Bookmakers Google Pay

Google Pay charges a card saved in your Google Account in two taps, and at bookmakers it works for deposits only. Here is what it costs, how withdrawals come back, where it works and which bookmakers take it: 19 of the 65 reviewed on Betandlink.

TypeeWallet
DepositInstant
WithdrawalN/A
Fees0%

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What is Google Pay?

Google Pay is not a wallet with a balance. It is a way to pay with a debit or credit card saved in your Google Account: in the bookmaker’s cashier you choose Google Pay, pick the card in the Google Pay sheet and confirm with your fingerprint, face or PIN, and the card is charged. Nothing is loaded in advance and Google holds no money for you (the sending of money between people exists only in India and Singapore), so a bookmaker cannot pay a withdrawal to Google Pay: winnings go back to the card or by bank transfer.

The service launched in the United States as Google Wallet on 19 September 2011, became Android Pay in 2015 and took the Google Pay name on 20 February 2018. Since Google Wallet came back in 2022 the two names live side by side: Google Wallet is the Android app where you store cards and passes and tap to pay in shops, Google Pay is the button you meet at online checkouts, in Chrome and in apps. Both are run by Google LLC of Mountain View, California, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet; in the United States the payments are processed by Google Payment Corp., a licensed money transmitter.

Bettors use it because a deposit takes two taps and the card details are never typed on the bookmaker’s site. What the bookmaker receives depends on how the card was saved. A card added in the Google Wallet app on an Android phone is replaced by a device token, a virtual account number that stands in for the printed card number; only your bank and the card network know the real one. A card saved only in the Google Account, in Chrome for instance, is passed as the card number itself, with its expiry date, inside an encrypted message.

How to add a card to Google Wallet

Check the phone. Google Wallet runs on Android phones with NFC that are not rooted and have a screen lock; if you turn the lock off, the cards are removed. Without an Android phone you can save a card on the Google Wallet website and use it online, which is all a bookmaker deposit needs.
Add the card. Open the Wallet app, tap Add to Wallet, then Payment card and New credit or debit card. Scan the card with the camera or type the number; in some countries you can hold the card against the back of the phone instead.
Accept the issuer terms and verify. Tap Save and continue, accept the terms of your bank and, if asked, confirm the card the way the bank chooses. The bank must support Google Wallet, or the card is refused; many banks also offer an Add to GPay button inside their own app.
Pick the right card. A debit card is the safe choice: a credit card may be booked by the issuer as a cash advance when the merchant is a bookmaker, and in the United Kingdom and Australia credit cards cannot be used for gambling at all. Choose a card in the currency of your betting account, so the issuer has nothing to convert.
Pay the bookmaker. In the cashier choose Google Pay, type the amount, select the card in the Google Pay sheet and confirm with fingerprint, face or PIN. The money is on the betting account at once. Open the Wallet app at least once every 90 days: Google warns that the cards may be removed otherwise.

What it costs

Google charges the bettor nothing: adding a card is free, paying with it is free, and Google Payment Corp. charges merchants no fees for accepting Google Pay, so the bookmaker has no cost to pass on. There is no fee page for Google Pay because there is no Google fee to list. What you can pay is decided by the card issuer behind the wallet, and the table shows where.

What you pay with Google Pay

Operation	Fee
Download Google Wallet and add a card	Free
Pay a bookmaker with Google Pay	Free on Google’s side
Fee charged to the bookmaker by Google	None, so bookmakers add no fee of their own
Debit card behind Google Pay	Set by the issuer; a purchase in the card’s currency normally costs nothing
Credit card behind Google Pay	The issuer may book the deposit as a cash advance, with its cash-advance fee and interest; the figures are in your card tariff, not published by Google
Deposit in a currency other than the card’s	Converted by the issuer at its own rate and mark-up; Google adds nothing
Withdrawal to Google Pay	Not possible: the bookmaker pays to the card or by bank transfer, at the fee of that method
Virtual card number for online payments	Eligible US cards only; no fee is mentioned
Send money to another person	Free, India and Singapore only

Read on 19 October 2026 on pay.google.com, on the Google Pay Help centre (support.google.com/googlepay) and on the Google Wallet Help centre: none of them publishes a fee for the user, and the merchant help page states that Google Payment Corp. charges merchants no fees. Cash-advance fees and conversion mark-ups are set by your card issuer: check its tariff before you pay a bookmaker with a credit card or in a foreign currency.

