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.

I had stated in an earlier thread that all US credit cards would soon be blocked. Bobbo (the blue mod guy) basically insinuated I was a crackpot. Someone posted 8 hours later that VISA had followed suit w MC. I was subsequently berated for not my selfishness in not wanting to help the community. I guess warning people about the blocks 24 hours before they happened isn't considered "helping" around here.

Guess this forum isn't "information friendly." If 2 major US payment processors get the cut, that's "news" to me.

Cliffsnotes: yes, VISA has followed suit.

Barney Frank isnt doing anything Period!

This is the article that was posted later in the NVG thread.

http://www.egrmagazine.com/news/5147...e-to-pay.thtml

I don't know if Visa cards are working at the moment, but the article only mentions rumors. Perhaps you could provide some links that they aren't working? That's what a non-crackpot would do.

Cliffnotes: OnceInALifetime = horrible poster

The whole ***** point of making a thread is so that people can discuss it, so that we can figure out how widespread the problems are. Are you dense? You're posting on the largest internet gambling forum out there and demanding empirical evidence to back up a theoretical post? The empirical evidence will come from here you dumb ****. The sites post the news, passed down from the companies, and here at 2+2 the players report.

God damn. They tell me people get more clueless every day. I wake up hoping it isn't true, hoping for some change, hoping to stick it to the cynical voice. People like you make it hard.

no, people like you make it hard.

From the article:

Good strategy of deferral. People who know no logic will eat you up.

And by the way, please revise your post so that it doesn't seem I said the last quote; I didn't, that's from an article. While you're at it, link to the article, so that you're not plagiarizing.

I linked to the article and made the same quote two posts up, I'm sure the readers can figure that one out.

btw, here is a link to a nice doom crying post of this guy's in NVG to give you some flavor


Now that no US players can deposit via credit card, poker will dry up

What more would you have him do?

i love how USA is considered a FREE COUNTRY:

35% federal tax
state income tax (can be as high as 10%)
self employment tax 15%/3%
sales tax
property tax

F*** YOU GOVERNMENT.

True.

The way we do that, however, is by evaluating rumors and other potential developments. Posting rumors as fact is not useful. Stating that "all US credit cards (will) soon be blocked" is not value-added, unless you have knowledge that it will happen (i.e., if you work for a credit card company or a congressman).

Yes, he did. That's part of the discussion that you mentioned earlier in your post.

I think you'll have better luck if you stick to the facts. For example, had you posted "I'm concerned that all US credit cards will soon be blocked...what do you guys think?" or even, "based on this M/C action, I'm concerned that all US credit cards will soon be blocked," the responses would have been more positive and constructive.