Credit cards are one of the most used payment methods in online casinos. Casinos have more recently decided to go completely cashless. Where casinos only used to deal with hard cash earlier, with the advent of newer technologies and improving reach of online casinos, cashless casino transactions have become the order of the day. This is especially true because most of the business that online casinos get is through the daily Visa and MasterCard transactions that people perform from all over the world.

American Express, Visa and MasterCard are the most used credit cards when it comes to online casinos. These are also the most used credit cards for performing online transactions in gambling portals and casinos.

Though in India, financial transactions over the internet are still in their infancy, the lure for online gambling is rather strong. A lot of Indians are not very comfortable when it comes to using internet technologies and therefore, are always wary of any financial transactions that are performed over the internet.

Of the few casinos, that do provide services in India, all of them accept credit cards. Though recently a lot of credit cards have started to deny online transactions made for casinos, most credit card casinos in India are legally established and therefore authorized to make such transactions.

Here are some of the most popular credit card casinos in India.

1.    Bet365: This is one of the most renowned online casinos in India. This European casino has been in business for several years and has been quickly making its presence felt. Bet365 is the only online casino which offers a separate game room for Asian players, with special emphasis on the card games that Asians enjoy. Pai Gow and Mahajong are two such games that are offered exclusively in the Asian room at the Bet365 casino. Bet365 is not only an excellent casino, but also accepts Indian currency. To focus on the Indian market, Bet365 offers various deposit options, of which credit cards are the primary ones. Bet365 offers banking options with both Visa and MasterCard credit cards. You can use a Visa debit card or a MasterCard debit card in the casino as well. Since credit cards are commonly used in India and both Visa and MasterCard cards range in abundance, this is one of the most commonly used methods to make deposits in Bet365. Other deposit options at Bet365 includes neteller, moneybookers, paypal, enteropay, click2pay, Ukash, paysafe card, checks and wire transfers.

2.    William Hill Casino Club: designed specifically for the raging markets of India, the William Hill Casino Club banking is convenient and easy. Like others, William Hill Casino Club also accepts credit cards. Though William Hill does not accept the American Express credit cards, it does accept both Visa and MasterCard. Since Visa and MasterCard are popular in India, seeking quick deposit options isn’t nearly as difficult as possible. Like other casinos, William Hill does not limit itself to Visa and MasterCard credit cards, but also uses the services of other financial transaction services and e wallets. Some of the more popular methods of deposit are neteller, moneybookers, Diners Club, Quick cash, usemybank, direct bank transfers, wirecard, paypal, eco, enteropay, instadebit, ticket premium, webmoney, sofort, giropay click2pay, Ukash, paysafe card, checks, wire transfers and many more.

3.    Victor Chandler Casino: The Victor Chandler Casino is an excellent high end casino that offers its services in India. There are many different ways to deposit cash into your account when you are playing at Victor Chandler Casino. Credit card payments rank much higher in Victor Chandler Casino, especially because the casino offers deposit options with not only Visa and MasterCard credit cards, but also many others. Apart from Visa and MasterCard, Victor Chandler also accepts Diners, Maestro, Visa Electron and other such credit cards. There are many other deposit options that Victor Chandler Casino offers to its players to maximize the ease of depositing and to spread its business.

4.    BetFred: BetFred is another betting portal which offers its services in India. This online casino offers a lot of different games to the online player. Apart from the regular casino games there are also the betting games as well as sports betting which is offered by BetFred. Though BetFred offers deposits through a variety of debit cards, it only offers Visa and MasterCard credit card payments. Unlike the other online casinos that offer their services in India, BetFred has fewer deposit methods. To make a deposit in BetFred online casino account, you can use Neteller, Paypal, Moneybookers and My Citadel.

Credit card deposits are extremely simple. If you have a Visa, American Express or MasterCard credit card, you can make cashless deposits at any casinos that accept these payments. All you really have to do is to select the payment method from the list of options that the online casinos provide. Since Visa and MasterCard are almost universally accepted in all casinos, you can pick the casino that you want to play at, without worrying whether your credit card will be good enough to make payments.

Once you have logged on into your account, choose the deposit option, select the credit card option from the list and proceed to give your name, billing address, credit card number, CVV number and expiry date.

When you are using your credit card to make such payments though, you should be careful. Sometimes, it does happen that the servers that the online casinos use, are not secure enough. This means that the credit card information you are entering into the online interface, could be received by a third party. In cases of leak of personal information like this, you can lose a lot of money. Therefore it is important that you use your credit card information only on websites which have a 24 bit encrypted server and which are reputed. You can check on player forums for keeping up to date on any casinos which may be out to scam you by getting access to your personal credit card information.