Unfortunately it's a sad reflection of the society we are in, where laws and rules are based on the lowest common denominator.

(And protection, of course, of vested interests and power groups.)

Governments and those in power decide THEY KNOW what is right for you.

In some ways the problems with depositing funds in eg. Betfair reminds me of prohibition back in the 1920s when the US government took the moral high point and tried to ban the consumption of alcohol.

Future generations look back in amazement at how they could have been so stupid.

Similarly future generations will laugh at the idiots who are now trying to restrict people's use of credit cards or free choice of odds when betting.

Since when is it a bank's business to take a moral high point about the use of credit cards? Do these same banks restrict credit cards for internet porn or anything else that they deem as socially undesirable? I suspect hypocrisy rules the day.

By the way, it is worth going to a search engine like google and keying in bank credit card ban internet gambling or similar terms. Makes interesting reading - especially when you see what they are trying to do in the US.