How to Deposit Crypto at an Online Casino: Coins, Networks and Fees
To deposit crypto at an online casino, pick the coin and network in the casino’s cashier, copy the deposit address and send from a wallet set to the same network. Most deposits show in your balance within seconds to a few minutes, once the network confirms them.
The network you pick matters more than the coin. Stake’s help center says deposits on the wrong network “will not be credited”, and of seven casinos whose rules on deposit mistakes we read, only Shuffle offers a free recovery, for a first mistake on a network it supports.
Stablecoins now lead: Tether, USDC and Dai made up 73.3% of September 2026 deposit volume at the 41 crypto casinos in our market report, on 10 networks that do not include Bitcoin’s own. On the cheapest networks, a transfer cost under 1 cent when we checked fees on 23 October 2026.
This guide covers:
- How to deposit step by step, from buying the coin to seeing it in your balance
- Which coin and network to use, with fees on 9 networks checked on 23 October 2026
- What casinos accept, from the networks to the minimums and confirmations they publish
- What happens after a mistake, such as a wrong network or a missing memo
- Sending from an exchange, and the EU rules for transfers over €1,000
- How to keep a deposit safe from address scams and fake casino sites
How to Deposit Crypto at an Online Casino, Step by Step
A crypto deposit is a transfer from a wallet you control to an address the casino gives you. These are the steps, from buying the coin to seeing it in your balance:
- 1Get the coin. Buy it on an exchange, or with a card through the Buy Crypto option some casinos offer, such as Roobet through Swapped.
- 2Move it to your own wallet. In a wallet where you hold the keys, you choose the network and see the fee before you send. Keep a little of the network's own coin there too, such as TRX on TRON or ETH on Ethereum, because that is what pays the fee.
- 3Choose the coin and network in the casino's cashier. Open Deposit, pick the coin, then pick a network your wallet can send on.
- 4Copy the address, and the memo if there is one. XRP and Gram (formerly Toncoin, or TON) deposits usually need a destination tag or memo, and BC.Game warns that some wallets do not fill it in from a QR code.
- 5Set the same network in your wallet. Paste the address and compare it with the cashier in full, middle characters included, since scam addresses copy the first and last few.
- 6Send a small test first. On your first deposit at a new casino, send a little more than the minimum and wait for it to show before you send the rest.
- 7Wait for the confirmations. The casino credits the deposit once the network has confirmed it as many times as the casino requires, such as once for bitcoin and three times for USDT at Roobet.
On fast networks, the whole process takes a few minutes. This is where you choose the network in a casino cashier:
If a deposit does not show, the section on deposit problems below lists what to check first.
Use Your Own Wallet, Not an Exchange
Many players send straight from an exchange, but that adds a risk you do not need. Coinbase, Binance and Kraken all have rules on gambling, as the section on exchanges below shows.
João Mourato, our Head of iGaming Product, recommends a separate wallet:
“There is no reason to take the extra risk of sending from an exchange. Use your own wallet, and ideally keep one only for gambling, so it never mixes with the wallet that holds your long term investments.”
João Mourato, Head of iGaming Product at VIP-Grinders
A wallet used only for gambling also shows at a glance how much you have deposited. A hardware wallet such as Ledger or Trezor works, but an app wallet such as Trust Wallet or Exodus, kept only for casino deposits, is easier for regular play.
Which Crypto to Use for Casino Deposits
For most players, a stablecoin is the simplest choice. USDT and USDC track the US dollar, so a $100 deposit keeps its dollar value while you play. A deposit in bitcoin or ether rises and falls with the market at casinos that keep your balance in that coin.
