Payments
A football stake is only as convenient as the route the money takes. This section traces a deposit into a betting account and the withdrawal that comes back.
Cards (Visa and Mastercard) and wallets such as PayPal, Skrill and Neteller are searched most, alongside paysafecard, Neosurf, POLi, Trustly, Apple Pay and plain bank transfer. Bitcoin and crypto form a topic of their own.
No law sets payment terms for betting accounts, so each method and limit is a matter for the provider, and none is generalised here. DIA cautions that offshore operators might keep unspent credits. IRD guidance treats recreational winnings as generally not taxable.
