How Credit Card Companies are Adapting to the US Regulated Online Gambling Market How Credit Card Companies are Adapting to the US Regulated Online Gambling Market
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Key Takeaways
  • 7995 overzealously blocked from US transactions following passage of UIGEA.
  • MasterCard has introduced a new code for legal, regulated online gambling.
  • Visa continues to use 7995 but uses new technology to detect legal transactions.

Ultimate Poker’s debut in the newly regulated Nevada online poker market has been made easier by changes in the banking system to allow easy credit-card processing for regulated online gaming deposits, representing a shift within the United States banking industry.