Your Guide to Online Casino Payment Methods
There are countless ways offered by most online casinos when it comes to depositing and withdrawing your funds. However, some of these ways are more or less suitable depending on your needs for privacy, extra sense of security and the speed of the money transfer. This guide will give you a quick rundown of the most popular payment options for casino sites, their upsides and downsides as well as extra fees that might be incurred when moving your money.
Visa
Visa is the most popular payment card in the world and it is accepted by every major online Casino. The major upside of a Visa transfer is the sheer speed as your funds will be instantly transferred from your Visa account to your Casino wallet. Most websites use a 128-bit encryption for their Visa transfer site, meaning that your details will be secured safely and out of harm's way.
If you are very keen to keep your gambling private or you dislike giving away your card details you might want to overlook the Visa option and look at one of the e-wallets available. There will not be any additional fees charged by Visa when you make a deposit with your card.
Ukash
This is the ultimate payment method if you are looking for privacy. With Ukash you can purchase vouchers with cash in most of your local newspaper shops or gaming outlets. This will mean that you won't have to give any of your details and you can easily keep your Casino deposits away from an overly protective spouse if needs must. The major downside with Ukash is that you need to physically go out and purchase your voucher if you want to keep your details off the Internet. This means that you won't be able to do spur-of-the-moment deposits from your house within a matter of minutes. Another great thing about Ukash is that they don't charge you any fees when making a deposit to Casino sites.
Solo
The main rival to the Visa card and a "lite" version of the Maestro Card, the Solo card is a great option if you want to make a quick deposit. The encryption is the same for standard Maestro and MasterCard's, state of the art. The actual deposit requires an instant authorization from the bank, meaning that the exact money needs to be on the card for the payment to go through. If you've just moved money around or waiting for a payment your Solo transfer could get declined if the funds aren't found to be available.
Using the Solo card has the same downsides as any other Credit or Debit card in that you have to give out your card details and possibly address. The best option if you wish to keep your details is an e-wallet or a Ukash voucher.
Moneybookers (Skrill)
Moneybookers is in the middle of a major rebranding so it might appear as the Skrill option on some casino clients. By the end of 2025 it will be known as Skrill and nothing else. This is a great option to use when you make deposits. The e-wallet format is excellent and you can load it up with a credit/debit card as well as a bank transfer. This means that your personal payment details are kept from the casino server and you can get instantaneous transfers.
The downside with Moneybookers is the same as its strength; there is a middleman between the transfers. You might also incur additional charges on your deposits to your e-wallet when you make transfers to/from it.
PaySafe
The PaySafe card works in the same way as a Ukash voucher. You can purchase one from 110,000 different outlets around Europe using cash or card. Thereafter the money will be available to deposit in to any casino client accepting PaySafe as an option. This is a great option for the person that prefers cash payments rather than cards and protecting their bank and card details.
A major downside is that you have to physically purchase the PaySafe card. Spontaneous deposits will be made a lot harder and a single card can't be worth more than £75. This requires more card purchases and manually putting the card code into the casino client for each deposit.
Click2Pay
A great e-wallet option where you don't need to fill up the e-wallet before a payment as your bank/card details can be kept on file. This allows you to make an instant deposit via your Click2Pay account without supplying anything else other than your login credentials. You can also choose to fill up your e-wallet regularly and just transfer the money from there.
The major downside of Click2Pay is that you need credit check to use it. Therefore you can't use a debit card to make your deposits and it won't allow you to complete the registration of your account. It does give credit card owners more protection but eliminates a large amount of gamblers who haven't got credit cards.
