American Express as a Deposit Option?

American Express credit card "was" only allowed at Duplicatepoker because they have a "legal" form of online poker. 

Casino players can fund their accounts with American express by using a Togglecard related casino.  Please see review for details.

Lately it has not been in the cashier queue but this could just be temporary.  For now, we are telling people who have no other way to deposit to try using echecks to deposit.  This is the newest and easiest way to currently deposit. 

Update:  As of January 15, 2008 Duplicatepoker.com has removed the use of Amex as a deposit method.  All Mastercard and Visas are still accepted.  The company is not aware of when the use of American Express will once again commence. 

American Express explicitly says they will not do business with online gambling sites and because of a cash advance issue, American express is not a poker deposit option or allowed at internet casino online except for of course Duplicate Poker.  

Why is it allowed at Duplicate Poker?

Duplicate poker is a modified version of Texas Holdem.  The game is basically the same but the way hands are duplicated throughout tournaments makes it a "skill game" hence it is completely legal.  For this reason credit cards like Amex, Visa and Mastercard do not put coding restrictions on deposits which block them from going through.

This all happened quite a few years ago when large companies like Paypal and Western Union decided it was not in their best interests to offer gambling related services.  Smaller banks don't have these codes but American Express made it so not gambling services could be offered it the games were not deemed skill.

Then How do people deposit?

Credit cards are hit or miss at online casinos and poker sites.  According to a few articles, Bodoglife.com  (a poker room, casino and sportsbook) has a large acceptance rate of Visa and Mastercard.  The reason credit cards are declined is because the card has a number code which doesn't allow them to be used at some online casinos and poker sites.

Other people choose to use sites like Epassporte for poker deposits.  The negative about doing this is Epassporte is not instantaneous and their customer services is notoriously bad. 

What about Neteller then?

Until early 2007 most people used Neteller to fund their gambling accounts.  When Neteller stopped taking US customers and seized many of their US customers assets a lot of customers lost faith in the company.

This sprung up many other ways to fund gaming accounts.  The use of prepaidteleco companies was widely used.  Each casino has their own designated "website".  These three sites have since been disabled by the Department of Justice.  They will likely never be used again unless poker funding is considered legal under new legislation, at that point all American Express credit cards will be functioning at the larger poker rooms.


Reviewed by Roger


Online gambling may be illegal in your area.  If it is deemed illegal please use this guide for informational purposes solely.  We suggest playing at the site mentioned in this review if you are in a banned US state or Amex credit card deposits are not accepted at other poker rooms.