What to Consider when Moving Overseas as a Sport Bettor

Crypto has solved most of the complications and problems that I used to face doing this in the old government currency days. Overseas bank accounts, geoblocking sportsbooks, and international payment problems are all non-issues thanks to crypto. Make use of it!

Pros to moving overseas as a professional sports bettor

• Live where you want, and have a better lifestyle.
• Reduced cost of living means you can risk less betting and still have greater purchasing power.
• More advantageous legal and taxation environment in a new location.
• Time zone changes to match the sports you specialize in such as moving from Europe to South America and betting on US sports.

Cons to moving overseas as a professional sports bettor

• Time zone changes can take you out of sync with your local sports.
• Visa requirements for staying in your new location are an expensive hassle.
• Isolation from family and old friends is a lonely game.
• People in your new country will be unimpressed when you tell them what you do.

Connecting with sportsbetting communities overseas

There are only a few places in the world with a big enough concentration of sports bettors to form a community. These places are where the sportsbooks themselves are located because most of the community members work for them. These places include

• Darwin, Australia
• Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• London, UK
• Manila, Philippines
• Melbourne, Australia
• San Jose, Costa Rica

There are communities of professional poker players around the world who have many of the same concerns, interests, and mentalities as professional sports bettors.

They are welcoming to sports bettors in their online and social circles. The average age is very young and there is a big fun and lifestyle factor with these guys. To make connections start at the poker community’s main forum 2+2 Travel.

Legalities and realities of sports betting overseas

The laws and their implementation are constantly changing around the world as are the policies of sportsbooks. Sites that are restricted by local internet filters can usually be accessed with a virtual private network (VPN) or via mirrors, alternate URLs, and proxies that the sites themselves can provide you with.

The other problem is if the sportsbooks themselves use geoblocking to not accept customers from the place you move to. In that case, use a VPN.

Virtual private networks for sports betting overseas

Professional sports bettors living overseas will arrive at the dilemma of whether or not they should get a VPN to make websites think they are logging in from a country of their choice. Also to bypass local internet filters and to encrypt their browsing from hackers and spies.

VPNs do this by routing your connection through a server in your chosen country and giving you a visible IP address from that country.

This is not necessary for betting on most crypto sites but could be a good idea for security and privacy if you are going to a country where some of your other favorite websites are blocked or you have other online activities that would benefit from having a VPN. If that applies to you, see our big list of crypto-accepting VPNs.

Other things to consider

• Large bankroll for sports betting accounts and a large liferoll so you are not pressured to make quick profits.
• Banking plans to convert crypto to government currency and vice versa while overseas. For example, you don’t have SMS security enabled on your internet banking if you are not in the country where the SMS is sent.
• Power converters for your electronics.