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Maine bill would ban credit card usage for certain online gaming deposits
A bill approved by a Maine legislative committee would bar sports bettors from using credit cards to make deposits but leaves the door opent for iGaming.
A bill advancing in the Maine Senate would restrict the state's licensed online sportsbooks from accepting deposits from people using credit cards but would not affect that same situation in terms of Maine's presumptive online casino market. The engrossed law legalizing iGaming makes no mention of credit cards, although the Maine Gambling Control Unit may be able to take action to create a uniform landscape in forthcoming regulations if the credit card ban for sports wagering takes effect.
LD 2080 bans credit card deposits but only for sports wagering
LD 2080, which was reported out favorably by the Maine Senate Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs on Feb. 18, removes credit cards from the list of acceptable deposit methods for legal online sportsbooks in the state. The text of the bill is very clear, though, that the provision applies to sports wagering platforms and not .