Recently, the US Federal government banned online casinos from operating in America by making it illegal to transfer money to them through any US bank or payment system. Because of this law, most of the popular online casino networks such as Party Gaming and PlayTech left the United States. However, new casinos starting taking root.
A bulk of these online game entities created other casinos and gaming houses that could still allow players from America to enter and participate in online games. Even some of the very respected casino entities followed suit and these are the casinos which you might run into if you are an American player.
The system used for bypassing the American ban is actually pretty ingenious. Since the legal stop is only against moving cash to online gambling entities, casinos created new identities (sometimes new names), and the money is moved to and from these new identities that are seemingly unrelated to gambling. This means that one can even use a Visa or Diners Card to play! It is also important to note that some money transfer options such as Neteller and MoneyBrokers are easier to use for such transactions.
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