Following the passing into law of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), its been difficult for US players to find safe, reliable methods to make deposits into their favourite casino, poker room or sports book.
Solutions exist, of course, but its not always easy to find a match-up between your chosen casino and preferred deposit method.
The biggest casualty of UIGEA was, of course, NETeller, which had dominated the market following the departure of PayPal. Both those methods acted as so-called ewallets intermediaries that allowed customers to fund their casino accounts from their bank accounts, without the final recipient having to see their bank account details.
In the early days of online gambling, this was important as not all casinos could be trusted, and this barrier served to increase customer confidence. These days, players have to be more trusting of the casinos theyre playing with. The advantage of this is that now very few disreputable casinos exist the ones that remain have stood the test of time and can be seen as trustworthy.
So, what options do players now have? Credit cards, of course (though some banks will prevent...