How To Pay To Play Bingo

If you venture onto a bingo site then at some point you're probably going to want to make a deposit and fund your account. Traditionally the usual methods are via debit cards such as Visa and Mastercard, but online gives you more options. Ewallets such as Paypal and Neteller offer a greater degree of simplicity whilst options such as ApplePay and GooglePay have become more popular. Note that you cannot wager on bingo or casino sites using a credit card, either directly or indirectly via the likes of Paypal.

Popular Bingo Payment Options

  • Debit Card
  • Paypal
  • Neteller
  • Paysafecard (formerly Ukash)
  • Entropay
  • Skrill (formerly Moneybookers)
  • Mobile Payments
  • GooglePay
  • ApplePay

Secure Payments

Security is the biggest reason for looking to use a payment system rather than giving a bingo site your debit card details. Whether Paypal is more secure with your details is a decision only you the player can make. What many players will find is that most bingo sites do ask for debit card details at registration! However, you can opt-out of giving these days but that may compromise any welcome bonus offers available.

Ease Of Payments

Paypal and Neteller also offer an ease of payment - perhaps sometimes a little too easy. When we looked at Paypal we couldn't find any limitors for spending. Our advice for Paypal bingo users is to use the deposit limit tools offered by most bingo sites - this way you'll not over spend. On the flip side Paypal and Neteller are good services for getting your wins paid out.

Advantages & Disadvantages

Whether you choose the usual cards route or decide an eWallet or code payment option is for you then you'll find advantages and disadvantages. You may find there's extra security using Paypal and similar services - but then you may find these make spending online far too simple and not so easy to control. Something like Paypal does make doing online payments so much simpler and provided you're sensible about limits and deposit levels then it can be extremely beneficial.

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