Choose an online casino in which to play

Take your time and choose the best online casino deposit option

By admin on 2016-11-04 10:25:29

There is no doubt that the internet has made a huge difference to our lives. Many of us now rely on modern IT technology in our workplace, but it is the influence of the internet on our private lives and our leisure time which has been most striking. The utility companies and others constantly try to persuade us to accept paperless billing and nowadays large numbers of us also manage our bank accounts online, shop online and pay many of our bills online. There are well publicised risks of course in any financial transactions we choose to do online, but we are apparently prepared to accept a degree of risk in exchange for the convenience and perhaps more importantly the extra leisure time using the internet provides. Not only has the internet provided many of us with more leisure time, but it has also provided us with more options in how to use that time. From our point of view here at onlinecasino.ie it is of course the additional options provided by online casino sites which are most interesting. The range of casino games we can now play at all the online casinos is quite staggering, particularly for those of us who enjoyed playing casino games at a real casino before online casinos became available. We were of course usually limited to playing roulette, blackjack and a few slot machines, so the idea of having over a hundred different games to choose from is way beyond our expectations. In spite of the obvious attractions of online casinos for those of us who enjoy spending some of our leisure time playing casino games, we also have to be aware that managing an online casino account online carries many of the same risks as banking online. All the online casinos on our recommended list offer a wide range of deposit options designed to suit as many people as possible, but there is no doubt that some of those options are better than others.

Playing casino games at a real casino meant that we had to buy our chips with cash or cheque, which clearly does not carry any risk of ID theft or hacking of personal details, so using cash as a deposit option would be ideal. In Ireland we do actually still have the option of managing our online casino account using cash, because both Ladbrokes and Paddy Power allow us to manage our accounts with cash at any of their high street betting shops. Of all the online casino deposit options available this is definitely the most secure and cost effective choice, but may not be very convenient for many of us.

Those of us who are used to shopping online would probably always reach for our credit card when purchasing anything via the internet, and there are often good reasons why that would be the best choice particularly when using a new website. Walking into a high street shop usually provides us with some idea of the type of company we are dealing with, but although some internet sites are obviously better designed than others there is very little real evidence of what sort of customer relations we are likely to experience so the insurance element of using a credit card may be important. There is however no such argument in favour of using a credit card as an online casino deposit option. All the online casinos include the major credit cards in their acceptable deposit options but it would be difficult to argue that a credit card is ever the best option. Not only is using a credit card to provide stake money to play casino games effectively gambling with borrowed money, but it will also subject you to unnecessary additional costs. We do not propose to say any more about the idea of gambling with borrowed money, other than to say that it is obviously not advisable, but we will comment on the additional costs involved. Rightly or wrongly the banks also object to us using their credit cards for any gambling activities, and show their displeasure by applying a surcharge of up to 2% on any such transaction. On top of that using a credit card to fund an online casino account is considered to be a cash transaction equivalent to using a credit card to withdraw cash from an ATM, and is therefore subject to interest from day one at credit card rates. These two additional costs are both unnecessary and put you at a disadvantage in terms of winning before you have even placed a bet.

If we are not going to use a credit card, a debit card may be our next obvious choice from the deposit options we are offered. Most of us have a current account with a debit card and all the online casinos list the major debit cards in their list of deposit options. There are generally no additional charges and no interest to pay because the money has to be available in the account for the transaction to be approved. Using a debit card as an online casino deposit option does however mean that the online casino has access to your banking details, and although we have no reason to believe that any of the online casinos on our recommended list do not have effective and secure site management systems it is still a risk which some of us may not wish to take, particularly as there is an alternative. All the online casinos also offer us the opportunity to use one or more of the popular e-wallets which have come to the market as a result of the rise in internet trade. Of these Pay Pal is clearly the most well-known, but Neteller and Moneybookers are also generally accepted by most online casinos. The advantages of using an e-wallet are that the online casino has no access to your banking details, nor does your bank know how you are using your money. There are no additional charges and you can fund your e-wallet account in any way you choose. Another deposit option which is equally good is a pre-loaded card such as Paysafe or Ucash, both of which usually among the deposit options on offer.