What happens when you move house?

#1 1st April 2009, 3:44 PM

What happens when you move house and try to play on a poker site you played at from your old address? Won't you have a different IP address from your new location - and won't this set off alarm bells at the poker site?

Or is it just a question of emailing the site's customer service department and letting them know you'll be playing from your new address?

#2 1st April 2009, 4:17 PM

Not much I dont think, I say that because I quite often log into various poker sites from other ppls houses and use my account to play cash games, But if you shift house you have to notify them of a change of address anyway.

#3 1st April 2009, 4:20 PM

I thought if you accessed your poker account from a different IP address it set off all sorts of alarm bells in the site's security department...

Maybe I got it wrong.

#4 1st April 2009, 4:27 PM

I do it often and haven't heard a thing.
And at some ppls houses if they dont play poker and they haven't got the software, I download the software set it up, log in play then delete the software.

#5 1st April 2009, 6:17 PM

Move a house? You might need a huge crane or something.

#6 1st April 2009, 6:20 PM

I log in from different IP's quite a bit when I am travelling - I have never notified them and it has never been an issue.

#7 1st April 2009, 6:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrFold

I thought if you accessed your poker account from a different IP address it set off all sorts of alarm bells in the site's security department...

Maybe I got it wrong.

Just the opposite, they don't do a thing. They might use it later if there were an actual investigation into anything, but otherwise people do it all the time.

What I would like to see is an option to restrict access to your account to your own IP address, and you'd have to send them an e-mail with a week's notice or a different password or something when you know you are going to play from somewhere else.

#8 1st April 2009, 6:22 PM

i have played online a few times at my sisters house using my log in information. always been able to get on without a problem. i guess playing online while attending family functions is wrong but it sure beats listening to the relatives.

#9 1st April 2009, 8:15 PM

It's not a problem. They enjoy you paying rake from any IP.

#10 1st April 2009, 8:28 PM

well if you change your address in your cashier for deposit and withdrawal purposes, then they will see that and possibly understand without being alarmed.

#11 2nd April 2009, 12:04 AM

Yeah, I suppose rake doesn't discriminate - the poker sites are happy no matter where it comes from...

#12 2nd April 2009, 12:13 AM

I have moved a couple times and I just changed my address in my account details and never had a problem.

Like Gunslinger said, it is probably tracked but only used in the case of an investigation and I suspect it is only a prob if you are logging in from diff IPs far away from each other OFTEN... yanno like someone else playing your account or something like that... I mean if you log in from say Florida one minute and from Ireland the next... well... that might be wierd, and cause for some bells to be ringing... LOL

I am sure you are fine.

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