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Just when you thought it was safe to cancel your land line….
Since 2006, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has created an effective ban on online gambling for customers within the United States. While it’s not actually against the law for individuals, most major credit cards and payment processors have decided to not make transactions between gamblers and online casinos. American Express….Visa….you name it. If you want to transfer $100 to your favorite online poker site using Paypal, you’re out of luck. What’s an aspiring World Series of Poker champion to do?
Well….here’s a great new development in the online casino world. 900Pay is a service which allows you to transfer money to an online gambling site through your land line. That’s right, I said land line. (Teenagers, once upon a time, there were no cell phones. I know, it’s shocking. I’ll give you a moment to resume breathing.) The transaction doesn’t even involved a credit card or bank account, it simply requires a phone call to a 900 number and puts the the transaction charge on your phone bill. Somewhere up above, Alexander Graham Bell is smiling.
Thanks to payment processor eWalletXpress, the company pulling the strings from behind the scenes, this feature is already available on a handful of online casino sites and, as it goes without saying, is both safe and secure for customers.
No hidden fees, no long-distance charges, totally free, aside from the $25-50 deposit into your account of course. When you want to withdraw your winnings, you’re issued a bank draft. It’s that simple.
So there you go. Easy as pie. So if you still have a land line, let the fun begin. Unless it’s a rotary phone with a dial. Then we really need to talk.