Our crypto casino market report shows where the money goes. Tether alone took $2.63 billion across 2.18 million deposits in September 2026, more than two and a half times USDC:
| Coin | Deposits in September 2026 | Value Moves While You Play? | Networks Casinos Commonly List |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tether (USDT) | $2.63 billion | No, it tracks the dollar | TRON, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Polygon |
| USD Coin (USDC) | $998 million | No, it tracks the dollar | Ethereum, Solana, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon |
| Solana (SOL) | $591 million | Yes | Solana |
| Ether (ETH) | $470 million | Yes | Ethereum |
| XRP | $74.3 million | Yes | XRP Ledger, with a destination tag |
| TRON (TRX) | $22.0 million | Yes | TRON |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | Not in the data | Yes | Bitcoin |
| Litecoin (LTC) | Not in the data | Yes | Litecoin |
The figures come from Tanzanite, which tracks 41 casinos on 10 networks but not Bitcoin’s own, and which is supported by Stake. Bitcoin is still accepted almost everywhere, but it is the slowest of these coins to confirm, with a new block about every 10 minutes.
USDT or USDC: Which Stablecoin to Use
Both are worth one dollar, but three differences matter for a deposit:
- Who issues it. Tether issues USDT, and Circle issues USDC.
- Where you can buy it. EU exchanges are removing USDT under the MiCA rules, while USDC stays available, so players in the EU usually find USDC easier to get.
- Which networks the casino takes. Gamdom, for example, accepts USDT on TRON but not on Solana, and USDC on Solana but not on TRON.
Use whichever one your wallet holds on a network the casino lists. Our page on USDC casinos and the networks they accept compares five casinos side by side.
Which Network to Use: Fees and Speed Compared
Each coin travels on one or more networks, and the network sets the fee and the speed. We checked the cost of one transfer on 9 networks on 23 October 2026, for a sender using their own wallet:
| Network | What You Can Send | Fee per Transfer, 23 October 2026 | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | BTC | $0.11 to $0.34 | A block about every 10 minutes |
| Litecoin | LTC | Under $0.01 | A block about every 2.5 minutes |
| Dogecoin | DOGE | Under $0.01 | A block about every minute |
| Ethereum (ERC20) | ETH, USDT, USDC | Under $0.01 | Seconds |
| TRON (TRC20) | TRX, USDT | $2.12 to $4.40 for USDT, unless you stake or rent energy | Seconds |
| BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | BNB, USDT, USDC | Under $0.01 | Seconds |
| Polygon | POL, USDT, USDC | Under $0.01 | Seconds |
| Solana | SOL, USDT, USDC | Under $0.01 | Seconds |
| XRP Ledger | XRP | Under $0.01 | Seconds |
The surprise is TRON, long sold as the cheapest way to send USDT. Four things decide what you pay:
- TRON's energy model. A USDT transfer burns 6.43 TRX to an address that already holds USDT and 13.03 TRX to one that holds none, plus up to 0.35 TRX for bandwidth. A deposit address the casino has already emptied counts as one that holds none.
- Ethereum's gas price. It was unusually low on the day we checked, at 0.051 gwei. At 5 gwei, the same USDT transfer would cost about $0.55 to $0.75.
- Solana token accounts. Sending USDT or USDC to an address that has never held that token adds a one time fee to open a token account for it, under $0.20 on 23 October 2026.
- Exchange fees. If you send from an exchange, you pay its own flat withdrawal fee for each network instead of the network cost.
Check the fee your wallet shows before you send, since all of these change. To find which casinos list each network, see how USDT casinos compare on networks.
Why the Same Address Works on Several Networks
Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum and Optimism all use the same address format, starting with 0x. Your wallet will send to a casino’s Ethereum address on any of them without a warning, but the casino only credits the networks it lists.
Stake, for example, names Arbitrum, Optimism and Base as networks it does not support, even though the addresses look identical. The first characters of an address show which network family it belongs to:
| Address Starts With | Network |
|---|---|
| 1, 3 or bc1 | Bitcoin |
| 0x | Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Base and other networks built on Ethereum’s technology |
| T | TRON |
| L, M or ltc1 | Litecoin |
| D | Dogecoin |
| r | XRP Ledger, with a destination tag |
| No fixed start, 32 to 44 characters | Solana |
When an address starts with 0x, the network name in the cashier is the only thing that tells you where to send it.
