Guides
Five explainers from the team that tests the casinos: two on crypto, one on banking, one on pokie maths and one on the law. Pick the one that matches the problem in front of you, or start with USDT if you have never paid a casino in crypto.
Where to start
Paying with crypto. How to deposit with USDT walks through buying Tether on an AUSTRAC-registered exchange with PayID, picking the network and getting the first deposit credited. Best crypto wallet for casino play answers whether you need a wallet between the exchange and the casino at all, which wallets hold the coins our casinos take, and the mistakes that lose deposits. Each coin also has a method page listing the casinos that take it, with their minimums and payout times: Bitcoin, USDT, Litecoin and Ethereum.
A card or bank payment declined. Bank blocked your gambling transaction? explains why CommBank, ANZ, NAB, Westpac and the New Zealand banks decline casino deposits, how long a gambling block takes to lift, and what still works.
Choosing a pokie. Pokies RTP explained shows why a 96% return is a long-run average rather than a promise, how volatility and hit frequency combine with it, and why the same pokie can run at 94% or at 96%.
The law. Is online gambling legal in Australia? sets out what the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 prohibits, who it applies to, why offshore casinos still accept Australians, and what the 2017 amendments and ACMA’s blocking changed.
How the guides are written
The guides draw on the same sources as our reviews: exchange fee pages, bank help centres, the Act and ACMA’s published actions, and the casinos’ own terms. Figures that change, such as exchange fees and block removal times, carry the date we checked them, and each guide shows when it was last updated.