I highly recommend that anyone that wants to keep their paypal account NOT use the words paypal or their logos on your site if it has gambling content.
It is not a question of if, it is only a question of when Paypal will find this content on your site.
When they find it, they will investigate who owns the site, and if they can cross reference that information with an active paypal account, they WILL lock the account until you discuss the options with them to get it re-opened.
I speak from first hand experience about this. I just happened to have one casino review that listed paypal as a funding source. The company they had hired to do their brand and trademark compliance, has a robot that scours the internet looking for their terms, logos etc happened to find this page.
The site in question had no identifying information on it that directly related to my paypal account, but they were able to cross reference that website, with another website that did have identifying information, that led them to a domain name that was connected with my paypal account.
At that point was account was suspended. It was re-activated after I removed the use of their trademark name from the page in question. I also had to agree never to use their name again on any gambling related material.
Obviously, people have to make their own decisions, but please keep this in mind when deciding whether to use paypal on your websites.
Rick
Universal4
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