ACH stands for the Automated Clearing House. This is a convenient account to account electronic payment system that allows skipping the account to card or any other, less direct way to transfer money.

There is a catch, however.

ACH is only available in the United States and only operates in USD. Given the current state of the legislation limiting online gambling in America to only certain states and blocking casino transfers to bank accounts, ACH, though it is extremely convenient, will not be reachable in all USA-friendly online lobbies.

However, if it is available, we recommend you consider using this method because it does have lots of benefits:

• It is cheaper in terms of commissions than other, indirect methods. The fees will vary, being either monthly or per transaction.
• ACH allows wiring jackpot wins directly into bank accounts.
• It is relatively fast (quicker than by check, for sure) and easy to handle.
• You will be able to easily keep track of the financial transactions.
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In order to use ACH at online casinos, you will need to verify a bank account and provide the name of the bank, type of account, its number and the routing number when claiming a payout. It will then take between 3 to 5 workdays for the funds to reach that account.

Considering the time, the next logical question would be: “Is it reasonable to use ACH to directly deposit into the casino account?” And the answer would be that most of the online lobbies will not have ACH among their deposit methods due to this delay. 

While today more and more players use a direct electronic transfer, you can also opt-in for the ACH bank check that will be delivered by mail.