Casino Deposit Options
Live Casino Banking 101
In order to play with real money at a live online casino (or any online gambling operator for that matter), you will need to fund your casino account first, and this may be done using any one of a number of methods. Of course credit cards are the most commonly offered deposit (and withdrawal) option but a number of others are also available. Most notable are the plethora of ‘virtual wallets’ or online payment processing services that have sprung up over the last decade, lead by PayPal.
A number of different ways exist to do this: in many cases you can initiate a wire transfer from your bank, or use an “e-check” to deposit funds in your casino account. Another possibility is the use of an online banking system to make the deposit. There are many online casino deposit methods you can use when playing for real money. You will see several options, including credit and debit cards, checks, web wallets (e-wallets), gift cards, and bank wire transfers. You can also find increasingly popular cryptocurrency options like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
These services allow users to transact with online merchants without having to provide credit card or banking details. You simply fund your ‘virtual wallet’ account and then use it for all of your online payments. Typically opening an account with one of these services is free, fast and allows for instant payments to be made at accepting merchants once the account is set up. Many casinos offer additional deposit bonuses to player using certain virtual wallet services – it pays to check the ‘banking’ sections of their websites for details.
The list of deposit and withdrawal options offered by casinos is long, and seems to grow by the day, but set out below are the better known and more commonly offered options, and where you can use them.
Note: Most virtual wallet services are not available for US residents for gambling deposits. One exception to this is UseMyWallet.
Visa and Mastercard
Every casino accepts Visa and Mastercard so take you pick from any listed on this site. There are a couple of exceptions to this general rule however:
- US residents may have difficulties using their credit cards while UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) is still in place. This will not apply to residents of states that have legalised online casino gambling, which at April 2020 included New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
- From April 2020 UK residents are unable to fund their online casino account using credit cards, or virtual wallet accounts linked to their credit card. More details on the UK Gambling Commission credit card ban here.
Diners Club
Not as common as Visa and Mastercard…probably due to the higher merchant service fees charged by Diners. Nevertheless, a few casinos do offer Diners as a deposit option (not to UK residents), including:
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American Express
Even rarer than Diners, Amex is accepted by only a handful of online casinos – again likely due to high merchant service fees that the casinos must pay.
One casino accepting Amex and offering live games is:
Visa Electron and Delta
Offered by most of the European based online gambling operators, Visa Electron, Delta and other debit cards like Solo are accepted at:
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PayPal
PayPal is arguably the best known of all the virtual wallet services, founded in 2000 and acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion, it has become the online payment method of choice for millions of online purchasers worldwide. According to Wikipedia, in 2008 PayPal processed around $60 billion worth of online transactions. They beat a hasty retreat from the online gambling market in 2006 following the passing of UIGEA, but are now returning, and the list of casinos offering PayPal is slowly growing.
PayPal allows registered account holders to pay participating merchants as well as send money to other user’s email address.
PayPal is currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions.
Live casinos currently offering PayPal include:
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Neteller
Another one of the longer established and better known virtual wallet services, UK based NeTeller profited handsomely by filling (in part at least) the void left by PayPal’s exit from the online gambling industry in 2006.
Almost all online casinos currently offer NeTeller for both player deposits and withdrawals, and many will provide additional deposit bonuses to players choosing this method.
NeTeller is currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions.
All casinos listed on this site offer NeTeller so take your pick.
Entropay
Owned by UK based Ixaris Systems Ltd., Entropay is yet another virtual wallet offered by many casinos. With a 4.95% deposit charge (ie for every $100 you spend using Entropay you get slugged $4.95!) it’s perhaps not
the pick of the online payment processors.
Entropay is currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions.
Live casinos currently offering Entropay include:
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Click2Pay
Click2pay is another e-wallet enabling instant merchant/casino payment from a securely funded account.
Click2Pay is currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions.
Live casinos currently offering Click2Pay include:
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UseMyBank
UseMyBank were a Toronto based online payment service that a number of casinos adopted. As with the above services it enabled you to transact securely with participating merchants without the need to disclose credit card or banking details to those merchants.
