ONLINE POKER IN ECUADOR

[DANIEL CONVER]

Does anyone know the status of online poker in Ecuador? Is it possible to open accounts on Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Party Poker? Playing online was a major part of my plans for funding my retirement, but this is now impossible in the “free” United States.

[RAYMOND SCHWARTEN]

I am also interested in this.
I know they closed all of the casino’s in Ecuador.
I have seen several players on the America’s Card Room from Ecuador.

[COUNTRY EXPERT- SUZAN HASKINS]

I don’t know the answer to this one, but I will see what I can find out.

[COUNTRY EXPERT- SUZAN HASKINS]

Hola again, I am not in Ecuador right now, so I checked with a friend who is there to see if she could access these (I think) sites. And she just wrote me to say: “Looks like all they do is download the app and open an account. If they aleady have one I think they should be okay. Looks like the app is out of Manchester so it is not based in the US.”

Does this help?

[COUNTRY EXPERT- SUZAN HASKINS]

One more comment: The main problem with playing online poker anywhere is that US Banks refuse to deposit money into “gambling” sites – so you will need to have a non-US bank account and a non-US IP address to make a deposit to any Real Money online sites like PokerStars

And P.S.: The hide IP website Edd uses is http://www.spotflux.com.

[RAYMOND SCHWARTEN]

With a resident visa, how difficult is it to set up a Ecuador bank account and to obtain a MasterCard or VISA from Ecuador?
Can it be done without a resident visa?

[COUNTRY EXPERT- SUZAN HASKINS]

It is easy enough to open a bank account but I think you’d have to have a credit history to get a credit card. I bank with Jyske Bank in Denmark and they issue credit cards. Not sure if they come from a US bank, but you might take a look at jgam.com

[EI EXPERT – EDD STATON]

Susan is correct. Bank account–easy. Credit card–impossible without credit history here just like anywhere else. I’m not aware that the concept of a “secured” credit card (backed by your own funds) is viable in Ecuador.

[EI EXPERT – EDD STATON]

Oops–Suzan. Didn’t correct the typo in time———.

[RAYMOND SCHWARTEN]

How about ATM cards from a bank
Usual or unusual?
How about prepaid credit cards?
ie : Green Dot, etc issued from Ecuador?
Are there any international banks not tied to the US?

[COUNTRY EXPERT- SUZAN HASKINS]

Ecuador doesn’t have any international banks that I know of. In all honesty, I don’t have a bank account in Ecuador. I don’t see the need for one… I just use my ATM card to withdraw money from my US (Capital One) account.

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