Cash Transfer Poker Deposits Account Setup & Funding

Unless you plan to transfer funds over the Internet, there is no need to set up an account to make Cash Transfers. Simply visit a Western Union or MoneyGram agent at one of nearly half a million locations worldwide, combined. Since online and agent locations are both an option, we'll briefly detail both transfer methods below.

Agent Location

1. Collect Poker Room Wire Info - Visit the cashier section of the online poker room, choose to deposit via wire/cash transfer. In most cases, a pop-up window till appear giving you all of the required information by the cash transfer service to send the money. Print out this page, or copy the info exactly, and bring this with you. Note that if the poker site does not publicly offer cash transfers, they still probably accept them. You can contact customer support to ask, and more often than not, they accept cash transfer deposits and will provide you the info.

2. Visit Agent Location - Go to the nearest cash transfer service agent location. You will be asked to fill out a form, providing your own personal info, as well as the required info given to you by the online poker site. The cost of cash transfers varies, depending on the agent chosen and the amount of the transfer.

3. Inform the Poker Site - Log back into the online poker room and use the online form (if available), or email the accounting department, and tell them the following information.

• Transfer Tracking Number
• Exact amount of deposit
• Date/Time of transfer

Confirmation of the payment should not take long, and the funds will be instantly available in your poker account thereafter.

Online Cash Transfer

1. Collect Poker Room Info - (Same As Above)

2. Set Up Account - Go to the web site of the cash transfer service you wish to use (see examples below) and choose to send a payment. You will be required to sign up a login/password account. Fill in the required fields (name, address, email, phone, etc.)

3. Transfer Money - Select the transfer money option. You'll be asked to provide the info given to you by the online poker room, in regards to the - eceiver - You'll need to use your credit/debit card in order to make the cash transfer. Choose the amount you wish to send, and the appropriate fee and total cost will be shown (fees vary). Accept the fee and confirm the transfer.

4. Inform the Poker Site - (Same as Above)

Total Time From Start To Finish - Agent location, variable; Online transfer, instant.

Funding Options & Limits & Fees

U.S. Poker Players

Cash Transfers are especially handy for USA players, since cash transfer services do not investigate or reject payments to a bank account; regardless of whether it is owned by an online gambling facility. The security level is impeccable, and the time taken - from start to finish - is near enough to instant.

• Western Union* - $100 transfer = $15 fee
• Western Union* - $500 transfer = $43 fee
• MoneyGram* - $100 transfer = $9.99
• MoneyGram* - $500 transfer = $9.99 fee

*All transfer amounts and fees shown in USD. Calculations based on transfer rate from USA to United Kingdom. Prices of other receiving countries may vary.

Credit Card deposits are instantly available for use in your online poker account. The only time there may be a delay is if the financial institution rejects your credit card deposit. If this occurs, try repeating the deposit attempt, using a different credit, or choose a different deposit method.

Canadian Poker Players

Canadian poker players don't have nearly as much trouble making use of traditional online payment processors as USA poker players, but cash transfers are still a secure, fast method to transfer from from Canadian residents to online poker sites around the world.

• Western Union* - $100 transfer = $14 fee
• Western Union* - $500 transfer = $33 fee
• MoneyGram* - $100 transfer = $10.00
• MoneyGram* - $500 transfer = $20.00 fee

*All transfer amounts and fees shown in CAD. Calculations based on transfer rate from Canada to United Kingdom. Prices of other receiving countries may vary.

Cash Transfer Poker Deposits Security & Support

Both Western Union and MoneyGram have excellent track records for the highest quality security and attentive customer support services. So long as you can provide the tracking number, and/or sender/receiver names plus the exact amount, you should have no trouble getting fast, reliable support from most cash transfer services. All information is strictly confidential, and never shared with any outside party for any reason.

Cash Transfer Poker Deposits Overall Score

Cash transfer services get a high score of 8 out of 10. The only thing that drops this online poker deposit method out of the 9-10 rating zone is the expense. Cash transfers are certainly not the cheapest way to move funds into an online poker account, but you can't complain about the convenience, speed and ease of use, nor the confidence of knowing your funds are in safe hands.