What Crypto Casinos Accept: Networks, Minimums and Confirmations
Two casinos can accept the same coin on different networks. We checked the USDT deposit options of eight crypto casinos in October 2026, in their cashiers or help centers, and the number of networks ran from 2 to 16:
| Casino | USDT Networks | Minimum USDT Deposit |
|---|---|---|
| BC.Game | 16, including TRON, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Polygon, TON, Arbitrum, Base and Optimism | 1 USDT, smaller transfers are not credited |
| Stake | TRON, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Polygon | Deposits under $0.01 are not credited automatically |
| Shuffle | TRON, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Polygon | Not published |
| Duel | TRON, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Polygon | None shown in the cashier |
| Jack.com | TRON, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Polygon | None shown in the cashier |
| Winz.io | TRON, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana | 20 USDT |
| Gamdom | TRON, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain | 5 USDT |
| BitStarz | TRON, Ethereum | 10 USDT |
Networks change as casinos add new ones, so check the cashier before your first deposit on any network. Three things stand out:
- Base, Arbitrum and Optimism. BC.Game accepts USDT on all three, while Stake names them as networks it does not support, so a transfer that works at one casino can be lost at the other.
- Only two networks at BitStarz. It takes USDT on TRON and Ethereum only, so USDT sent on BNB Smart Chain or Solana has no listed network there.
- Minimums from none to 20 USDT. Duel and Jack.com show no minimum, while Winz.io asks for 20 USDT, and a smaller deposit may not be credited at all.
How Long a Crypto Casino Deposit Takes
The wait depends on how fast the network adds blocks and how many confirmations the casino asks for. These casino rules show what that means in practice:
| Network | New Block | Casino Rule | Typical Wait |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | About every 10 minutes | 1 confirmation at BitStarz and Roobet | About 10 minutes, longer with a low fee |
| Ethereum | About every 12 seconds | 3 confirmations for ETH at Roobet | Under a minute |
| TRON | About every 3 seconds | 19 confirmations for USDT at BitStarz | About a minute |
Bitcoin is the slow one, and a low fee can leave a deposit waiting for hours. BitStarz now offers a fix in its cashier: Lightning, a payment network built on top of Bitcoin that settles in seconds for a fee close to zero, if your wallet supports it:
Some casinos skip the wait instead. Roobet can credit a qualifying bitcoin deposit before it confirms, but holds withdrawals until it does. For more on bitcoin deposits, see how Bitcoin confirmations work at casinos.
Wrong Network, Missing Memo or Below the Minimum: What Happens
A mistake does not always mean the money is gone, but the casino decides, and its rules put the risk on you. This is what seven casinos say about the most common errors:
| Casino | What Its Rules Say |
|---|---|
| Stake | Coins sent on the wrong network “will not be credited”, while a missing XRP or EOS memo goes to live support “to initiate the recovery process” |
| Roobet | Sending a coin or token it does not accept “will result in that cryptocurrency being lost” |
| Shuffle | Its terms say a deposit on an unsupported network or to an expired address “may be irrecoverable”. Its help center recovers a first mistake on a network it supports at no cost, then charges 10% up to $20, for deposits over $20, but says “we cannot guarantee retrieval” |
| Gamdom | Deposits on unsupported networks “generally cannot be recovered and are considered lost”, but one deposit below the minimum can be credited “minus a small recovery fee” |
| Rainbet | A deposit below the minimum “cannot be credited”, and Rainbet asks for a new deposit on the same coin and network that meets the minimum |
| BC.Game | If the details do not match, “your deposit won’t be credited, and you might lose your funds” |
| Thrill | An unsupported token or network leaves the deposit “uncredited” |
A missing memo can sometimes be fixed. The coins still reach the casino’s own wallet, so Stake and Shuffle ask you to contact support, but Roobet says the funds “will unfortunately be lost”.
