What to look out for when opening an online casino account

Henrik Kjellberg - 25 Nov 2007

In this article we explain some things you should do before you open an online casino account.

Online casinos allow you to play real money games in the convenience of your home.  So, instead of trekking down to nearest casino and being distracted in a busy casino environment you can concentrate on strategies to help you win.

As online casinos have become more popular several thousand online casinos have launched.  Selecting which casino is trustworthy and reputable has become a problem as there is often very little to distinguish a website of a reputable and not reputable casino operator.  The last thing you want to do is to give your credit card details to an online casino that might act fraudulently.

Open a freeplay account first
Before you can play at an online casino you have to open an account and give your credit card details to the operator.  You generally will be asked to do this when you play "for real"  at the cashier.  One suggestion is to open a "free play" account with the online casino and then after testing the support and getting confidence in an operators's authenticity open a real account.

Check the license
All reputable casinos are licensed and will display details of their casino license usually in the footer of their site.

Email support
A very good way of checking whether the casino is "for real" is to email support or call up the customer service telephone number.  Scamming websites are very unlikely to take your call or respond to your email query.

At Casinopassport we scrutinize all online casino operators mentioned on our site to ensure that they are all trustworthy and act according to principles of fair gaming. 





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