Usually poker rooms offer several methods for depositing and withdrawing (withdrawal / cashout) funds. In order to have an idea of them, we will try to analyze them in more detail with each of them. True, we omit such payment methods as FirePay, Neteller and others that are not available for the countries of the former CIS.
At the very beginning, we will list all the methods that will be written here, and in the future we will add / modify this list with the latest update date.
Credit card (Credirt Card)
Bank transfer (Wire Transfer)
Western Union (Western Union)
EcoCard
ePassporte
Moneybookers
Check (Check, Bank draft, Check)
Credit card - the most convenient and fastest way to deposit / withdraw funds, however, there is more input, since many poker rooms have a withdrawal limit - the amount that you entered into the poker room from this credit card.
In order to use this method, you need to open either a Visa card (mainly Visa Classic, Visa Virtual / Internet, some poker rooms are already beginning to accept Visa Electron) or MasterCard. Each of them offers a wide selection of cards, the main criterion for choosing is the presence of CVC2 / CVV2. CVC2 or CVV2 is a special code found on the back of your credit card. This is the three-digit number that follows the credit card number. CVC2 (or CVV2) allows additional identification of the customer as the cardholder.
And the most, probably, the main point on which I would like to draw your attention is the process of confirming that you are the owner of the card with which you will enter money. If the poker room decides to make sure of this, be prepared for the fact that it will require scans of your card (possibly from both sides), a scan of your passport (in addition to some other document, for example, a driver's license), as well as a scan of a receipt (for example, per apartment, to clarify your location).
Bank transfer Is probably the most acceptable way to withdraw funds. Due to the fact that with each transaction the bank withdraws a fixed fee within 15$-50$, this method is not very convenient for depositing funds. But when withdrawing a large amount, in many poker rooms, there is no fixed fee. In order to withdraw funds, you need to open a currency account with a bank, after which you will receive the bank details (Bank Name, Bank Adress, Holder Name, Account Number, IBAN, Swift code) of your account. It is them that will need to be specified so that the poker room knows where to transfer money. Bank transfer goes from bank to bank from 5-7 banking days (except Saturday and Sunday), delays are possible.
Western Union (official site) - fast money transfer, both for input and output. You do not need to open a bank account or open a card, all you need to do is fill out the form, having come with identity documents, pay the amount indicated for the transfer + % (depends on the transfer amount) and indicate the recipient's details. Separate poker rooms take on the payment of a percentage for the transfer, provided that the transfer is more than a certain amount, for example, more than 100$.
Online, on the official website, you can always check the status of your transfer.
EcoCard (official site) - a method that is also more suitable for withdrawing funds, as well as for withdrawing funds from one poker room to another. After opening an account, you can immediately work with it (provide reliable information about yourself!).
The system will take 10$ for withdrawing funds to your bank account.
You will be able to make deposits in poker rooms for free, and also transfer / transfer to other accounts in the EcoCard system for free.
Account replenishment is possible only in the following ways:
- Bank transfer,
- MoneyGram,
- PrivatMoney (only for residents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine),
- Western Union.
Naturally, you will be able to withdraw from the poker rooms to your account if this withdrawal method is supported by the poker room.
ePassporte (official website) - a system by which you open an electronic account, and with it Visa Virtual (mandatory when registering an account - 5$ per year, you can use it to buy online) and / or Visa Electron (optional - 35$ per year , comes to you within 2-4 weeks). When opening an account, a prerequisite is that the client has a Visa Classic card.
After you register an account, you will be charged a very small amount of money, and you, in turn, will need to tell them exactly how much is the process necessary in order to make sure that you are the cardholder. It is possible that this will not be enough for verification, then you will need to send scans of your passport, the card from which you will replenish the account (from both sides), a bank statement on the operations of this card (not older than 3 months), and a document confirming your address (rent receipts).
If your account has less than 25$, then the system will deduct from your account for 5$ service monthly.
You can replenish your account from a bank card (10%), withdrawal from the poker room.
You can withdraw from your account as follows:
- through an ATM from a Visa Electron card (fixed 2$ + commission of the bank that owns the ATM is possible);
- input of funds into the poker room.
Separately, I would like to say about internal transfers between users. In addition to the fact that you can exchange / transfer money, it is also possible to open an account (gift). If you have passed the check, by sending scans of documents, you can easily open a new account in the name of a friend and transfer money to him. The acquaintance, in turn, will be able to use this account without any checks.
Due to the strict policy of fraud, accounts are closed at the slightest suspicion of it.
Moneybookers (official site) is a very popular payment system. Registering an account is easy and simple, having an e-mail - it will be your account identifier. Enter the correct data, as it will be necessary to confirm them in the future.
I would like to note right away that if you need to open several accounts, you should not do this, since in this system, several additional e-mail addresses can be linked to an account, to which money can also be sent to you. Any of the additional e-mails can always be made the main one. You can only delete an additional one.
When registering an account, you have a limit on transfers of a certain amount of money for 0 days in order to increase it. You will need to go through one of three procedures to verify the data you entered during registration:
- sending scans of passports, receipts for payment for an apartment, credit cards (on both sides);
- send a test amount of money (20$) to your bank account, along with which you will receive a special code (purpose / description of the payment) - after this procedure you will be able to withdraw money to your bank account (commission - 1.8-3.5 euros );
- top up your account with a small amount of money through your credit card - after that you will be able to withdraw money to the card (commission - 2.5$).
Remember that your e-mail specified when registering an account must match the e-mail of your moneybookers account.
Keep in mind that when you first make a deposit from this payment system, the poker room will most likely freeze your account and ask you to call them to confirm your data.
Check - the easiest way to withdraw funds from the poker room. After you order a check, it will be sent to you by mail from 1 to 6 weeks. After that, you need to present a check to the bank in order to receive the money. At the bank, the process of cashing a check can also take several weeks. Despite the entire duration of the transactions, the bank will take only 2-4% of the amount indicated on the check.
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