E-Gold

[Ship68]

Not sure were to post this, but since college B-ball seems to be getting the most traffic seems like a good place:

Has anyone heard of a company called E-Gold? I am US customer looking to fund an online account. Anyone ever use or have any feedback about this company? Thanks!

[Romanowski]

yes its legit

not sure for funding a book but you an diversify your $ with gold and use it for some e-transactions if the vendor uses e-gold as well

youre value will fluctuate with the price of gold vs the dollar

[deiniol]

I never saw it as an option for funding sportsbooks but it was an option for a couple of poker sites, but it might all be moot now (a February press release):

e-gold Empowers Online Gambling Sites
to Refuse Payments from US Persons

On October 12, 2006, the Safe Ports Act was signed into law in the United States. As a result of the Safe Ports Act and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 contained in the Safe Ports Act, the facilitation of many forms of Internet gambling by persons located in the United States has become a proscribed activity. With the objective of preventing the use of e-gold by United States persons for unlawful online gambling, e-gold has deployed a feature whereby any e-gold account holder may configure their e-gold account(s) to block incoming e-gold Spends from accounts controlled by Users residing inside the United States or who are accessing the Internet from within the United States. Online gambling businesses using e-gold are now required to enable this new account attribute.

[underdog51]

i spoke with 5dimes yesterday and they claim this option is still good for u.s. clients. Let me know if you try it.