Bookmakers Skrill

What is Skrill?

Skrill is a digital wallet. You load money into it from a card, a bank account or a voucher and pay from the wallet, so the bookmaker never sees your card or bank details. Withdrawals come back the same way, into the wallet, and from there you move them to your bank when you want.

It opened in London in 2001 as Moneybookers, took the Skrill name in 2011 and has belonged to Paysafe since 2015, the same group that owns Neteller. Skrill Limited is authorised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an electronic money institution (reference 900001), which means customer money has to be kept apart from the company’s own funds.

Bettors use it for three reasons: the bookmaker only needs the e-mail address of the wallet, withdrawals are faster than to a card, and one wallet serves every bookmaker you play at. Skrill also gives Knect loyalty points on transactions.

How to open a Skrill account

1. Sign up on skrill.com or in the app. You need an e-mail address, your name, address and date of birth. Skrill accounts are for adults only.
2. Choose the account currency with care. Pick the currency you use at your bookmakers: every transaction in a different currency costs 3.99% in conversion.
3. Verify your identity. Skrill asks for a photo of your ID and your face, and a proof of address when needed. Until you do, you can only send and receive small amounts; the limit is shown under Settings › Verification.
4. Load the wallet. Bank transfer is free; a card costs 1.25%, Rapid Transfer up to 1%, Paysafecard up to 5% (EU fees).
5. Pay the bookmaker. Choose Skrill in the cashier, type the e-mail of your wallet and confirm the payment on the Skrill page. The money is on your betting account at once.

What it costs

Between Skrill and the bookmaker the service is usually free in both directions: Skrill charges nothing for paying a merchant, and most bookmakers add no fee on Skrill deposits or withdrawals. The costs are elsewhere, in the wallet itself.

Skrill fees for EU accounts

Fees read on 19 October 2026 on the EU fee page of skrill.com. They change by country: US accounts, for example, load cards for free and pay the inactivity fee after 12 months. Check the fee page for your country before you open the account.

Deposit and withdrawal times

Deposits are instant. Withdrawals take as long as the bookmaker needs to approve them, from a few minutes to two or three days depending on the operator and on whether your betting account is verified; once approved, the money reaches the wallet at once. That is the real advantage over cards, where the bank adds its own days after the bookmaker has paid.

From Skrill to your bank account, Skrill says the transfer takes between one and five business days.

Where you can use it

Skrill accounts can be opened in most countries, but using the wallet for betting depends on two things: the law of your country and the bookmaker’s licence. Two rules matter for many readers.

• United Kingdom. Since April 2020 credit cards cannot be used for gambling, and the ban covers money loaded into a wallet with a credit card. Fund Skrill with a debit card or a bank transfer.
• Australia. The same ban on credit cards for online gambling has applied since June 2024, wallets included.

Elsewhere, Skrill warns that a card issuer may treat a load used for gambling as a cash advance and charge its own fee. Skrill does not receive that fee, but you pay it.

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