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Research library

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Payment rules by market

Payment rules · Great Britain

Great Britain: gambling payment rules

Credit card ban, payment-provider condition, customer funds ratings, reverse-withdrawal ban, deposit limits, vulnerability checks and AML thresholds.

Payment rules · Canada

Canada: gambling payment rules by province

AGCO standards 5.69 to 5.82 on deposits, withdrawals and credit, FINTRAC's C$10,000 reports, and how Alberta, BC and Quebec handle payments.

Payment rules · United States

United States: online gambling payment rules

UIGEA and Regulation GG, which states ban credit cards, how NJ, PA and MI regulate deposits and withdrawals, and FinCEN's casino reporting.

Payment rules · Europe

Europe: gambling payment rules by country

Ireland's and Sweden's credit bans, Germany's €1,000 cross-operator limit, Spain's new joint limits, Dutch defaults, Italy's 7-day withdrawals and the EU AML threshold.

Comparison

Credit card gambling bans compared

One table of where credit cards are banned for gambling, where bans are targeted or pending, and where they are still allowed, each with its legal source.

Regulatory briefing · Great Britain

Licence condition 5.1.2: payment methods and payment service providers

Which payment methods and providers a remote operator in Great Britain may use, and how to check a provider against the Payment Services Regulations.

Payment operations

Infrastructure

How payment infrastructure supports regulated iGaming

The roles of the operator's cashier, payment providers, acquirers, card schemes, issuers, open banking providers and e-wallets, and which regulator oversees each.

Operations

Authorization vs settlement

An approval is consent, not money. How authorisation, clearing and settlement differ, using the BIS and ECB definitions, and why operators should track all three.

Consumer protection

Withdrawal transparency and customer communication

The steps a withdrawal goes through, where delays come from, and what UK, Ontario, US and Italian rules say about cancelling, timing and checks.

Verification

KYC and identity verification in gambling payments

When gambling operators must verify identity and age, the due diligence thresholds in UK, EU and FATF rules, and how verification ties to deposits and withdrawals.

Operations

Payment reconciliation controls and exception handling

The four records a gambling operator should match every day, the exceptions to watch, and how reconciliation supports customer funds rules in Great Britain and Ontario.

Operations

Card chargebacks in gambling: how disputes work

Visa's four dispute categories, what compelling evidence means, Mastercard's gaming-specific evidence rules, and the operator controls that reduce disputes.

Infrastructure

Payment failures and recovery: an operator research framework

The main reasons gambling deposits fail, from issuer gambling blocks to strong authentication and deposit limits, and how to respond without breaching player-protection rules.

Procurement

Evaluating payment service providers for regulated gaming

A checklist for assessing a payment provider before relying on it: regulatory status on official registers, gambling acceptance and scheme registration, safeguarding, AML and resilience.

Procurement

Payment provider contract review

The clauses that matter most in a payment provider agreement for a gambling operator, from settlement timing and reserves to scheme fines, termination and regulatory cooperation.

Payment infrastructure

Payment methods comparison framework

How cards, bank transfers, open banking, e-wallets, prepaid cards and crypto differ for gambling, and which rules restrict each method in the markets we cover.

Risk and protection

Risk controls across deposits and withdrawals

The money laundering, fraud and affordability risks in gambling payments, the indicators regulators and the FATF publish, and the controls that address them.

Consumer protection

Responsible payment design in gambling products

What regulators require and what research shows about payment design and gambling harm: deposit limits, credit bans, withdrawal reversal bans and frictionless digital payments.