For many of us PayPal is the easy way to pay for things on the internet. No longer do you have to look for your purse or wallet and input all the data on your credit or debit card. But is it really a good idea for bingo sites to offer PayPal? Bingo players at the St Minver bingo sites (such as Littlewoods, Chit Chat), Ladbrokes, Tombola and William Hill Bingo you will already know the benefits of having the option to pay by PayPal, but given that at times PayPal will reject payments to offshore based companies and the government is considering banning the use of credit cards for online gambling is it really a good move?

888Ladies has announced that PayPal will soon be accepted at the online bingo site and no doubt the other brands powered by the 888 software (which include most of the popular brands such as Wink Bingo and Foxy Bingo) will no doubt follow in the near future.

As PayPal allows users to pay for items using credit cards, or allows them to be a source of back-up, this may mean that they cannot be used as a source of deposits on gambling sites if the UK government passes the legislation which government sources have suggested is one of the most likely measures to be implemented.

In addition PayPal security problems may mean that many people may have problems if they try to use PayPal to fund bingo brand where the operators are based offshore – which includes most of the bingo websites. While trying and reviewing gambling websites with PayPal we had the payment request declined half the time by PayPal.