Hi Chipeez,
Thanks for your reply, the situation with BetDirect is as follows…
BetDirect Sportsbook utilises a single wallet solution which allows a customer to move funds to the various gaming products on offer, from a single central account.
This means that due to legal reasons, BetDirect have had to exclude certain countries from account acceptance. The Netherlands are excluded due to the Dutch Government not wanting external agents taking bets from Dutch residents (the ‘Ladbrokes v De Lotto’ case in 2005 being the precedent and this has also been extended to cover casino bets).
With the current uncertainty surrounding the placing of Casino and Poker transactions from US residents, BetDirect have also excluded US customers from their products.
The technology behind the single, central wallet, means that BetDirect are unable to stop a customer placing a Sportsbook bet via his/her ‘One Account’ if that person were to reside in a country excluded from placing Sportsbook bets.
It is therefore safer for all concerned if those countries in question are omitted.
I hope this makes things clearer, as always if you would like to discuss this further then please feel free to drop me a PM or a line at [email protected]
Cheers,
Lee