This was just posted 5 minutes ago on a site I don't know anything about.

Anything to this? Claims it happened "today."

Link: Mastercard Blocks US Poker, Casino and Sportsbook Deposits, VISA Next?

Punch-Counterpunch

The card companies figure out whats going on and block them from gambling sites, the sites then figure out how to get around this till the CC company figures it out and the whole process starts again.

Possibly true and news... someone just posted this to another forum:

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When I started in 2004 I had a combo of 7 CCs/bank cards and none of them worked...

why cant gambling sites just say they are selling something other than gambling like other businesses?

why can't they just fix this mess

so much for "personal freedoms" sigh

I think that, by itself, is a crime. Also, stars has said they won't do things like that. Of course, sports books will do whatever it takes.

Intentionally mis-coding a CC transaction is a crime in many places around the globe. But not all. And the seriousness of the crime varies from place to place and often depends on specific circumstances. And also in some places it may be illegal but it may also be un-discoverable, or it may be ignored by 'friendly' officials.

The "whack a mole" game will continue, but right now (and I have no inside information to share) it appears from the reports that MC may have taken the lead.

Skallagrim

What the are CC deposits at WorldWinner coded as? In most states in America, poker is tantamount to any game WorldWinner offers by its very definition of skill gaming.

I haven't been able to deposit via credit card for years. Is this new for non-US people?

I would like to see a method that allows people to use PayPal to pay for designated, changing items on ebay, that would then be deposited into their poker accounts.

What is needed is an easy first step, and then have the middle man do the job of getting the money to the specific poker account.

The method now makes the first step too difficult for most U.S. players.

Something like...

• If a player wants to deposit, they email the Cashier, state how much they want to deposit.
• Cashier emails them a link for an item on ebay for the appropriate amount. The item, and the seller, are constantly changing.
• Player buys item, pays with Paypal.
• Money makes it way, by magic perhaps, to the Cashier, and into the appropriate account.

Unless of course this would violate any applicable statutes. In which case, don't do it. But be more creative than the current method.

Not quite. WW supposedly tries to make things "fair" for each player in a tournament, which means they would give every poker player roughly the same cards for a given tournament. In many states, WW is banned for real money.

I have never been able to use a CC for deposits onto online sites.

I would assume this has little to do with US law and more for profit protection of the companies themselves. If they could keep customers from withdrawing funds for use in any gambling related transaction, online or in brick and mortor, I'm sure they would. I doubt there is great incentive to pay back money one has lost in games of chance and I'm sure there are many that can't

I'm actually surprised CC withdraws work with the ATM's distributed throughout the casino floors

I'll be scared when they ban visa, never in 4 years could i use my mastercard

Are they referring to credit cards AND debit cards? Because not being able to use cc's easy is certainly nothing new.