Gambling Sites That Accept Gift Cards

1.		Ignition				n/a	Ignition
2.		Bovada				n/a	Bovada
3.		BetOnline				n/a	BetOnline
4.		Intertops				n/a	Intertops
5.		Sportsbetting				n/a	Sportsbetting
6.		America’s Cardroom				n/a	America’s Cardroom
7.		Blackchip Poker				n/a	Blackchip Poker

Before we go any further, let’s be clear on what we mean. If you’ve been given a gift card for a specific store or restaurant, don’t bother trying to spend that money at your favorite online poker room. But the more general types of gift cards – those branded with Visa, MasterCard or other credit card company logos – can often be used just like a credit card, and are very likely to be accepted at most gambling sites.

For instance, let’s say you’ve been given a $100 Visa prepaid gift card for your birthday. If you go to an online casino such as Casino Titan, you’ll find that there’s no specific deposit option for gift cards. However, they do happily accept all forms of credit cards, including Visa. Simply use your prepaid gift card in the same way that you’d use a credit card, and your deposit will most likely be accepted. Just as when you use a credit or debit card, your funds will be immediately available for you to use in the casino.

Similarly, a gift card can also be used to make deposits into online poker rooms. For instance, at Poker770, you can deposit using Visa or MasterCard-branded credit cards. Since gift cards share this branding, they make an excellent way to put money into an online poker account.

There are several advantages to using a gift card to make deposits into a gambling site rather than using a similarly branded credit card or debit card. From a practical perspective, there are times when the bank who issued a credit or debit card will choose to disallow online gambling transactions. In many of these cases, a prepaid card will allow you to deposit when your personal card would not. From a financial standpoint, a prepaid card allows you to deposit without incurring the added debt (and associated interest) that comes with a credit card deposit. As we mentioned earlier, gift card deposits are usually handled instantly, meaning there’s no wait between the time you deposit and when you can start playing.

As far as disadvantages go, there aren’t many to speak of. If you make a deposit at an online gambling site using a gift card, you won’t be able to make withdrawals of your winnings using that card – something you can sometimes do with some credit cards, in some situations. However, withdrawals using credit cards are already somewhat uncommon, so this isn’t a major downside, and gambling sites typically have many other acceptable withdrawal options for players.

In our experience, gift cards are one of better ways to make online gambling deposits. Fast, secure, and widely accepted, they have all the advantages of using a major credit card to make deposits, with the added benefits of having high acceptance rates and not saddling users with any debt. If you’ve been looking to deposit at an online gambling site, check those old birthday cards; if there’s a gift card hiding in one, you may have just found your new bankroll!

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