List of eWallets for Canadians

[hypermegachi]

i'm still gonna wait until their website is updated to the proper info :P

[Bobo Fett]

Nice job on Pacific, nimajneb! Feels good to take a decent-sized site off the "no eWallet" list. Now if we could just get Will Hill to do something. I'll send an email...anyone else want to do the same? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Edit: also changing MB limit - see following two posts.

Moneybookers - AP, b2b, Boss (some), Cake, Dobrosoft (Wingows), Everest, iPoker (some), Ladbrokes, Mansion, Microgaming, OnGame (NOT Hollywood), Pacific, Party, Poker4Ever, UB, WSEX
Click2Pay - AP, Boss (some), Betfair, Crypto (Sun & IP only), Everest, FT, iPoker (some), Microgaming (some), OnGame (NOT Europoker), Poker.com, TruePoker, UB
ePassporte - AP, Bugsy's Club, Cake, Dobrosoft (Wingows), GamesGrid, FT, Poker4Ever, Stars, UB
EcoCard - Dobrosoft (FCP, Wingows), iPoker, Mansion, Microgaming (some), OnGame (Eurobet), Poker4Ever
ATMOnline - Dobrosoft (Poker World), UB
ewalletxpress - Bugsy's Club, Dobrosoft (FCP)
No eWallet - Crypto (Betsafe, Poker Plex, Totalbet, UK Betting, Will Hill), Paradise, Poker Champs

Networks checked so far: AP, b2b, Betfair, Boss, Bugsy's Club, Cake, Crypto, Dobrosoft, Everest, FT, GamesGrid, iPoker, Ladbrokes, Mansion, Microgaming, OnGame, Pacific, Paradise, Party, Poker.com, Poker Champs, Poker4Ever, Stars, TruePoker, UB, WSEX.

<u>Moneybookers</u>

Currency Available: US $, Can $, others
Funding Options: Bank Transfer (Free), CC (1.9% fee)
Withdrawal Options: Cheque ($4.67 fee), International Bank Transfer ($2.40 fee) - your bank must have its OWN SWIFT code. If your Bank/Credit Union uses a "correspondent bank", this will NOT work.
Depositing on Sites: No fees
Cashouts from Sites: No fees
Transaction Limits: 1,000 Euro for Outgoing Transactions, no limit for Incoming. Can be increased to as high as 17,000 Euro with verification steps.

<u>Click2Pay</u>

Currency Available: Can $ only
Funding Options: Bank Wire (NOT transfer), CC (3% fee) - you don't actually fund the account with your CC prior to making a deposit at a poker site. If you have no funds in your account when you make a deposit at a poker site, they then take it from your CC.
Withdrawal Options: Cheque ($2 fee), C2P Card ($10 fee to get card, $5 monthly dormant fee after 6 months, no other C2P fees)
Depositing on Sites: No fees, no charge on currency exchange
Cashouts from Sites: No fees, no charge on currency exchange
Transaction Limits: NO limits on C2P-site-C2P transfers. $500/wk limit on loading from CC, will be increased after you spend a certain amount of money over a certain period of time...not specified how much or how long. Next level is $1,000 per week. There are a total of 4 levels after your initial one.

<u>ePassporte</u>

Currency Available: US $ only
Funding Options: CC only ($5 fee per $100 loaded)
Withdrawal Options: Wire Transfer ($50 fee), ATM ($2 fee, requires a $35 purchase of a Visa Card, $35 annual fee)
Depositing on Sites:
Cashouts from Sites:
Transaction Limits: $500 max daily total loads ($1000 for select); 5 max daily loads; 10 max daily transactions; $300 max daily total withdrawals ($600 for select); 5 max daily ATM transactions; 10 max Visa transactions. Select status requirements on web site, $5 fee

[Bobo Fett]

Has anyone else completed their CC verification on MB by entering the amount charged to the card, and did you get a SECOND 3,000 Euro increase to your limit when you did so?

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Has anyone else completed their CC verification on MB by entering the amount charged to the card, and did you get a SECOND 3,000 Euro increase to your limit when you did so?

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It happened to me, an instant 3000 euro increase by just registering the credit card and then a second 3000 euro increase once I entered the transaction value.

[SlantNGo]

Anyone know if Pacific blocks U.S. IPs like Party and Paradise? I'm a Canadian going to the U.S. in the fall for grad school and am looking for a new site (currently on Party).

