Can changing IPs while traveling get you flagged by casinos?

[JunaidAzizi]

Yeah, it can cause suspension or withdrawal issues even if you are traveling legitimately. The reason is that your casino has a license in that country, and if you go to another country, it may violate the casino's rules. Additionally, if you log in from different IPs, it will trigger automatic security flags for account sharing and suspicious access.

If your account is flagged, all you can do is go to the casino's help center or travel policy and show your boarding passes, hotel bills, etc., to demonstrate that you actually traveled, and they will restore your status.

[Hispo]

What if you will also use a VPN, so that you can still stick to your country and its own IP address? Though the only thing is that a casino may also restrict a VPN use. So we need to ask them first about it or read its terms and conditions before using such a software. For a lesser strict casino, they will only or usually give a warning about a suspicious login and we will only need to click that 'allow' or 'that's me' button to proceed.

For the stricter ones, they can display a warning like 'country blocked' or you are accessing from a restricted country, something like that. There is no harm on this to our accounts according on my experience.

Assuming he has a static IP address before traveling, then using a VPN to keep the illusion of being in his country wont help it at all, as the IP still would change constantly within the country and (as you pointed out) the casino could still detect the use of VPN and ban the user because of it.

The best approach (in my opinion) would be to ask staff of the casino about the situation with travels and if they reply negatively, then avoid accessing the casino during the travel all together, even considering the posibility to explore other casinos with friendlier terms of service for travelers.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

If gambling isn’t allowed from the location you are visiting, normally the casino will be geo-blocked and you won’t even be able to access your account.

It’s not really normal for all casinos. I’ve seen some where my country is listed as restricted, yet I can still access the site without any problem.
Some casinos just aren’t strict when it comes to enforcing their TOS or setting up automatic blocks.

This should be approached with extreme caution since most casinos would allow you to deposit and keep playing and would only activate their blockers on your withdrawal, we have seen several cases here on the forum where the players violated the TOS but were playing freely but couldn't withdraw.

I would not really say that IP address change is a big deal as long as it is not linked to another account as would be the case of multi accounting, but it is very important to read the TOS very well to save yourself from any issues and if there are not any clarity, contact the support and get their directive on the subject matter.

[o48o]

Let’s say I’m a US citizen, fully KYC-verified on a casino, and my hobby is to travel a lot and sometimes gamble when I have time, so naturally my IP and location change often.

From the casino’s side, that probably looks suspicious since they will see different countries, different IPs, all tied to one account.

Now what if I unknowingly travel to a country that the casino restricts? Even if my account is already verified, could that still lead to suspension or withdrawal issues later?
I’m not talking about VPN abuse here, just a normal travel and use whatever internet connection in the are my hotel could offer.

Why wouldn't you look at the ToS before logging in from some new country? That can't be the hardest part on your trip.

Technically, these are all issues that you can explain, as there are ton of expats all over the world and this is not a new situation for online casinos.

I would worry more about accidentally sharing free wifi with same ip with some other player that had logged in earlier. I am not sure if that's something they ban for, but that's something people claim they have been banned for. Like sharing same ip with a family member or something like that.

[Sammye3]

Every country has a certain regulation or restrictions from others, and I believe changing locations would definitely come with a change in the casino interface and all. I tried using VPN a certain time and I logged into my sport betting account forgetting my VPN was switched on.

I was asked to select location, which seemed new to me and I then click on a different location from my country just to see what it would look like. For a start, I think the odds were slightly different from my country's odd and then some sports were not available as well.

It was the first time for me, and I just realized later on that maybe changing location actually changed the odds slightly. After that, I switched off my VPN and logged into my account again and it just opened smoothly without an option to "choose location", and I realized that most times, it's okay to make mistakes and definitely I learnt from that.

[Orpichukwu]

Already completed KYC verification should make your account safer from getting banned but getting flagged? Definitely can, Casinos usually doing analyze to an account that they think doing some illegal activities. If you're playing from restricted countries then you shouldn't able to open the casino website, I once open my account from restricted countries and not able to open it except using VPN.

If you have passed KYC already, it will make it different, but if your account is frequently discovered to log in from areas that don't match your country, it will make them ask for further verification even if you are using a VPN, and that further verification will bring them to the notice that you are in a restricted country.