One route is missing from almost every comparison and is the most important one here: PostFinance, because whether a return transfer arrives at the account it came from hangs on it. Where the statements on these pages come from is set out under About.
The stretch in outline
At a Swiss address the payment route ends where it begins: at the franc. At foreign-licensed casinos it does not. Between the bank account and the playing credit sits at least one stop, often two, and on the way back the same stops sit there again. Plan only the deposit and you have planned half.
TWINT
The Swiss payment app that runs on a phone and at the till.
Open →no search volume of its ownCard
Visa and Mastercard, the classic stretch.
Open →50 searches a monthPostFinance
The post office's account and card, widely held in Switzerland.
Open →90 searches a monthPaysafecard
A prepaid code bought at a kiosk, with no account attached.
Open →20 searches a monthCoins
BTC, ETH, USDT and whatever else the cashier carries.
Open →What the cashiers actually carry
Of the twelve entries in the ranking, 7 cashiers have been read. Between them they carry 19 different settlement units. The franc is not one of them, and that is no accident: these houses settle in coin and in the large world currencies, not in a national currency with eight million speakers.
| Entry | Settlement units | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vave | BTC, ETH, USDT, LTC, DOGE, TON | 6 |
| 2. Wild Fortune | BTC, BCH, ETH, DOGE, LTC, USDT, XRP, BNB, ADA, TRX | 10 |
| 3. Rakebit | BTC, ETH, SOL, LTC, USDT, USDC, XRP, TON, ADA, DOGE, BNB, DAI, LINK, XMR, ZEC | 15 |
| 4. DuckDice | BTC, BCH, DASH, ETH, LTC, SOL, TRX, USDT, XMR, XRP | 10 |
| 5. Rainbet | BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, SOL, TRX, BNB, USDT, USDC | 9 |
| 6. Metaspins | BTC, ETH, USDT, BCH, TRX, ADA, DOGE, LTC | 8 |
| 7. Shuffle | BTC, ETH, LTC, SOL, USDT, SHFL | 6 |
Read in the operator's own cashier. At the remaining entries the text says «not read» — that is a gap in the work on this page, not a statement about the operator.
In practice that means: the question is not «how many units does the cashier carry» but «is the unit I already hold among them». Hold USDT and open a cashier without USDT and you pay one conversion more — and a conversion costs even when no fee is printed beside it.
Where money sits still on this stretch
Visible
- The exchange's fee on purchase, usually a percentage
- The network fee on sending, depending on the unit and the moment
- A minimum amount for a withdrawal, noted in the terms
Invisible
- The gap between buying and selling rate, both times
- Price movement while the balance sits in the playing account
- Conversion in the account currency when deposit and cashier do not match
The invisible items usually add up to more than the visible ones. No trick helps against that, only a habit: take the route rarely, in larger steps, and come back in the same unit you went out in.
Common questions
Which payment methods do foreign-licensed casinos accept?
In the cashiers read: coins, plus cards and prepaid codes depending on the house. TWINT and PostFinance appear in none of these cashiers — both need an intermediate stop.
Can I deposit in francs?
The amount leaves the account in francs, but the playing account is kept in another currency or a settlement unit. The conversion happens along the way, twice.
What is the cheapest route?
The one with the fewest conversions. Anyone already holding a unit the cashier carries saves the most expensive stop on the whole stretch.