Shrinking Deposit Options for Canadian Online Gamblers

Citadel Commerce just announced that they are pulling out of the Canadian gambling market.

This news comes just weeks after FirePay announced that they were going to ban all Canadian gambling transactions. Neither company cared to comment on why they pulled out of the Canadian gambling industry. The Canadian government hasn’t cracked down on online gaming laws thus far.

Here is an email i received from Citadel Commerce.

Dear Citadel Checks Holder,

Citadel Commerce will cease processing any transactions from Canadian Consumers that may relate to online gambling. This change is effective: April 2, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. PST

All Canadian account holders of Citadel Checks will be able to continue using their account for: Any non-gambling sites.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact Citadel Checks customer support at 1-877-747-8433.

FirePay Bans Canadian Gambling Transactions

Hey, Just thought you Canadians out there would want to hear about this one!

Published: Saturday, February 17, 2007 Online-Casinos.com

WHY IS FIREPAY BANNING CANADIAN ONLINE GAMBLING TRANSACTIONS?

Another payment option closes its doors to online gambling. Canadian online gamblers who use the FirePay e-wallet will be scrambling to mobilise their funds following a surprise notification from the company just before the weekend.

The online payments processor has now extended its ban on US online gambling transactions to Canadian consumers, according to an on-site notice this week. The notice reads: “Effective February 21, 2007, FirePay http://www.firepay.com/ will no longer allow Canadian consumer payments to online gambling merchants. “Effective February 28, 2007, FirePay http://www.firepay.com/ will no longer allow Canadian consumers to receive payments from online gambling merchants.” Unlike their US counterparts, who are having serious difficulties in retrieving monies from e-wallets as a result of US Department of Justice activities, Canadian Firepay account holders will at least have time and alternative channels to withdraw their account balances.

The article goes on but you get the point! The article doesn’t say why they are no longer allowing Canadian customers for Gaming merchant accounts!