Depositing for Online Poker in New Jersey: Complete Players' Guide Depositing for Online Poker in New Jersey: Complete Players' Guide
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Key Takeaways
  • All US sites offer credit and debit card deposits, though players may have trouble depositing.
  • Wire transfer is standard, and many support personal checks.
  • Unique options include Skrill and pre-paid cards.

Players in the state of New Jersey have several options to deposit funds into their online poker accounts. Currently there are six active online poker rooms spanning five poker networks.

Many of these accept credit card deposits (VISA and MasterCard only, American Express strictly prohibits online gambling deposits in the US market). However, there have been a few banks that have still refused to accept financial transactions with these regulated online poker rooms, so other options—including wire transfers, direct cashier deposits, ewallets and personal checks—are available. The options different at each poker room, as does the verification procedure before you can make your first deposit.

WSOP New Jersey

After confirming your name and address you will have three options to deposit cash into your account, assuming your bank allows transactions with WSOP.com.

  • Bank Transfer (ACH)
  • Visa Debit or Credit Card
  • MasterCard Debit or Credit Card

Ultimate Poker NJ

Before you can make a deposit you must go through mobile phone, age, address, and email verification.

Main deposit options:

  • Visa Debit or Credit Card
  • MasterCard Debit or Credit Card
  • Wire transfers
  • “PayNearMe” at 7/11
  • Mailed personal checks
  • Trump Taj Mahal cashier cage

Visa cards appear to be rejected at a higher rate than MasterCard, but they are both acceptable forms of payment. Most Capital One cards, Citibank, USAA Savings Bank, ING Bank, MetaBank, Juniper Bank and Bank of the West are currently accepting Ultimate Poker transactions.

If you visit Las Vegas, you’ll have more casino cage options to make deposits to both Ultimate Poker’s Nevada and New Jersey sites.

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partypoker will request new members to verify their Social Security Number (SSN), registered postal address and age before you can make a deposit. Once you are verified you have three no-fee options to make a deposit.

  • Visa Debit or Credit Card
  • MasterCard Debit or Credit Card
  • Skrill

The poker room accepts both MasterCard and VISA with a minimum deposit of $10 and maximum deposit of $10,000. Not all banks will accept transactions with partypoker, but if you look at the list of banks supplied by Ultimate Poker above, and you have one of these cards, then your transaction should be accepted.

The Skrill (Moneybookers) ewallet is also a viable way to make a deposit. If you are having problems with your MasterCard or VISA, try opening a Skrill account and top up your account through a variety of methods, then transfer money instantly between ewallet and poker room.

Borgata Poker

As long as your account is verified with your current address and proof of age, you can begin to make a deposit. Options include:

  • Bank Transfer (ACH)
  • Visa Debit or Credit Card
  • MasterCard Debit or Credit Card
  • Guaranteed ACH/bank transfer
  • Borgata Online Prepaid Card

An online bank transfer appears to be the preferred way of depositing and withdrawing into a Borgata Poker account using Bank of America, HSBC Bank USA, PNC, BB&T, TD Bank, Capital One 360, Suntrust, Regions, Chase, NYCB (Garden State) and US Bank.

The Borgata Online Prepaid Card is uniquely associated with the Borgata. You can enrol on the Borgata website and make deposits via bank transfer credit cards and debit cards.

888poker NJ

All deposits options require a minimum of $10. The list of deposit options with Borgata poker offer several easy options.

  • Bank Transfer (ACH)
  • Casino’s Cage at Caesars Atlantic City
  • Visa Debit or Credit Card
  • MasterCard Debit or Credit Card

Betfair Casino

Betfair will need to verify your age and address before they will accept a deposit. The company accepts a variety of deposit options according to their website:

  • Visa Debit or Credit Card
  • MasterCard Debit or Credit Card
  • ACH
  • Wire Transfer
  • Check Deposit
  • Cage deposit at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City