Beware the Maestro card as an online casino deposit option

With more and more people starting to play casino games at an online casino, we believe that it is important to help these new casino games players avoid expensive mistakes if at all possible. To this end we are going to return to one of our favourite topics and that is which of the numerous online casino deposit options is the easiest and most cost effective. All the major online casinos offer an extensive range of deposit options to enable us to play their casino games, including credit cards, debit cards and e-wallets. Regular readers of this site will know that we are constantly warning prospective casino games players of the additional costs involved in using a credit card as an online casino deposit option, but some banks also apply additional charges when customers are using a debit card for anything related to gambling. Clearly using a debit card is a better option than a credit card, because you are not borrowing the money but in Ireland many people face another problem when attempting to use a debit card. Many of the major online casinos are Maestro casinos and accept the Maestro debit card as a deposit option, but the Maestro card transactions are usually processed through the Laser credit card systems in Ireland which means that they can be subject to the same additional costs as using a credit card. If you want to use a Maestro debit card to fund playing casino games at an online casino, the best way to do it is to open an e-wallet account such as Pay Pal or Neteller and use that account as the source of your casino games funding. The e-wallet can then be funded using your Maestro card if that is your preference, but you will also have improved security and privacy using this deposit option than any other method except possibly cash.