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- Repost From 2+2
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Someone asked me to explain, in detail, how each type of payment processor could be shut down. I include my post from 2+2 here.
ACH/EFT: Easy to shut off. 80% of all activity goes over a network controled by the [...]
- Let The Games Begin: YouTeller Making False Claims?
Some folks started holding out hope that YouTeller would save the day by being the next Neteller. Those hopes are beginning to look like their about to be trampled on as eGaming Review has uncovered that the company is full of sh*t. [registration required]
YouTeller claims on its website to be a trademark [...]
- Top 10 Myths About the UIGEA
Myth: The US has no jurisdiction.
Fact: While most of the companies involved with online gaming are based beyond the borders of the US the second they transact in any way with a US resident (who is physically in the US) they have just made themselves subject to US law. This is [...]
- MyWebATM = DOA?
Full Tilt has been hard-pimping a new payment processor called MyWebATM but this one may be dead on arrival. Basically MyWebATM is some sort of pre-paid debit card. They do issue physical cards that can be used at normal ATM’s which make them more viable than WireCard but there are some fundamental flaws [...]
- Neteller Starting To Piss Me Off
I recently wrote about the process I’ve been going through to get my Neteller account changed to my overseas residence. This is a follow up.
I sent them my bank account statement to prove that I wasn’t somebody trying to pull a fast one on them but I never heard back. I called them [...]
- WireCard is teh suck one!1!!1111
I set up a WireCard account and I have to say that this service sucks. Basically it’s a virtual credit/debit card. They give you a number, a CVV2, and everything you need to use a credit card over the phone or internet. They claim that at some point they will issue physical [...]
- More Troubles In Online Poker Land
Looks like the folks who cut paper checks for PokerStars, Chexx Inc, are getting out of the online gaming business this week. That will add yet another online poker site who has very limited ways to process cashout requests. While Stars is probably in a better situtation to replace their paper check processor [...]
- False Alarm: No Boycott
After giving it a great deal of thought, I’ve decided not to support the boycott of online poker sites that I recently recommended. I’ve come to the conclusion that the US facing poker sites have no desire to see online gaming become legal in the US. In fact, not only do they not [...]
