Canadian Online Casinos for Debit Card Holders

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Tips for finding the right debit card casino in Canada.

You decide you want to try casino games online. You’ve got enough experience with online merchants to know that debit cards are among the fastest, most secure ways to pay for things over the internet. You take a seat at your computer, or hop on the couch with your iPad, all ready to get started. You type “debit card online casino Canada” into the Google search windows and… 4,810,000 results come up.

This scenario has become all too common. Canadians are trying to find the right interactive casino to suit their needs, but there are just too many to choose from. The majority of people in this situation will do one of two things – click the first result that appears and hope for the best, or close the browser and forget about it. Either way is going to be problematic.

If you click the first result, you’re going to end up at an information site, not an online casino. Information is good, but you’re already at an information site right now. Yes, this one. Thank you, by the way. But you don’t need more info – you need the right casino. And if you go the second route, you’re certainly not going to find it. Even if you scroll down the results far enough to click the first real casino on the list, you have no idea where you’re going to end up

So, to avoid these cyclomatic perplexities, I offer you this…

Tips for Finding the Right Debit Card Casino in Canada

There are four major features you need to look for in a gambling website before deciding whether it’s the right casino for you. If all of these features are present, you’ve got nothing to worry about.

Canadian Player Acceptance

If Canadians aren’t accepted, that’s a huge deal breaker. Mark that site right off the list!

How can you be sure? Try searching for the word “Canada” within the website’s URL. For example, you would search the Royal Vegas Casino website like so…

All of the top search results specify, or at least insinuate, that Canadians are accepted. Half of them even call it “Royal Vegas Canada”. See what happens when you try another casino’s domain name within the “site:” search. Odds are you’ll get lucky, or you’ll get a link to the “terms of service page” listing Canada among the restricted countries.

Debit Card Deposits Accepted

This used to be a given. Credit and debit card were always listed highest on the list of available deposit option at every online casino from here to Sachs Harbour. Now, that’s no longer the case. While 99% of online casinos do still advertise debit card acceptance, there are some out there that are commuted to a single type of deposit. More often than not, it’s going to be Bitcoin and/or some other crypto-currency.

Licensed and Regulated in Canada or Europe

There are lots of iGaming regulators out there. The jurisdiction that licenses your favorite casino will determine, above all, how trustworthy it might be. The rule of thumb here is to only choose a site that’s regulated in your own Canadian province of residency, or one regulated in any country of Europe.

Provincial online casinos are absolutely safe and reputable. But their game variety will be more restricted, and if you’re a slots fan, the house edge can be a lot higher (more akin to land-based slots). Offshore casinos are preferred, but if they’re regulated outside of Europe, you never know what you’ll get. European jurisdictions like the UK, Malta, Isle of Man, Cypress and Estonia, hold their operators to high standards, and will go to bat for any player who files a legitimate complaint.

Are Your Favorite Games on the Menu?

Be careful what you search for when looking for the right debit card casino in Canada. If you look up a general term like “gambling”, instead of “casino”, you’re likely to get all sorts of iGaming websites. Don’t join a bingo, poker or sports betting site if that’s not what you’re looking for.

Not all casino games menus are alike, either. Some have more slot machines or video poker machines than others. Some have more table games, or a better variety of specialty games, like scratch cards, or arcade-style games. Know what it is you want to play, and pick a site that has it.

Personally, I like Microgaming powered online casinos because they are the only place you’ll find the Mega Moolah Sot. Known as the “Millionaire Maker”, it’s the only progressive jackpot online slot machine with a seed of $1,000,000. Yeah, I know my odds of winning aren’t good, but I enjoy spinning its reels now and again. Since the start of 2019, it’s paid out once every 4 weeks!