A wrong network is often harder to fix. The coins land on a network the casino may not watch, and getting them back takes manual work that casinos do only if they choose to.
João Mourato, our Head of iGaming Product, puts it this way:
“Check the network and the address two or three times before you send. If something goes wrong, contact the casino straight away, but the risk of losing the funds completely is very high.”
João Mourato, Head of iGaming Product at VIP-Grinders
If you have already sent a deposit the wrong way, take these steps:
- 1Stop sending to that address. Do not try again until you know what went wrong.
- 2Find the transaction ID. Copy the TXID, also called the transaction hash, from your wallet and open it on a block explorer to see which network it used and whether it confirmed.
- 3Contact live support at once. Send the TXID, the amount, the coin, the network you used, the deposit address and a screenshot.
- 4Ask for the answer in writing. Ask whether the casino can recover the deposit, how long it takes and what it costs.
- 5Keep a record. Save the chat or email, since the casino's terms decide the outcome.
Crypto Deposit Not Showing? Check These First
Most missing deposits have a simple cause. Work through these before you assume the worst:
- Still confirming. Open the TXID on a block explorer, since the casino credits a deposit only after the confirmations it requires, such as three for USDT at Roobet.
- Bitcoin fee too low. A transaction with a low fee can wait for hours, and some wallets let you speed it up by raising the fee.
- Missing memo or tag. XRP and Gram (TON) deposits without the right tag reach the casino but not your account.
- Wrong network. Compare the network in your wallet with the one you picked in the cashier.
- Below the minimum. Gamdom's minimums, for example, are 5 USDT and 0.0002 BTC.
- Old address. Shuffle's terms list an expired address among deposits that may be lost, so copy a fresh address from the cashier each time.
- Unsupported token. A token the casino does not list is not credited, even on the right network.
If none of these explains it after an hour, contact support with the TXID.
Sending From Coinbase, Binance or Kraken: Terms and EU Rules
You can send crypto from an exchange straight to a casino address, but exchanges watch where withdrawals go, and their rules cover gambling. This is what three of the largest say:
| Exchange | What Its Rules Say |
|---|---|
| Coinbase | Its prohibited use policy bans “Unlawful Gambling”, including “games of chance that are not sanctioned by a governmental body or regulatory authority” |
| Binance | Binance.US lists “Gambling” as a prohibited use, and Binance’s P2P policy treats withdrawals to “online gambling platforms” as high risk, which can freeze P2P features on the account |
| Kraken | Its terms bar using its services for illegal conduct, “including illegal gambling activities”, and its support pages say it “may decline transfers to wallets linked to prohibited activity” |
Coinbase and Kraken word their rules around unlawful gambling, so what counts depends on where you live and how the casino is licensed. Binance’s clauses cover gambling in general. Any exchange can still flag or refuse a transfer it links to gambling, which is one more reason to deposit from your own wallet.
EU Rules: Transfers Over €1,000 and the End of USDT
Players in the EU have more to check when they send from an exchange:
- Transfers over €1,000. Since 30 December 2024, an EU exchange sending more than €1,000 to a self hosted address must "take adequate measures to assess whether" that address is owned or controlled by you. A casino deposit address is not yours, so the transfer can be questioned or refused.
- USDT on EU exchanges. In an opinion of 8 October 2026, ESMA told national regulators that MiCA licensed exchanges should stop offering stablecoins that do not comply with MiCA, and wind down what is left by 8 January 2027. Coinbase counts USDT among them and gave EEA customers until 30 October 2026 to withdraw it, after which remaining balances are converted, usually into USDC.
- Your own wallet. These rules bind exchanges, not you, so holding USDT in a wallet you control stays legal.
For players in the EU, the simplest route is to buy USDC on the exchange, move it to your own wallet and deposit from there.
