The most popular depositing method for international bettors is via credit card. Thanks to online payment processors, all you have to do is enter credit card information into your sportsbooks’ cashier section, and you’re all set. As such, it’s never been easier to make a deposit with a credit card.
The second most popular option is depositing with Bitcoin, a method that continues to grow in popularity due to the numerous advantages it offers for you and your sportsbook. Bitcoin has the lowest fees, quickest withdrawal times, and allows you to make deposits anonymously.
The third most popular deposit option is via e Wallets, a service that’s popular for European bettors, but generally not available to North American customers.
Traditional banking methods of check and bank wire transfers come in fourth. We recommend using one of these four deposit methods, as they are quick, easy, modern, and fairly painless.
Today the US market has been subdued due to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006. The Act does not specifically cover all types of online sports betting within the US. What it does do making it very difficult for gambling sites to accept deposits in US dollars from United States residents. However, there are still a large number of sites that operate off-shore offering US bettors ways to open accounts, and get on with betting legally within certain states. At the moment betting online although certainly hugely popular in the US market, is still somewhat of a grey area. Within States such as Nevada, Oregon, Delaware and Montana for example there are no laws that make online sports betting illegal.
But in certain states for example Washington and Maryland, recent legislation has been put in place to make gambling on online betting sites illegal. They are laws that are primarily directed at the sportsbook makers or the site owners and not really the individual user, but it’s still not legal to bet online in these states. That said as far as is public knowledge no individual US user has yet been charged for placing bets from within the US online.