The credit card problems when at online casino allowing U.S. players
Even though there are plenty of
online casinos allowing USA players, you are bound to run into
problems if you live in the United States and try to play the casino
games. If you are yet to have an issue, consider yourself lucky. But
most gambler would not be lucky enough to cruse through the online
casinos without encountering problems. Unfortunately those issues
could be a big nuisance, hence we have build up a short list of the
most frequent problems USA players could run into at the online
casino. Most of those problems discussed here have no remedy and we
have simply provided an explanation why the problem occurred in the
first place and what you can do to avoid it.
Let's start with the issue most
often encountered at an online casino which allows USA players - the
credit card deposit. If you want to fund your casino account using
credit card (or debit card carrying major logo), the chances are
that 1 of every 2 attempts will not go through. We highly recommend
the Bodog Casino (official site),
which currently has the highest credit card deposit success ratio,
although Vegas Casino Online
is right behind it on credit card deposits. Why this problem occurs?
First, the credit card companies themselves have long frowned upon
usage of their product at the online gambling websites. There are
many people who end up at an online casino website which turns out
to be a rogue one, or worse - a website purposely created to steal
people's information, and with the credit cards offering consumer
protection from identity theft, the companies themselves end up
picking up the bill from the stolen credit card number. Because of
this, for many years now the major credit card companies have
blocked transactions to online casino gambling websites by using the
code which identifies a credit card transaction as one originating
at a gambling website. And the fact that the legality of the online
casinos in the USA remains a gray area has helped none.
The second reason you may run
into the credit card problem at an online casino allowing USA
players is the recently passed law in the United States, which has
forbidden the banks from processing transactions to and from online
gambling websites. Although various members of Congress are working
on bills to strike down the law and unburden the banks and financial
institutions from having to police millions of transactions daily
and look for those originating from online casinos, the law is still
in effect. The banks are yet to rush in and comply, but the passing
of the law itself has done two things - scared some of the credit
card processors which used to work with online casinos allowing USA
players and made the rest of the processors charge higher fees for
their services, making the credit card method a money-loser for the
online casinos. Thanks to all of those hurdles, the most frequent
problem one would encounter at the online casinos that allow USA
players is the credit card processing. How can you fix the problem?
The best solution is to try use one of the ewallets the casinos had
made available. Those would guarantee a fast and problem-free
transactions to and from your casino account. Another way to
overcome the problem is to simply try another online casino.
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