Use a debit card, in the right currency

A debit card in Google Wallet costs nothing at any step: no fee from Google, none from the bookmaker and no cash-advance charge from the bank. Save a card in the currency of your betting account; if the bookmaker charges in euros and the card is in pounds, the issuer converts every deposit at its own rate.

Deposit and withdrawal times

Deposits are instant: the card is authorised while you confirm in the Google Pay sheet, and the amount is on the betting account before you are back in the cashier.

Withdrawals do not go through Google Pay, because Google holds no balance to receive them. The bookmaker pays winnings back to the card you deposited with, or by bank transfer when the card cannot take a refund, and the waiting time is the bookmaker’s approval time plus the time the card issuer takes to post the refund: count in working days, not in hours as with a real wallet. The bookmaker’s payment page gives its own figure for card withdrawals; that figure is the one that applies to Google Pay deposits.

Where you can use it

Google lists about 190 countries where Google Pay works with participating websites and apps, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: every EU country, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, India, Nigeria and Ukraine are on the list; Russia, China, Türkiye, South Korea and Indonesia are not. Three rules matter for bettors.

The bookmaker decides. Google Pay appears in a cashier only where the bookmaker’s payment processor offers it, and the same brand can show it to customers in one country and not in another. Register, open the cashier and check that Google Pay is there before you add a card for the purpose.
United Kingdom. Since 14 April 2020 credit cards cannot be used for gambling, and the Gambling Commission requires operators to make sure that wallet money was not loaded from a credit card. Use a debit card in Google Wallet.
Australia. Since 11 June 2024 online bookmakers may not accept credit cards, credit-related products such as digital wallets, or cryptocurrency. The ban is on credit: Google Pay with a debit card is outside it.

The Google Wallet app and tap to pay have a separate country list on the Wallet help centre. For betting only the online list matters, since the deposit is made in the cashier and not at a terminal.

Google Pay and welcome bonuses

A card deposit in the eyes of the bonus terms

Google Pay charges the card behind it, so bookmakers that exclude e-wallets such as Skrill and Neteller from the welcome offer usually count a Google Pay deposit as a card deposit. Do not take it for granted: the bonus terms decide which methods qualify, and a wallet can be named among the excluded ones even when the money comes from a card. Read the payment clause before the first deposit; if Google Pay is excluded, pay the first deposit with the card itself and use Google Pay from the second.

Bookmakers accepting Google Pay

Taken from the payment sections of the Betandlink reviews. The Visit button opens the bookmaker’s site; the bonus terms are explained in its Betandlink review.

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Questions and answers

Can I withdraw bookmaker winnings to Google Pay?

No. Google Pay holds no balance, so there is nothing to pay into. The bookmaker sends withdrawals to the card you deposited with, or by bank transfer, and the waiting time is that of a card refund, counted in working days.

Does Google Pay cost anything at bookmakers?

Google charges nothing to add a card, nothing to pay and nothing to the bookmaker, which is why bookmakers add no fee of their own. The only costs can come from your card issuer: a cash-advance fee if you pay with a credit card, and a conversion mark-up if the bookmaker charges in another currency.

Does the bookmaker see my card number?

If the card was added in the Google Wallet app on an Android phone, no: the bookmaker receives a device token, a virtual account number that stands in for your card, and only your bank and the card network know the real number. A card saved only in your Google Account is passed as the card number, encrypted, with its expiry date.

Can I use a credit card in Google Pay to bet?

In the United Kingdom and Australia no: gambling with credit cards is banned, through a wallet as well as directly. Elsewhere the card issuer decides whether to accept the payment and may charge it as a cash advance. A debit card avoids both problems.

Do I need an Android phone to pay a bookmaker with Google Pay?

No. A card saved in your Google Account appears in the Google Pay sheet in Chrome, where you are signed in, and in the bookmaker’s app. The Google Wallet app, with tap to pay and device tokens, needs an Android phone with NFC and a screen lock, and Google may remove the cards from it if you do not open it for 90 days.

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