What is the best, safest way to deposit?

bodie · #1 05-13-2006, 09:09 PM

Hi all,
thanks in advance - I'm getting ready to deposit money into Pokerstars to play tourneys, however, what is the best way to do it - I've heard that credit cards won't work (but haven't tried it yet), and I'm leery of giving them my SS and all the other info as I've had problems with ID theft before. What do most of you do?

Sqwrlking · #2 05-13-2006, 09:14 PM

Neteller is recommended. That way you don't have to give individual pokersites you CC or SS numbers. It also makes it easy to move money between sites for bonuswhoring.

Davey · #3 05-13-2006, 09:22 PM

Checking account -> Neteller account -> PokerStars.

frommagio · #4 05-13-2006, 11:27 PM

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Checking account -> Neteller account -> PokerStars.

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I suggest opening a new checking account just for interfacing with Neteller. Then use Neteller <--> checking for withdrawal/deposit, and use Neteller as the intermediary for all online gambling cash flow.

The advantages of this setup:
- Neteller seems to be the lingua franca of gaming-related cash transfer on the net.
- Only one entity (Neteller) has authorization to access your acct.
- The isolated checking acct insulates the rest of your funds from any online gambling related security issues.