Online Gambling in the USA

How to recognize a legit US-friendly Online Casino?

There are five important things you need to pay attention to when choosing a legit US online casino. You need to:

1. inspect the operator;
2. check its licenses;
3. look for prominent software providers;
4. ensure the site is SSL encrypted;
5. make sure the casino offers good payment methods.

Since these are the paramount things to take into account, we will explain them in detail.

• Inspect the operator

  As mentioned, there are plenty of international operators that following the ban removal, have opened new US headquarters. You will recognize respectable operators by the information they give to you. When an operator is fair and honest, it will provide you with absolutely all the information you would like to know, such as the company’s address, phone numbers, the date of establishment, etc. If an operator has been in the business long enough, has survived the competition and has managed to perfect its offerings in addition to being transparent, you can rest assured that it is a good operator.

  If you’re still uncertain, you can always check online reviews. The best operators are always reviewed, so the more reviews you read the better idea you’ll get about the operator’s reputation.

• Check operator’s licenses

  There are many US associations that control gambling, depending on the state. Each state has its own gaming control board, so if for instance, you run into an online casino site regulated by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board or New York State Gaming Commission, you should know that the site is properly regulated.

  But if you’re unfamiliar with international regulatory bodies, you should know that there are several you can trust, due to the fact that online gambling is legal in the majority of countries in Europe. So, if you find an online casino that you genuinely like, and you see that it holds remote gambling licenses by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission, the Malta Gaming Authority, Isle of Man, Curacao or Alderney Gambling Control Commission, you can rest assured that that particular casino is trustworthy.

  These regulatory bodies take their job seriously and responsibly and put online casinos under investigation for even the slightest suspicious activity they notice. Consequently, they revoke their licenses if they find the casinos at fault.



• Look for prominent Software Providers

  Many European software developers have already made supply deals with major US-based casinos, both online and land-based, with the aim to provide US players with top-notch online casino games. If you search thoroughly, you will find online casinos offering games by the incomparable NetEnt, one of the major players in the industry, the pioneering developer Microgaming, as well as Pragmatic Play, IGT, Endorphina, Scientific Games, Yggdrasil, ELK, iSoftBet, and several other respected providers.

  These providers develop games that employ a Random Number Generator, which ensures fair gaming, give the best Return to Player percentages and design masterpieces, both in terms of gameplay and graphics.

• Ensure the site Is SSL encrypted

  Secure Socket Layer encryption technology is the industry’s standard encryption protocol. But why is it absolutely necessary that a casino has one? Because, since you’re giving the casino your personal details such as home address, phone numbers, date of birth etc., and you’re providing it with your banking information, you need to have that information secured.

  The SSL encryption actually encodes your communication with the casino, so any information from your desktop or mobile device is safely transferred to the casino’s servers.

  The easiest way to find out if an online casino has encrypted its website is to look at the URL address and in front of it, you will see the word Secure written with green letters. When you click on it, you should see the SSL certificate it uses.

• Make sure the casino offers good payment methods

  Safe, fast and cost-effective payment methods that allow the use of US dollar as a supported currency are essential in any US-friendly online casino. Naturally, you would like to play with your own country’s currency, so an online casino that doesn’t accept USD is not an option.

  But what you need to focus on are the payment methods. Make sure the casino you chose has at least five worldwide-used payment options, but before you decide on which one to use, make sure you read the withdrawal and deposit policy. Many US online casinos allow deposits with one but ask you to withdraw your winnings with another payment method.

Since there are many options that allow you to both deposit and withdraw money at an online casino, choose the online casino that has several payment methods like that. You’re playing for real money, after all, so you need to take some of your time to investigate the banking page at an online casino.