Neteller's statement...

[Talking Poker]

Note this:

Now, call me crazy, but let's just say that I moved to Canada today. Once I get settled in and am ready to play some poker online - you know, tonight - could I not log on to Neteller and change my registered address to my new Canada address? And once I make said address change, would I not be good to go again?

/End Temporary Cashout/Deposit problem.

Now, on to the Long Term:

If everything I said above is true, then I'm sensing an interesting business opportunity for someone who never plans on visiting the U.S. It would go a little something like this:

1. Purchase office space in _____ (Antigua, Costa Rica, wherever).
2. "Rent" (virtual?) P.O. boxes to Americans. This would likely need to approval of the local government, but I suspect that could be arranged. The best part is that the "rent" could be completely FREE, as I will describe below.
3. Now your customers (Americans) have foreign addresses.
4. Assuming most of the poker sites also block access based on IP addresses, you set up some kick ass computer equipment that acts like a proxy for your customers. So instead of connecting directly to the online poker sites, they connect to you and you then connect them to the poker sites. In theory, the poker sites wouldn't block you, because you aren't in the U.S., and that should be good enough for them.
5. Deposits and Cash outs would be slow (processing time) but should work. For deposits, the U.S. players would send you money the same way people send money to Neteller now, for example. You're not a gambling site, so this should be perfectly legal. You now take this money and move it to their ewallet of choice (into their Neteller account, for example). For cashouts, the U.S. players would have checks sent to their new foreign P.O. boxes (maybe this could be done electronically (Neteller --> you), but I'm not sure). You deposit the checks into your local (foreign) bank account, wait for them to clear, and then cut a new check for your customer and mail it to his U.S. address. Whether or not there would be a problem with THIS check, I'm not sure, but since you are not a gambling site, and a mere "Virtual P.O. box company" (or however you choose to spin it), this may not be a problem.
6. Once everything is full functional, you open the doors to the public through a web site. On this site, people are able to create accounts (register addresses) and then connect to your service. From here, they go through you to create their new poker accounts (affiliate links!). Because of this, you'll be getting a piece of all of their action, which should allow you to offer this service for FREE, assuming you do enough volume.... And if this really works, that shouldn't be a problem AT ALL.

Someone tell me why this won't work. I feel like I haven't quite thought out the deposit/withdraw part enough, but the rest seems fairly straightforward. I really think there is an opportunity here, especially for a Calvin Aire type person, who has nearly unlimited resources and friendly ties to the Antiguan government.