Credit Card Safety

Credit cards in an online Casino are quite possibly the most popular payment method used. The process is so simple that Players oftentimes forget that their transferred coded data might not be as secure as it seems. Below, we have outlined a very easy precaution that you can take before you send your credit card information via fax or email.

All respectable casinos have high safety precautions to prevent 3rd parties, including employees, from possible fraud. But, in the event that fraud does occur, then the Player is left with the task of proving that he is the actual cardholder. This requires a scan or digital photo ID to be sent via the Internet and unencrypted. As you can imagine, this is very problematic and frustrating. I would not wish this on my worst enemy, well, except quite possibly for my mother-in-law (joke).

What I do to prevent possible unencrypted card data from being stolen over a possibly unsecure site, is to cover the middle 8 numbers on the front and the CVV Code on the back as in the pictures below:

In this way, the most important details for the credit card are omitted. The casinos in most cases accept these scans as proof that the sender is also the cardholder for the simple reason that his name, expiration date, and the first 4 and last 4 numbers are shown on the card.

There was only one time that I can recall where the casino did not accept the scan in this way and, instead, wanted to see all the credit card details, including CVV Code in the scan. I thought this was strange and opted not to send it in. I prefer knowing that I took all the necessary precautions not to have my credit card details shown over a nonsecure enviroment and in this way, I can prevent possible credit card fraud.