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Skrill USA gets social with VGW sites

US social gaming operator Virtual Gaming Worlds has partnered with Skrill USA to offer VGW players a new payment solution on social gaming sites Global Poker and Chumba Casino.

Skrill enables players to quickly upload funds using ACH electronic payment, cards or prepaid vouchers and pay with just an email address and password while they play. This means that US players of Global Poker and Chumba Casino can purchases coins and redeem sweepstakes prizes using Skrill.

“Providing players with a streamlined online payment solution is central to what we do,” said Lorenzo Pellegrino, a commercial leader at Skrill USA. “Helping businesses enhance their customer experience in order to do this is one of our main objectives.”

Laurence Escalante, CEO of VGW, added: “Skrill is one of the fastest growing digital payments providers in the US. Together, we are confident that our new partnership will offer our players a seamless and secure payment option.

“We are particularly excited that Skrill’s capabilities will give our players more choice and flexibility to interact with our games in the way which is most convenient for them.”

Stewart Darkin

Stewart Darkin

Stewart has been in gaming journalism since 2012, working across online and land-based betting and gaming sectors, in both print and digital media. Following five years as editor of iNTERGAMINGi magazine, Stewart joined SBC in January 2018 to oversee the growth and development of the CasinoBeats brand. He has a wife, two kids, two dogs and two degrees, and – as a Spurs fan – continues to believe that the good times are just around the corner.

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