling" options in my account settings anymore.
At this point, I don't really care about the "why"—I get it, there are laws and all that—but I want to know if there's any other service I can use, assuming we're even allowed to make these kinds of moves anymore. More importantly, I need to know if I can actually pull money out, not just push it in. PayPal was incredibly convenient for me; I’d move winnings to my PayPal account, wait a few hours, and then immediately grab the cash using my PayPal card. No waiting 4 or 5 business days for some bank transfer to clear. I just tried to trigger a $10 withdrawal myself just to see what happens.
Basically, I'm facing the exact same dilemma.
I’ve been using PayPal for deposits and withdrawals at FanDuel without a hitch. Now, I’m trying to move funds from my bank to PayPal, but I'm getting hit with that gambling/non-gambling prompt. If I select "gambling," it asks for my bank's authorization code, and honestly, I’m not looking to mess around with that right now.
Is it a total guarantee that they'll block my withdrawals if I choose "non-gambling"? I can't quite remember how I handled it last time—maybe that setting wasn't even an issue back then—but my withdrawals always went through smoothly without any drama.
Look, I realize using a debit card is probably the path of least resistance, but... if there's a way to bypass that headache entirely, I'd take it in a heartbeat.