When it comes to dealing with online casinos, and more specifically, with withdrawing your winnings or depositing chips, there’s a whole lot of options available, and I do mean A LOT. Some casinos offer literally close to a hundred different ways in which you can deposit (though the ways in which you can withdraw are a lot more limited, due to legal issues), ranging from credit cards, direct wires from your bank account, e-wallets, pre-paid cards and who knows what else. Honestly, not even I’m familiar with all the ways with which you can deposit, so more casual players would most certainly be excused from remaining blissfully unaware of other options, such as sending money to the casino through a magical portal or selling your firstborn to a troll who’ll proceed to convert it into a deposit for your online casino account through sorcery and witchcraft.
Joking aside, though, the reason why I’m not too familiar with all methods is because I’ve only ever needed to use one – PayPal. For those of you unfamiliar with it, PayPal is a free to use e-wallet service which allows you to store money safely and securely online and then withdraw them into a bank account. As many of you may already know thanks to certain Nigerian kings who are desperately looking for bank accounts to supposedly store their money in, giving out your bank information to strangers on the Internet is a veeeeeeeeeery bad idea. Even if you’re providing your bank information (be it account or card) to someone secure, such as an online casino, all it takes is a single hacking attack to have all that information out there. I’m not saying that casinos aren’t secure, but security isn’t their main priority, they have other matters to attend to, other places to invest their budget.
PayPal, meanwhile, is literally THE safest place you can input your information. If there’s anything like a Swiss bank safe on the Internet, that’s PayPal. Dealing with money and cash is, quite literally, the only thing they do. While they’re technically a subsidiary of eBay (hence why you need PayPal for all eBay transactions), they’ve grown into their own business that particularly deals with keeping its users’ money and information safe. When you buy with PayPal, the seller (or, in this case, casino) won’t see your credit card number, only your name and PayPal address. Similarly, since all the relevant information is already stored within PayPal, you won’t need to input your credit card information every time – all you’d need to write is your PayPal username and password, and that’s that!
In case you’re worried that not a lot of online casinos support it, then rest assured – that is not the case. All casino sites reviewed by ponlinecasinos.co.uk, which is most of them, completely accept PayPal without questions asked, for both deposits and withdrawals. Depositing is free, safe for the price of the actual deposit (the fee will be taken by casino), but withdrawing might cost you a little bit. Still, you shouldn’t let that deter you – the price is less than that of a cup of coffee. So stop bothering with bank accounts and inputting credit card numbers and start enjoying the benefits of security and convenience!