UseMyBank is no longer available.
Ukash
Smart Vouchers Ltd launched Ukash in 2001. As with other e-wallets, it enabled users to pay participating merchants securely and instantly. Ukash was also be used to ‘load’ other e-wallet services which effectively meant you could fund certain e-wallets (eg NeTeller) with your Ukash account. Why you’d want to do this I’m not exactly sure…but it was an option.
Ukash was acquired by Paysafecard (see below) a while ago.
ClickandBuy
ClickandBuy is owned and operated by German company FirstGate Internet AG. Over 14,000 online merchants currently accept ClickandBuy, including a number of online casinos.
ClickandBuy is currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions.
Live casinos currently offering ClickandBuy include:
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Skrill
Skrill (formerly known as Moneybookers) enables registered account holders to both pay participating merchants from a single, funded, secure account and also send money to individual’s email addresses.
Funding your Skrill account is fast and free. Once you have a funded Skrill account, payments into and withdrawals from your casino playing account are instant and free.
Withdrawals from your Skrill account to linked bank accounts are very cheap (EUR 5.50 irrespective of withdrawal amount, as at May 2018) and reasonably fast, with funds typically reaching your bank account within 2 business days.
Skrill is currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions. Live casinos currently offering Skrill include:
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My Citadel Wallet
My Citadel Wallet enables users to pay online merchants and send money to individual’s email addresses, as can be done with PayPal. Customer fees vary from country to country but are largely free for bank transfer deposits to fund your account and merchant payments.
Currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions.
Live casinos currently offering MyCitadel Wallet include:
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ecoPayz
ecoPayz (formerly ECO Card) is an e-wallet service owned by Luxembourg based Com Tec Co Group. As with most other e-wallets, it allows users to pay member merchants from a single secure account that is funded by credit card or bank transfer. While funding your account and payments are fee free, withdrawals may incur a charge depending on method requested.
ecoPayz is a particularly popular online payment option for players in Japan.
Live casinos currently offering ecoPayz include:
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Instadebit
Instadebit is a totally fee free virtual wallet allowing users to pay all member merchants from a single secure account. Unfortunately it is only available to Canadian residents and able to be funded from Canadian bank accounts.
Live casinos currently offering Instadebit include:
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UseMyWallet
One of the few virtual wallet services available to US residents for funding online casino accounts, UseMyWallet has become one of the payment methods of choice for US player facing casinos. The service is much the same as other e-wallets – you fund your UseMyWallet account and then use this secure account to deposit into member casinos. One slight difference is that in order to open an account you will need to be ‘invited’ by a merchant. This is no problem as any member casino will provide the required invitation.
Being one of the few e-wallets accepting US resident gambling related transactions, UseMyWallet has not surprisingly enjoyed exponential growth in user numbers and turnover.
available to all players for gambling transactions regardless of country of residence.
Live casinos currently offering UseMyWallet include:
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eWalletXpress
eWalletXpress was a popular online payment service for American and Canadian players, but ceased operating a few years back and is no longer available.
Webmoney
Webmoney is a Latvian based online payment processor offering accounts in Russian Federation currencies.
Live casinos currently offering Webmoney include:
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Bank Wire
Good old fashioned bank wire transfers are accepted by most casinos and all listed on this site. The casino will provide all details required for the wire in terms of their banking details. Fees for the transfer (from your bank not the casino) will vary significantly according to your bank and whether the wire is cross border or not…you will need to confirm exact fees with you bank.
Paysafecard
Paysafecard is an online debit card that is effectively like all other virtual wallet services. That is, you fund your Paysafecard account and then use it to purchase online, including at accepting online casinos. It is a Euro centric service, based in Vienna Austria and catering to Euro currencies and predominantly European based online merchants.
Currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions.
Live casinos currently offering Paysafecard include:
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iDeal
iDeal are a Netherlands based online payments processor that offer a slightly different payment mechanism to most virtual wallets. It establishes a secure connection between your bank and the online merchant at the time of payment/deposit helping to facilitate the payment, provided your bank is an iDeal participating bank.
