How to choose the best online casino deposit option

Following our regular article concerning a few tips aimed at improving the experience of playing casino games at an online casino, we thought it was time to take another look at one of the other important issues faced by new online casino games players. All the online casinos usually offer a wide range of deposit options, including credit and debit cards, and one or more of the e-wallet accounts such as Pay Pal and Neteller. In Ireland Ladbrokes and Paddy Power also allow their online casino customers to manage their accounts using cash at one of their high street betting shops, which is probably the perfect solution if you have an easily accessible shop nearby. For most of us however we are left with one of the other deposit options, so what are the pros and cons of each of the available options. Most of us would normally reach for a credit card when buying goods or services online because of the built in insurance element should anything go wrong, but using a credit card as an online casino deposit option can be expensive. It may not be logical but almost all the credit card issuers will for reasons best known to themselves automatically impose a surcharge of up to 2% on any transaction associated with gambling. Added to that is the fact that using a credit card as an online casino deposit option is considered to be a cash transaction, and therefore results in interest charges being applied from day one at credit card rates. These two factors combined mean that you have already lost money before you have played a single casino game. Some banks will also apply a surcharge if you use a debit card as a deposit option, again for no apparent reason. If you want to ensure that your choice of online casino deposit option does not cost you money, open an e-wallet account and fund your casino games from that account. Your bank will have no knowledge of how you are choosing to spend your money, nor will the online casino have access to your bank details. A perfect solution.