FASTEST PAYOUT

There are many methods used for online gambling payouts. Reputable online gambling sites readily provide their clients with a wide range of options to collect their online gambling payouts.

Frequently Asked Payout Questions

Here are the answers to frequently asked payout questions.

How come sites seem to have no problem accepting my money, but then can't seem to pay me?

First of all, the methods online sites use to accept your deposits are completely different from the methods used for payouts. Simply put, they can't just dump your money back onto your credit card. That won't work. So they have to use different methods for payments.

How do withdrawals work, and why are they more prone to problems?

The one thing that separates online gambling from those millions of other online businesses is the fact that gambling sites need to be able to pay back their customers, which is something that the average company only rarely has to do - and credit card companies do not look kindly upon charge backs and refunds.

And customers do not look kindly on being paid in goods and services, rather than cold hard cash, so there is only one option that pleases everybody... checks.

Also keep in mind that this is not just one transaction. Your average online gambling company needs the ability to cut thousands and thousands of checks per year. And the bigger the company, the more checks that have to be cut. At certain periods, like say after the Super Bowl, they might have to cut literally hundreds of checks per day.

The only way to do this efficiently without putting your banking in jeopardy is to involve a third party... the payment processor.

What is a payment processor?

What these payment processing companies do is basically print checks for a living. They receive a printout each day from your casino, listing the names and amounts for all outgoing checks. They print and send them off. If all goes well, you get your check in a few days and nobody is the wiser.

How come some casinos seem to have more problems than others?

It is a matter of visibility. The online gambling issue in America, at its heart, is a political issue. The DOJ is only really interested in this industry simply because of companies such as Bodog, who made their name by rubbing their business in the face of the American authorities. And the authorities are naturally going to try to first target the operations that draw the most attention.

Then there are companies like Sportsbook.com, who everybody knows are still huge even if they don't spend as much time trying to piss off American authorities. They are going to run into occasional problems, but they aren't going to get targeted nearly as much as the true publicity hounds. But when a company the size of Sportsbook runs into problems, it will affect hundreds or thousands of customers, instead of just a few dozen.

If a company is having processing problems, then why don't they mention it on their site before I sign up?

Processing problems are sporadic. Things can be working perfectly today and completely broken tomorrow.

And if they have an existing problem, they might be only hours away from fixing the problem, which wouldn't affect new players anyway. Who knows? They might have already fixed the problem, twice, only to have it pop up again?

What can I do if I dont get my payout?

First, call your favorite gambling site's customer service line and make sure that this isn't just some big misunderstanding. If the site is legit, there is always the possibility that a glitch somehow affected your account and the situation may be able to be remedied.

If they do not answer your questions or don't even answer your call, be persistent. Write e-mails, write letters, continue calling and asking to speak to the highest possible person there.

Raise as much hell as you possibly can muster, and don't feel like you have to treat them nicely to get what you want. If you've been scammed, they won't respond to you casually suggesting that you would like the money they stole from you back.

Threaten to report them to their local government, to every watchdog and reviews site on the web, to their local police - do anything. This is most likely your best and only option to get all of your payout and/or deposit back, so work hard and make yourself a nuisance.

At a certain point, if they aren't responding, you might have to abandon this measure, but at least you got to yell at a whole bunch of people.

Remember: If you don't have your money back after a few tries with their customer service line, you are dealing with thieves and con artists. Deal with them as such and whatever you do - do not hand over any information or give any authorization to them to further take advantage of you.

Second, investigate the ways you can get your money back. Unfortunately, there are few legal measures you can take against an offshore company if the sportsbook isn't under any legal jurisdiction, and many scam sites will take advantage of that. If that is not the case, it will definitely be worth it to investigate the laws of the country they are in (particularly if you are out of a lot of money). There are many instances where people have used the law to regain their cash, particularly if the casino is in a country that will help you out. Some of these countries include the UK, Australia, Costa Rica, Antigua, Netherlands Antilles and Belize, where a lot of the better casinos are.

In the rare case that a credit card company has allowed you to make a deposit with your card, there may also be a way to charge back your deposit (no luck on the winnings), so check into that. Remember: This may end up being a lesson that you have learned the hard way, particularly if you are in a country that outlaws online gambling, which is why it is so important to make sure the site you are dealing with is reputable and will be before you make your first deposit.

Third, give the scam site the bad name it's earned by writing your story on every casino or sportsbook review site, watchdog site and message board you can find. Go ahead and write a review on this site right now.

You don't want someone else to go through the hassle that you did. Betting companies know that being listed on the review sites' "Blacklist" pages is the kiss of death, so make sure you put them on all of them by telling your story.

Remember: These scam sites hurt you financially, and this is one of the few situations where you can do the same. Let everyone know what you went through and the internet betting community will listen and effectively boycott them.