(1) the US government is not letting US citizens deal with casinos – so players cannot pre-fund their accounts.
The government would like to prevent its citizens from playing at online casinos, but they will never have complete control over this. And actually, the new law does not criminalize gambling online — the law aims to prevent U.S. banks and U.S. credit card companies from allowing the transactions to occur.
People can still use their bank accounts, credit cards, or debit cards to fund an ewallet or another debit card (real or virtual). From there, they can purchase music, movies, casino credits, etc. If the ewallet or debit card is based outside the U.S., are they obligated to enforce U.S. law? The U.S. certainly would like everyone to think so (hence the arrest of the NETeller founders), but I doubt that everyone will be willing to go along with this. The U.S. has overstepped its bounds a LOT in recent years, and I don’t think the rest of the world is going to stand for it for much longer.
(1) casinos won’t be able to allow affiliates to transfer this back into the US banking system.
It isn’t too difficult…. Step 1: Take the casino-issued debit card to an ATM; withdraw the cash. Step 2: Put the cash in an envelope at the ATM and deposit it into your personal account.
***Don’t forget, this is taxable income!***