Taking a Look at Skrill as One of the Top Payment Gateways for Australian Online Gamblers

Added: October 31, 2013

Australian online gamblers, like any online gambling fans, need to make sure that their money is safe when they make a deposit into their online casino account, or make a withdrawal to their bank account. One of the best ways to stay safe when performing these kinds of transactions, is to use an independent third party payment gateway.

A couple of years back, the choice was simple, everyone use PayPal, that is until PayPal decided to add online gambling to the list of things that it would not let people pay for. There was only one real option left at that time, a second tier payment gateway named Moneybookers. Now, Moneybookers was not as easy to use as PayPal, it was not as feature rich, but it worked. Unfortunately, many people found the security measures to be far too difficult to navigate, and the account limits were very low for unverified accounts.

Around a year ago, Moneybookers finally took note of many of the complaints that its users had. It revamped its entire site, and rebranded itself as Skrill. A much funkier, fresher brand, to reflect the new, streamlined way this payment gateway now works.

These days, alongside Neteller, Skrill is one of, if not the top payment gateway for online gamblers. Skrill is available in almost every country in the world, and allows online casino players to fund their online gambling account using either their bank account, credit card or debit card. They may also withdraw funds from their online casino account via Skrill, straight in to their bank account.

However, there is one small downside with using Skrill as an online gambling payment gateway. Setting up a new account results in very low monthly deposit and withdrawal limits. The online gambler needs to verify their identity by confirming their bank account and credit/debit cards by allowing a small transaction to take place, they also need to verify their address by having a letter sent, with a PIN, via snail mail. These are all hurdles that online gamblers need to overcome to make the best of their Skrill account.

The good news is, that once all of these security procedures have been followed, Skrill becomes one the most secure, and definitely one of the cheapest payment gateways around to use for online gambling. We definitely recommend Skrill to Australian online gamblers who are looking for a safe way to fund their online casino account.