Other than credit card facilitators like Visa or MasterCard PayPal is the world’s leading online payment processor by miles. It is an extremely safe and secure way to pay for goods and services online as the merchant or supplier never gets to see your credit card details. But to be realistic most vendors / suppliers cannot view or store your card info anyway as they are linked up to an API from their local bank that manages the “data hand shake” required to complete a payment transaction process, so the main point is that using Paypal is not anymore secure than a direct credit card deposit.

PayPal Pokies Deposits – The Facts

• Ok let’s not waste any of your precious time, Presently Australian residents cannot use PayPal for funding of online casino accounts to play the pokies for real money. This is quite a bummer if you have some funds in your account and want to have a little punt online but hey sorry we do not make the rules on this. PayPal does let some players fund casinos like JackpotCity and Spin Palace but it is restricted to countries other than Australia at the moment. When we get any more news we will post an update on the situation as quite possibly this policy will at some point change for the better.
• Not to worry if you want to play the pokies online for cash, we suggest you just use your credit card instead of PayPal anyway as overall the fees will be less also at these player approved casinos. We use our MasterCard all the time and have never had a problem, as we said the supplier aka, casino in this case will never see your private card details anyway. You have more of a chance to be scammed by using your card at a swipe machine as they have been known to have skimmers implanted into the unit.
• If you were using PayPal for online shopping they do have some very good payment protection systems in place for customers but this is usually only for tangible physical products. That means if you were paying for a service like a labour job around the house or say a digital download you may not have any eligible purchase protection coverage available, always check the fine print. So for purchases of these types of items always use your MasterCard for complete protection and peace of mind.

 

Other choices to depositing funds at pokies casinos other than credit cards or PayPal.

• Bank wire transfers: cons – takes a long time to process, high fees & poor exchange rates.
• BitCoin: cons – casinos that accept them operate in dodgy countries like Costa Rica & Panama (so avoid).
• Web wallets like Skrill, POLI & Neteller: cons – high fees & crappy exchange rates when transferring money.

Overall Summary – we highly recommend the use of a credit card as they are secure & casinos often easily transfer your winnings directly back to your card in just hours without any pesky fees. Your Aussie bank does not even care if you use you CC for casino gambling anyway. Even if you have access to PayPal casino funding you should always check the fees you may be liable for with both depositing and withdrawals of your winnings (well hopefully).