Paysafecard in online casinos

Paysafecard is an original online payment method, ensuring complete anonymity to the person making the transaction. The basic product is a scratch card with a 16-digit PIN code that can be used to make a transaction. However, the company is developing dynamically and its offer already includes many other solutions, such as the my paysafecard mobile application, a pre-paid card issued in cooperation with MasterCard, the paysafecard direct portal and Paysafecash, using QR codes.

Using Paysafecards, you can top up your player’s account in several casinos that accept Polish users. These are for example Unique Casino, Energy Casino, Vulkan Vegas, Slottica and Spinia. You can find reviews of some of them on my website. The most basic Paysafecard product, a card with a PIN code, is used to make transactions in these casinos.

How do I fund my account via Paysafecard?

To complete the transaction, you must first obtain a Paysafecard. You can buy it in dozens of countries around the world, including Poland. You can find the card in many chain stores and service points, such as:

• Kiosks Ruch
• 1 minute
• Empik
• Fresh Market
• Inmedio
• Distributor
• Lotus
• Media Expert
• Pepco
• Polish Post
• Real
• Frog
• ABC
• Amic Energy
• Auchan
• Carrefour
• CircleK
• Dino stores
• Euronet ATMs
• Intermarche
• Leviathan
• Społem

The list is even longer, but after the examples above, you can see that while living in a city it is difficult not to pass the point where the Paysafecard should be available.

Customers can choose from several denominations: PLN 20, 30, 50, 100 and 200. If you want to make a transaction of greater value, buy several cards – you will be able to use them to make one, larger transaction.

Having the card, and especially the PIN code on it, you can proceed to the payment process. To do this, log into your virtual casino player account. Go to the appropriate option in the user panel – the names will differ depending on the casino, but we are looking for something like “account top-up”, “account top-up”, “funds transfer”, “payments” etc.

After entering the right option from the list of possibilities, select Paysafecard. Occasionally you will be given the option to log in to myPaysafecard, but we choose to enter your PIN. In the form, we provide the amount and 16 digits from the card. The casino should allow you to enter several PIN codes for one transaction, for example, when the user wants to deposit more than PLN 200 or when he has a card with an unused amount, e.g. PLN 5, and wants to use it.

After entering the amount and code or PINs, we approve the operation. That’s it, the funds should be visible on the player’s account after a while. Most casinos will not charge you any commission for depositing using this method.

Why is Paysafecard disappearing from casinos?

A few years ago, Paysafecard was very popular in online casinos, and in the years 2015-2017 it disappeared from the list of available payment methods. It was related to various money laundering laws. Why?

Paysafecard’s great advantage is its anonymity. The player has the option of topping up the account without leaving a trace in the history of the bank account or virtual purse. By buying a card with cash, he can transfer money to an online casino completely anonymously. What was a big advantage for the ordinary Kowalski, who valued his privacy, was also used by criminals. It was enough to buy a card at a kiosk with dirty money, for example from theft or sale of drugs, to fund the casino account and withdraw the funds by bank transfer as a “win”. In this way, illegal income was legalized.

After a few years of withdrawing paysafecard from the casino offer, this form of payment has renaissance. It is slowly returning to favor and is more and more widely accepted. This is because buying cards for PLN 200 is inconvenient and too time-consuming for large amounts. It can also arouse suspicion of the casino when one of the users regularly tops up the account with thousands of zlotys only with this method.

More modern KYC and AML (Know Your Client and Anti Money Laundering) systems have also appeared, which more effectively catch suspicious transactions and users. Finally, cryptocurrencies have become popular on the market – also very safe and anonymous, but also easier to use. Certainly part of the underworld has shifted to them.

Advantages and disadvantages of Paysafecard for Polish players

Paysafecard will be appreciated primarily by people who want to make anonymous transfers to the casino. This is the main reason for the popularity of this method. Let’s take a closer look at its advantages, but also the disadvantages it has.

Of course, the pros and cons list could be longer, but I hope I haven’t missed any important aspect of using Paysafecard.

Alternative Payment Methods

Of course, many other payment methods can be used at online casinos. Some come with paysafecard itself, but other companies have ideas too.

myPaysafecard is a virtual wallet that can be topped up with cards. Thanks to this, we can limit the frequency of visits to the kiosk, purchase several cards at a time and add them to the virtual account. A convenient matter, especially in the times of coronavirus, when it is worth limiting leaving home and social contacts. With your myPaysafecard account topped up, you can make online transactions or top up your prepaid card.

The Paysafecard Mastercard is a typical prepaid card that looks and works just like a bank issued. This type of card should be topped up via myPaysafecard and then paid with it wherever MasterCard cards are supported – on the Internet, but also at gas stations, for example.

Here are some other payment methods you can use at online casinos:

• Payment cards – almost all of us carry them in our wallets. You can pay with them immediately on the Internet, but experts are increasingly recommending the use of other, more secure tools
• Bank transfer – virtually every casino allows you to deposit money simply by bank transfer. The disadvantage of this solution is the implementation time of up to several days, and sometimes also high transaction costs.
• ecoPayz – a virtual money account with the option to order payment cards in various currencies. With its help, you can easily and quickly make electronic payments, you can also withdraw money from ATMs.
• Skrill – a virtual wallet that allows transactions in casinos and many other points of sale around the world. With its help, you can make purchases, but also send money to friends and exchange cryptocurrencies.
• Cryptocurrencies – bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum and many others, are virtual currencies that are gaining more and more popularity. They are not issued by any state and cannot be printed, as is the case with traditional banknotes. They allow for instant and anonymous transactions. The downside is the rapidly changing valuations of cryptocurrencies, which makes keeping large amounts in them risky (but it can also pay off very much).