How to Keep a Crypto Deposit Safe
A crypto transfer cannot be reversed, so the address is where scammers aim. Two tricks are common:
- Address poisoning. A scammer sends you a tiny transfer from an address that looks like one you use, so it sits in your transaction history. MetaMask's advice is to "avoid copying addresses from your transaction history" and to check "the middle characters" as well as the start and end.
- Clipboard malware. In June 2026, Microsoft described malware spread through USB drives that swaps copied Bitcoin, TRON and Monero addresses for the attacker's own.
Both tricks fail if you copy a fresh address from the cashier every time and compare it in full before you send. These habits keep a deposit safe:
- Open the casino from a bookmark. Fake copies of casino sites show their own deposit addresses, so never follow a link from an ad or a direct message.
- Copy a fresh address each time. Never reuse one from your history or an old chat.
- Check the whole address. Compare the middle characters too, or scan the QR code shown in the cashier.
- Send a small test first. A few dollars on a fast network shows the address and network work before you send the rest.
- Keep a wallet only for gambling. If something goes wrong, your long term savings sit somewhere else.
Some casinos ask you to show that a wallet belongs to you, usually before a withdrawal, and our guide explains how to prove a wallet is yours. To start at a casino we have checked ourselves, see the crypto casinos we have tested with real deposits.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I deposit crypto at an online casino?
Open the casino’s cashier, choose the coin and the network, and copy the deposit address, plus the memo if one is shown. Send the coins from a wallet set to the same network, ideally after a small test deposit. The deposit shows in your balance once the network has confirmed it as many times as the casino requires.
What is the cheapest crypto to deposit at a casino?
It depends on the network more than the coin. When we checked on 23 October 2026, a transfer cost under 1 cent on Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Solana, Litecoin and the XRP Ledger, while USDT on TRON cost $2.12 to $4.40 unless you stake or rent energy. Fees change with network traffic, so check the fee your wallet shows before you send.
How long do crypto casino deposits take?
On fast networks such as Solana, TRON or BNB Smart Chain, a deposit usually shows within seconds to a few minutes. Bitcoin adds a block about every 10 minutes, and casinos wait for their required confirmations, such as one for bitcoin and three for USDT at Roobet. Roobet can credit a qualifying bitcoin deposit before it confirms, but holds withdrawals until it does.
What happens if I send crypto on the wrong network?
The coins arrive on a network the casino may not watch, so they are not credited, and recovery is up to the casino. Stake says such deposits “will not be credited”, Gamdom says they “generally cannot be recovered”, while Shuffle recovers a first mistake on a network it supports at no cost. Contact live support at once with the transaction ID.
Why is my crypto deposit not showing?
The most common reasons are a deposit still waiting for confirmations, a Bitcoin fee set too low, a missing memo or tag, the wrong network, or an amount below the casino’s minimum. Open the transaction ID on a block explorer to see whether it confirmed and on which network. If none of these explains it after an hour, contact support with the transaction ID.
Can I deposit to a casino straight from Coinbase or Binance?
You can, but it adds a risk you do not need. Coinbase bans “Unlawful Gambling”, Kraken may decline transfers linked to prohibited activity, and Binance’s P2P policy treats withdrawals to online gambling platforms as high risk. Sending from your own wallet avoids this and lets you choose the network and see the fee.
Do I need a memo or destination tag for a casino deposit?
Only for some coins. XRP and Gram (TON) deposits usually need a destination tag or memo, and without it the coins reach the casino but not your account. Contact support at once with the transaction ID, but recovery is not certain, and Roobet says a deposit without the tag is lost.
Do I need ETH or TRX to send USDT?
Yes, if you send from your own wallet. The network’s own coin pays the fee, so USDT on TRON needs TRX and USDT on Ethereum needs ETH in the same wallet, while an exchange charges its own fee instead. Keep a small amount of the network’s coin in your gambling wallet, or the wallet will not let you send.