Online casino deposit options and the Laser card

Here at onlinecasino.ie our prime purpose is to help new online casino games players to get started and hopefully enjoy the experience. We believe that this site has all you need to get the most from playing casino games at an online casino, including full descriptions of how to play most of the casino games you will find online. We also publish regular updates on what is happening in the world of online casinos and try to provide advice where we feel it may be necessary. With this last topic in mind, it is time to return to the very important question of how best to fund playing casino games at an online casino. This is one of the very first decisions new online casino customers have to make, but the wrong decision can prove costly. For instance all the major online casinos will accept credit cards as a deposit option, but using a credit card for gambling purposes appears to really upset the banks, and will almost certainly be penalised by a surcharge of up to 2% on the transaction. Add this to the fact that interest will be charged from day one and anyone using a credit card is immediately showing a loss. If plastic is still your preferred option you may decide to use a debit card, but even that is not always straightforward. In Ireland many of us use a Laser debit card, but you may find that a Laser card is not recognised outside of Ireland and some online casinos will not accept a Laser card as a deposit option. Fortunately Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and Party Casino are all Laser casinos, but many of the other online casinos are not. The solution is to open an e-wallet account with Pay Pal or Neteller and fund your online casino account from the e-wallet. The e-wallet can then be funded using a Laser card if that is your preferred choice. In our opinion an e-wallet is usually the best deposit option anyway because of the improved privacy and security it offers.