Currently not available to US residents for gambling transactions.
Live casinos currently offering iDeal include:
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the new kid on the block. A decentralized digital currency operated on a peer-to-peer network (ie including your computer if you wish to acquire Bitcoins).
There’s a bit more to this method than the above virtual wallets. You can learn more about Bitcoin casino gambling here.
In January 2014 Vera & John became the first (and only) licensed & regulated live dealer casino to accept Bitcoin deposits.
However, in April 2014 they suspended their Bitcoin payment facility following discussions with the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority. The suspension is intended to be temporary, with Bitcoin deposits to be re-instated once a regulatory framework around this method has been established.
In late 2016 the UK Gambling Commission changed their stance on Bitcoin, endorsing digital currencies generally in their description of payment services. We may see more UK licensed casinos offering Bitcoin deposits in future.
Live casinos currently offering Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals include:
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Are you more inclined to play online casino games on your smartphones and tablets as opposed to on your computers? Even if you frequent a mobile casino once in a while, it is important to know you can deposit instantly directly via your portable device, instead of having to log in on your home computer each and every time. On this page, we explain the mobile casino deposit options available for players to use, and how to go about utilising such methods.
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We’ve used images from the Thrills Casino mobile browser website as our example to guide you through what is a streamlined, conventional and secure banking process to deposit funds into your casino account. First, you will need to register an account with one of our endorsed casino sites, providing regular sign up details like name, email address, date of birth, country of residency, username and password.
Each of the casinos we endorse are licensed and registered by their jurisdiction’s gaming authority body (such as the U.K. Gambling Commission and the Malta Gaming Authority) and are regulated by independent interactive gaming testing agencies like eCOGRA (eCommerce Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance) which deal with fair gaming, player protection and responsible operator conduct.
Steps to depositing cash at a mobile or tablet gambling website
Once you’ve completed the registration process, head directly to the cashier/banking/deposit section of the site, and follow these steps:
Step 1 – Select your desired deposit method from the list of available options. Some of the most popular and commonly used mobile and tablet casino deposit methods include: credit and debit cards such as Visa and MasterCard, e-wallets like Neteller and Skrill, pre-paid cards and vouchers such as UKash, PaySafeCard and EntroPay Visa, and direct bank transfers using systems such as POLi, Trustly and Citadel Direct, or your personal online system using the provided casino reference and BSB numbers.
Step 2 – Take the appropriate measures to register your method, such as inputting your card number details, your full name, a voucher number, your email, etcetera. If you choose to deposit via a banking system, you’ll be re-directed to the secure website and you will be asked to follow the simple prompts in order to fund your casino account.
Step 3 – Input the amount you wish to plug into your account. If you are using a pre-paid method, the amount will have been pre-determined and so all that will be required is he voucher or card number.
Step 4 – Confirm the transaction. Look over the details once more to make sure they are all correct, and hit confirm. Depending on your deposit method of choice, the funds may appear instantly in your mobile account, or you may have to wait anywhere between 1-3 working days (typically for wire transfers). We recommend using a credit/debit card or e-wallet, as these methods provide instantaneous access to your cash, and are compatible with withdrawals, too (withdrawals which are now being processed on the same business day as requested).
Note: If this is your first deposit at your online/mobile casinos, you should be eligible for a welcome bonus. Make sure you read over the terms and conditions to current promotions and bonuses so you can make the most of any free cash and free bets you might be entitled to.
What about withdrawals? – The deposit methods mentioned above which are not compatible with withdrawals include Ukash, PaySafeCard, POLi, Trustly and Citadel Direct. All other options allow for withdrawals which are processed securely anywhere from the same day, up to 72 hours.
All financial transactions are protected with a minimum of 128-bit SSL digital encryption technology; the same technology utilised by major banks across the globe. Players may need to show some form of identification documents in order to verify their playing account before requesting a first-time withdrawal. Such documents can include a copy of your driver’s licence, a copy of your credit or debit card (with the middle numbers hidden), or a copy of a utility bill statement, displaying your current address.