Payment methods

The default everywhere: accepted by all twenty-two operators, instant to deposit, slow to return. Debit cards are the workhorse; credit cards are banned for gambling in the UK and refused by many issuers elsewhere.

The quickest fiat withdrawal on the licensed European books and the one wallet that does not get excluded from bonuses. Available only where PayPal itself allows gambling, which is a short list of countries.

The wallet of the international bettor: accepted almost everywhere, withdrawals in hours, accounts in dozens of currencies. Usually excluded from welcome bonuses, and with fees that add up if you move money often.

Skrill’s sister wallet, from the same company, with the same reach and the same fee structure. Bettors keep both to use whichever a site prefers; the differences are small.

A card in disguise: the phone wallets pass your existing debit card to the bookmaker with a fingerprint instead of a form. Instant deposits, withdrawals back to the underlying card, no extra fees.

The oldest method and the one that moves large sums: no limits to speak of, no fees at most operators, and the only route many banks allow for withdrawals. Slow by nature, unless the bookmaker supports instant rails.

Open banking for bettors: you log into your bank from inside the betting site, the deposit is instant and the withdrawal comes back to the same account, often within the hour. The standard in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands, and spreading.

A prepaid voucher bought in a shop or online, spent with a sixteen-digit code. No bank, no card, no name: the most private way to deposit, and a method that cannot receive a withdrawal.

M-Pesa, Airtel Money, MTN Mobile Money and their cousins: the way most of Africa pays, and the fastest betting payments we have timed anywhere. Deposits and withdrawals in minutes, from a basic phone, with fees on the wallet side.

The original crypto deposit: accepted by thirteen of our twenty-two, credited after a few network confirmations and paid out within the hour. A balance that moves with the coin, fees that move with the network, and a licence that is almost always Curaçao.

Faster confirmations than bitcoin and the network most stablecoins ride on, with gas fees that can jump from cents to tens of dollars in a busy hour. Accepted by the same eight platforms; most bettors use it as the road to USDT rather than as the coin itself.

Dollar-pegged coins are what most crypto betting actually runs on: the speed of crypto without the price swings, on cheap networks such as Tron, and accepted by every platform that takes bitcoin. The sensible default for a crypto bettor.