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>Btw, what alternatives are there to paypal?

http://gunpal.com/ (I kid you not.)
http://alertpay.com/
wire transfers
http://moneybookers.com/
https://www.neteller.com/
https://www.epassporte.com/
http://www.e-gold.com/
http://www.libertyreserve.com/

>You know, companies that atleast pretend to support democracy.

I don't vouch for any of the above.

I use NETELLER for times I need to use a card to buy stuff on the net, which is usually when they don't accept PayPal.

See intro about Neteller's virtual MC here: http://public.neteller.com/content/en_GB/cards_virtual.htm

Neteller does that as well. If you're not familiar with the company, they're primarily a third party "wallet" service to assist with withdraws and deposits to online gambling sites (poker, sportsbook, etc) Once setup by a user, they have direct connections to bank accounts and credit cards and can charge against those accounts with no further identification than the account password.

Which is sent cleartext via email upon request.

Neteller reached a settlement with the DOJ and is paying people back. I received my check months ago and it cleared.

Tell your buddy to request his cashout and maybe he'll pay you back.

Most credit card companies will decline direct payments to gaming sites, but sites like NETeller already offer the middleman status and work with most banks. I don't know how this legislation would affect "middleman" sites like NETeller. FWIW, I use NETeller for my online poker playing and it works great... but yes, they do take a small cut when you pull money back to your checking account.

Neteller

Currently many online offshoring gambling sites have issues processing US credit cards. The bank that issues the credit card will stop the transfer prior.
Sites like Neteller and FirePay continue to grow which circumvents the entire wire transfer, credit card deposit or echeck. Essentially you are moving your money to an offshore account that can be used to pay for basically about anything.

It's like a Paypal with no strings attached.

For the record I'm not much of a gambler.. I think I've blown a grand total $45 CDN in my entire life on casino. I just don't see the point of banning it. Your getting exactly what they are advertising.. a system where the house allways wins

Paypal doesn't allow gambling transactions anyways.. your only real option these days is Neteller since it's Canadaian and the american's can't really do much to them.

As for not telling a credit transaction from something from your bank.. It comes down to personal responsability. I realise that's a dirty word in this day and age but there it is.. It's no more the casino's problem if the money was on credit as it is the shoe store's

I will name two others: Neteller and Firepay.

Neteller don't charge me for depositing into my account via BACS, nor do they charge me for sending money to merchants or other users. Pretty much everyone will charge you for depositing via a credit card, as it costs them more to process it (if they don't, they've built this extra into their margins and are making a fortune on deposits via other methods).

FWIW, Firepay is also used by many of the on-line gambling sites, though Neteller seems more popular.

Transfers between members/pokersites are free. Only fees paid are when sending money to/from real accounts. From what I've seen yet, it seems damn reasonable.

Some people launder money through online poker games. Invite your buyer to a game and have them "lose" some money to you. Internet gambling companies are usually based in offshore banking havens, making it difficult for the authorities to scrutinize your transaction. (I'd never do this myself, of course.)

Except that doesn't really work that well. You get charged a rake in every single pot, and anyone can sit down at the table with you and win the pot from you. Kinda suck to have all those chips on the table and someone beat your hand. What are you going to say, "No, no those aren't out there for you? We're laundering money here, so beat it."

However, it is possible to transfer funds within the poker software from one player to another.

But in reality you could just bypass the whole poker room for the transaction and use http://www.neteller.com/. That's how you would likely get money into the site in the first place, and they do player to player transfer.

When you transfer funds between players in a poker room, most major sites flag your accounts to notice when you are playing at a table together to watch for collusion. And, yes, the major sites really DO watch for collusion.

[neTTeller.com] is so utterly content-free and/or badly designed I cannot even find a sign-up link or terms of service

The bug is you put too many T's.

Probably the best one I've encountered is Neteller. Especially if you're planning on using this to sell stuff, Neteller is much better than Paypal (weekly settlements of the amount in your account in excess of the pre-set "float" are done via check sent through FedEx, for instance).

I'll be deploying Neteller soon for taking online payments.