[pyedog]

Hey Bobo, thanks a ton for making this list and keeping it up to date.

I've got a question for you. How would you rank the three or four major ewallets in terms of your preference? Considering fees, support, response time, ease of use, transaction limits, withdrawal options, etc.

I'm not asking for justification or ranking in those categories, just a list of your preferred ewallet out of major ones. If every site decided to go to one ewallet which one would you prefer?

Or maybe they each have advantages and drawbacks so it's too hard for you to decide. I haven't used any of them yet, so I want to get started with the best one. Maybe we could all recommend the preferred ewallet to the sites that don't have one yet. I emailed Will Hill to complain about the lack of funding options.

[GooseHinson]

Good news from moneybookers...here is the e-mail reply they sent me when prompted for higher limits:

Thank you for contacting our customer service.

We would like to inform you that, in order to verify your Moneybookers account,
so that we can increase your overall transaction limits with additional 10,000
EUR per 90 days, you will have to provide us with a scanned copy of an address
proof document(hand-written documents are not accepted) such as a recent bank /
credit card statement or utility bill(e.g. gas, phone, electricity) where we
can clearly see your full name and address registered at Moneybookers.

Furthermore, in order to increase your overall transaction limits with
additional 15,000 EUR per 90 days by verifying your bank account, we would like
to kindly ask you to request an amount, of your choice, to be withdrew from your
Moneybookers account to your bank account and afterwards to provide us with the
bank statement clearly showing your name, bank account details and the
Moneybookers verification transaction.

Please be kindly asked to upload scanned copy of the required document at the
corresponding section in our Messaging Centre (Contact&gt;Messaging Centre&gt;Account
Security&gt;You have requested information and/or documents from me) as you need to
provide the respective ticket number of your correspondence with us.



It would appear that through this it's possible to raise limits to roughly 60,000$US which is pretty much sufficient for me.

[hypermegachi]

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It would appear that through this it's possible to raise limits to roughly 60,000$US which is pretty much sufficient for me.

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it would be for anyone making less than 240k a year :P

again, i'd like to point out that with MB you have to agree to them bankrupting and paying you nothing if you wanna store more than $1000 on their site.

[Bobo Fett]

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Anyone know if Pacific blocks U.S. IPs like Party and Paradise? I'm a Canadian going to the U.S. in the fall for grad school and am looking for a new site (currently on Party).

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I'm in the US right now. If I have a chance, I'll see about downloading Pacific to try it...however, I don't know if I have my user name/password here.

I can confirm that Party blocks you - you can log in, but real money tables are a no-go. Paradise told me I wouldn't be able to play...I've logged in and opened tables, but haven't "dared" sitting down yet. Not sure if I want to risk any trouble there. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Bobo Fett]

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Hey Bobo, thanks a ton for making this list and keeping it up to date.

I've got a question for you. How would you rank the three or four major ewallets in terms of your preference? Considering fees, support, response time, ease of use, transaction limits, withdrawal options, etc.

I'm not asking for justification or ranking in those categories, just a list of your preferred ewallet out of major ones. If every site decided to go to one ewallet which one would you prefer?

Or maybe they each have advantages and drawbacks so it's too hard for you to decide. I haven't used any of them yet, so I want to get started with the best one. Maybe we could all recommend the preferred ewallet to the sites that don't have one yet. I emailed Will Hill to complain about the lack of funding options.

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The way we play of course affects what is the best option for each of us. I mostly play 1/2 FR SH, and do a fair bit of bonus whoring. No deposits, unless there's some kind of deposit from a new method (like the current Paradise CC bonus) that requires me to. Í continue to withdraw via Party's EFTs. Therefore, moving money on and off an eWallet is irrelevant to me. What I care about is the ability to move money from site to site via the eWallet.

MB &amp; C2P are definitely out front for me. I probably lean towards MB because it's available at a couple more sites I play, I can cash my PokerSavvy points there, they have a RAF program, and I can have my account in US$. If the C2P ATM card works out well, though, it will get a few points as a new way to withdraw. This might be better than a Party EFT, since the fact that my account is in Canadian $ should avoid any exchange vig.

The way things are, I'd be happy if every site had either MB or C2P available, I don't mind having two eWallets. Three or four sucks. If they all moved to one, I'd slightly prefer C2P if the ATM Card works well, possibly MB otherwise.