Accessing UK website from abroad - Gambling

[TEKNOPUG]

Not sure where to place this but though travel maybe appropriate? Has anyone any experience of accessing betting sites (Paddy Power, Ladbrokes etc) from abroad? Specifically France? The operators say that as long as you have data roaming, you can access the sites but I suspect that they may be blocked due to issues in circumventing French gambling tax? Can anyone confirm either way?

[Mr Pointy]

I'm not sure about the sites you mention but the National Lottery specifically block you from playing if it detects you are outside the UK.

Thanks heavens for VPNs

[TEKNOPUG]

Yeah, it looks like anything incoming from France is going to be blocked. Will have to look into a VPN to see if it’s possible from my Blackberry.