Fair question! Especially if you are new to gambling at online casinos. In short, here's what happened. Credit cards have been the main funding tool used to make deposits for about 6 or 7 years. Although there have been some unscrupulous casinos that took advantage or went out of business taking some players deposits with them, the biggest problem lies with players that were, WELL, basically sore losers and or irresponsible use of credit cards! Some people racked their credit cards up to the limit and then couldn't pay the bill. As you can imagine, when it comes to money, people will go to great lengths to get it or in this case get it back. Since the product a casino offers is in essence the thrill of making MORE money quick with a win, the enjoyment they got if they lost some money didn't have much value when the monthly bills started coming in. Let's face it, the internet is a big world with all types of people on it. Although most real gamblers are very honorable and take their losses in stride with the wins...there are some that want to "win even when they lose"! This is unique to online casinos. Land based casinos don't have to worry CHARGEBACKS! It's all cash on the barrel head, furthermore, if they allow you a house line of credit to gamble with...YOU WILL PAY IT BACK! Even a small percentage of these undesirables abusing credit cards is a lot when you consider the global impact of the masses! The collective irresponsibility of these people pretty much destroyed the use of credit cards for the rest of us. Again, some were justified. Had it just been these that charged back, it would have fallen within normal loss ratios to the Banks and not been the problem it is today. I am certain that many addicted gamblers could not resist the opportunity to finance their habit as well. Many huge losses were reversed in this scenario too. It also brought a lot of negative publicity to Gambling Online. From our perspective, not being able to use credit cards shouldn't be a problem. As soon as Instant Debits from checking accounts became available, we hooked right up and quit using credit cards anyway. It was easier, just as fast and kept our credit cards safe at known entities. I personally feel that loosing this option only upsets people that were financing a bad habit anyway. So, the casinos will suffer some as result of not being able to get at all the money people were borrowing to gamble with, but you what, maybe that will be be better for the long haul. There are entirely too many online casinos that are under funded and this will separate the MEN from the BOYS! I think the Industry needs a cleansing anyway, and this may do the trick! At the same time, I very much feel that the United States Government has no business being involved in how Americans spend their money, but that's another story. |
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