The Maestro card as an online casino deposit option

It would appear that Irish online casino customers are still having one or two problems when they try to use their Maestro cards to make deposits into their online casino account, particularly when they are outside of Ireland. At onlinecasino.ie we have of course discussed this issue before, but it may be time to raise it again. Most cards issued by the Irish banks carry both the Laser and Maestro symbols, with Maestro being the debit card symbol from Mastercard. Clearly if you wish to use a card as a casino deposit option to fund casino games, a debit card would always be the most sensible choice and most online casinos do claim to accept Maestro cards as a deposit option. The problem arises when using a Maestro card in Ireland because the transaction is usually processed through the Laser system and may therefore attract the sort of charges normally associated with using a credit card to fund gambling. Irish online casino customers trying to use their Maestro card outside Ireland may also find that the transaction fails because the chip cannot be read. Despite these irritating problems with the Maestro debit card, we would continue to advise against resorting to using a credit card to fund playing casino games, not only because of the charges but because you would effectively be gambling with borrowed money. The solution is to open an e-wallet account to fund your online casino deposits, which can in turn be funded using a Maestro card if that is your choice, but you will not suffer from increased bank charges and your personal security and privacy will be much improved.