Since 2007, USA/American players have found it increasingly difficult to find casinos and gambling sites which accept players from the USA. This is not because online gambling has been made illegal, as gambling is not illegal in many States. It is because an act was passed called the Safe Port Act, which was supposed to clamp down on money laundering. An unfortunate consequence of this act, was that is became much harder to transfer money online, particularly to offshore companies such as gambling sites.



Because of the Safeport act, some of the biggest casino software providers have abandoned American players. The largest casino software companies, Microgaming and Playtech no longer accept players from the USA. However, the good news is that there are still many casinos, poker sites, bingo halls and gambling sites which accept players from the USA. Software companies such as RTG, Rival and Top Game all accept US players and some proprietary brand casinos do too.



However, there are still problems to overcome for US citizens who want to gamble online. The main issue is how to make real money deposits as many banks will not allow their credit or debit cards to be used at online casinos. EwalletXpress, which was one of the major banking for US players, has recently withdrawn from the USA. Current deposit options for US players include prepaid debit cards and gift cards, MyPaylinQ, UsemyWallet and money transfer services.



As gambling laws vary from State to State, if you are a resident of the USA/US citizen it is recommended you check and abide by the laws in your State before gambling online.usa allowed casinos