Skrill

About the Skrill Wallet

Skrill is a digital wallet for online payments, money transfers and gambling deposits, and one of the longest running wallets in the market. It launched in 2001 as Moneybookers in London, later rebranded to Skrill, and since 2015 it has been part of Paysafe, the same group behind Neteller and paysafecard. Skrill operates in more than 200 countries and supports over 40 currencies, pairing the wallet with card payments, bank transfers and local methods. It built much of its name in online gambling, where it has a strong following among players at casinos, sportsbooks and poker rooms who use it for quick deposits and withdrawals.

Payments and Transfers

The Wallet

Skrill's core is a wallet account funded by card, bank transfer or local methods, from which a user pays merchants, takes out winnings or sends money to others. Keeping bank and card details inside Skrill, away from the operator, is a large part of its appeal to players, and it runs a loyalty programme that rewards regular use.

Card and Crypto

It offers a Skrill prepaid Mastercard for spending balances in the real world and has added features for buying and holding cryptocurrencies, positioning the wallet as more than a way to move money between bank and operator. Skrill also runs a rewards programme, Knect, that gives points on transactions which can later be exchanged for cash or other perks.

Money Transfers

Beyond gambling, Skrill runs an international money transfer service between users and to bank accounts, often at low or no fee within its network, which serves a broad consumer base well outside the iGaming niche.

How Skrill Is Used

Skrill's standing rests on longevity and reach. As one of the oldest wallets and a brand long tied to online gambling, it is very widely accepted, and operators routinely list it for both deposits and fast withdrawals, sometimes settling payouts to Skrill faster than to a bank. Ownership by Paysafe gives it the scale, licensing and compliance of a major payments group, and it shares much of its infrastructure with sister wallet Neteller while keeping a distinct brand and audience. For many players Skrill is a default gambling wallet, and its presence across more than 200 countries makes it one of the more universal options an operator can offer, in contrast to the regionally focused providers elsewhere in this category. A common caveat is that some operators exclude wallet deposits from welcome bonuses, which applies to Skrill as it does to its peers.

Skrill in the Headlines

Recent Gamblers Connect stories on Skrill appear here, linked both ways with the profile.