Deposit Methods
There are many ways poker players can deposit money at online poker rooms to fund an real money poker account. It comes down to picking the right deposit method for you. Some deposit methods are almost instant and you will be able to sit at a poker table in no time while others can take a couple days for you to set-up an account and fund it.
There are two popular ways to deposit at an online poker room. You can use your credit card and use the credit card processor of the poker room. This is the easiest and fastest way to deposit but some credit cards deny the transaction. That brings us to the second way to fund an online poker account. You can use an online payment processor, (paypal type service) where you can fund your account at the payment processor and then deposit the money from the payment processor to the poker room.
US Deposit Methods
Visa/Mastercard – Many online poker rooms still accept a visa or a mastercards. You should try this before you open up a payment processor account because depositing this way will get you at the poker tables in minutes!
ePassporte – This is a payment processor that takes about 10 days to set up and fund an account.
Instant eChecks
UK Deposit Methods
Paypal – The most popular online payment processor allows gambling transactions for players outside the US.
Neteller – Once the most popular payment processor (When it allowed US account holders) it now only serves the UK market and is a popular source of funding an account.
Click2Pay
Diners Club International
Western Union
