elitesportsbook
Jr. Member
Hi everyone,
Just a heads up about UKGC liscenced online casinos who accept PayPal and other ewallet merchants.
It seems casinos are able to bypass certain laws here which doesn't really sit well with me as a self confessed problem gambler.
I had a few issues I won't go into here with William Hill who accept no liability nor PayPal for that fact. However it seems if a player has a gambling freeze on a debit card it is possible to still deposit via PayPal (seems completely counter productive as most casinos accept PayPal).
My biggest concern is that PayPal admitted that its entirely possible to top up a PayPal balance with a credit card then deposit to an online casino as they never share the payment method with a merchant. As you are all probably aware this is now illigeal as per new UKGC legislation which came into affect in April of this year.
All seems to be 1 step forward 2 steps back for me, is it just me or is this completely counterproductive? Casinos should be working with merchants to iron all this stuff out, it's leaving problem gambler completely exposed to backdoor entrances when they have made efforts to stop this.
How do we work on fixing this to ensure vulnerable people are protected?
Correct me
Just a heads up about UKGC liscenced online casinos who accept PayPal and other ewallet merchants.
It seems casinos are able to bypass certain laws here which doesn't really sit well with me as a self confessed problem gambler.
I had a few issues I won't go into here with William Hill who accept no liability nor PayPal for that fact. However it seems if a player has a gambling freeze on a debit card it is possible to still deposit via PayPal (seems completely counter productive as most casinos accept PayPal).
My biggest concern is that PayPal admitted that its entirely possible to top up a PayPal balance with a credit card then deposit to an online casino as they never share the payment method with a merchant. As you are all probably aware this is now illigeal as per new UKGC legislation which came into affect in April of this year.
All seems to be 1 step forward 2 steps back for me, is it just me or is this completely counterproductive? Casinos should be working with merchants to iron all this stuff out, it's leaving problem gambler completely exposed to backdoor entrances when they have made efforts to stop this.
How do we work on fixing this to ensure vulnerable people are protected?
Correct me