Lol, my first deposit was with one of the casino in the virtual group, I can't remember which one, I didn't even know there was LCB at that time and while I tried to search for free chips from these casinos, I found LCB  , I was freak out  b/c I didn't get paid over a month, and that was Cool cat, lol.  I sent LCBAdmin a pm seeking for help, then received my winning couple days later  , thanks LCBAdmin.

Wow Lips, that takes me back to those "Good ol'days" when you didn't have the ban.  

I could easily deposit from my bank or with "Firepay" (Do they still exist?) and played RiverBelle and Captain Cook and A couple of others and I was cashing out monthly from Riverbelle.

Twice in one week I hit the RF 4 hand play at RiverBelle and with in 2 weeks, had the $2000 check in my hand! (I later cashed out another $2000 a week afterward)

I did learn though to only "Click the button ONCE" as I was depositing with Firepay and suddenly I had $600 and was only trying to deposit $200. Luckily they sent back the $400,  It only took a week, but lesson learned!  

Now, it's such a hassle that I will only play here and there and instead, save my money for the casinos which are a bit of a drive. Guess that's why they (The land based casinos) were thrilled with the ban.

Oh and I am VERY careful to read the T&C's of the casinos as it's been shown that some have some nasty unfair terms. Those NEVER get my play.

There are some who don't like the word "casino" appearing on their bank statement. (Particularly if you don't want a third party to know about it--whoever wouldn't approve of the gambling.) you could just say it was the "Middleman" charge and make up an excuse.

Many major credit cards were getting hit with massive CB's and so they started not allowing the using of cards for cash deposits. Then the banks followed but not too quickly and then the Govt decided to step in.

Of course, it's still quite easy to send money overseas just simply using checks or bearer bonds or jewelry and smuggling it. But that's another story.