So you’re ready to make your first genuine bet? There are many methods by which you can transfer money to the casino.
Firstly, there’s your credit card: Visa and MasterCard are commonly accepted by almost every online casino. However, players from North America may discover that their credit card purchase will be rejected.
This is not because the casino doesn’t want your money, it has to do with the regulation at credit card companies, which forces the merchant (in this case the casino) to identify the transaction as 7995: the purchase of tokens for the purpose of Internet Gambling. Most banks in the US are afraid to approve these high-risk transactions and automatically failed the purchase.
If this is the case, you have two other methods of using your credit card: by opening up a bank account at either Pay Pal or Fire Pay. You can tie your credit card to these finance and the purchase will be identified as a pseudo-cash transaction rather than Internet gaming transaction. Those methods are currently the most common ways in which North American players deposit cash into online casinos. In some cases casinos will deal an extra bonus whether you make a deposit by one of these methods.
Many casinos also deal incentives for making a purchase by Western Union – you can use your credit to transfer money via Western Union online, or you can go to your nearest Western Union broker and hand over cash. Some casinos will accept deposits via other methods such as ACH (which is basically a digital check), or by wire transfer, Neteller or Layaway.
