Revolut casinos in Europe: how casino payments with Revolut work by country

Revolut casinos by country

Regulators, licences and Revolut's country rule

Two separate things decide whether a payment goes through. One is your own setting in the app. The other is the country you are in, because Revolut states that some European countries require it, as a payment service, to block transfers to and from illegal gambling providers.

Where the Revolut help article links a regulator register, payments to operators outside that register are the ones Revolut describes as blocked. Countries whose article links no list get the same general wording with no register named.

How to deposit at a casino with Revolut

The card route uses the Revolut debit card, issued on the Visa or Mastercard network depending on the account. Every such payment carries the merchant category code of the gambling site, and that code is the field the app block reads.

The transfer route sends money from your Revolut balance to the account details the cashier shows. Because it is a transfer and not a card payment, the app block does not apply to it.

The third route is Revolut Pay, the checkout button. Revolut publishes no rule describing how it treats gambling merchants.

A fourth thing people ask about is cryptocurrency bought in the app. That is a separate question from paying a casino, and the country pages cover it where there is demand.

Revolut casino fees

Casinos do not charge a fee for paying with Revolut, and Revolut publishes no fee for gambling payments. The costs that can apply come from the plan of your account, and each country of issue has its own fee schedule.

On a Standard plan in the euro area, cash withdrawals are free up to five withdrawals or 200 EUR in a rolling month, whichever limit is reached first. After that Revolut charges 2% of the withdrawal, with a minimum of 1 EUR. The free amount is 400 EUR on Premium and 800 EUR on Metal. This fee is relevant when you take winnings out in cash. A small cash withdrawal above the allowance pays the 1 EUR minimum, which is more than 2% of the amount.

Currency conversion can also cost money. The euro area schedule adds 1% to conversions made during the weekend, which Revolut counts from Friday 17:00 to Sunday 18:00 New York time.

A replacement card costs 6 EUR on a Standard plan in the euro area. The schedule for UK accounts has no weekend surcharge and uses a monthly exchange limit, and the United Kingdom page lists those numbers.

You avoid conversion costs when the cashier uses the same currency as your Revolut balance.

Why a Revolut casino payment is declined

A declined payment usually has one of the following causes.

• The gambling block in your app is on. Revolut stops card payments that it identifies as gambling as soon as the block is enabled, and turning it off takes up to 48 hours.
• The merchant code does not match. Revolut says the block will not stop a payment if a company uses a different code to hide gambling services, and that Revolut is not liable for card payments that go through. The opposite can also happen: a merchant that has nothing to do with gambling can be declined if its payments carry a gambling code.
• The operator is missing from the national regulator list. This rule depends on the country, and no setting in the app changes it. Revolut asks customers to contact support if they believe a licensed operator has been blocked by mistake.
• The casino declined the payment. In that case the cashier shows the message, and the usual reason is verification or the country of the account.

One more cause exists only in the United Kingdom. Since 14 April 2020 British gambling operators have not been allowed to accept credit cards, including credit card payments made through an e-wallet. Revolut announced the change on 10 April 2020 and said some UK operators might stop accepting its card. Personal Revolut cards are debit cards, so the ban does not cover them.

Is Revolut safe for gambling? The gambling block

The gambling block in the Revolut app stops card payments that Revolut identifies as gambling by the merchant category code. The block is switched off when an account is opened.

The block does not cover bank transfers. The help page says it does not affect other types of transactions, such as bank transfers or payments made through third party apps.

The block works as soon as you turn it on and cannot be bypassed. Turning it off takes up to 48 hours.

What changes when you change country

The fee schedule changes, because Revolut publishes a separate schedule for each country of issue.

The regulator rule changes, because Revolut applies the list of the country concerned.

The self exclusion scheme changes as well. Every country runs its own scheme, so a registration made in one country has no effect in another.

The gambling block in the app stays the same in every country. It remains on until you turn it off, and the 48 hour delay applies everywhere.

How to check a casino licence

Germany publishes a whitelist of permitted operators. A brand that is missing from the whitelist has no German permit, and the Revolut help article for Germany links the list directly.

Italy publishes the register of ADM concession holders, and the Revolut article for Italy links it.

Poland publishes a register of blocked domains at the Ministry of Finance. France publishes the list of operators with an ANJ licence. The French list contains no online casinos, because France does not license that category.

Spain publishes the DGOJ list of operators, and the Revolut article for Spain links it.

To check a casino, search the register for the company name shown in the footer of the site. The brand name on the banner often differs from the company name. Then look at the licence category, because a betting licence does not cover casino games. Do the check before you register an account, because the licence has to exist at the time you deposit.

Revolut has no casino of its own

Revolut is a bank and payment service. It issues cards, holds balances, exchanges currency and offers a gambling block in its app. It does not operate games, it does not hold a gambling licence anywhere, and there is no Revolut account page where a casino balance appears.

Any site presenting itself as an official Revolut casino, or any app called Revolut Slots, is therefore run by somebody else. Treat a brand that borrows a bank's name as a reason to check the operator licence first, not as a recommendation.

A Revolut login page asking for your card number and security code on a gambling site is a different matter again. The cashier needs card details to take a payment; it never needs your banking password or an app passcode.

Revolut casino FAQ

Sources

1. Revolut help centre, gambling block, read 13 November 2026.
2. Revolut help centre, declined payments to a gambling operator, twenty locales checked 13 November 2026, en-GB returns 404.
3. Revolut blog, new UK gambling payments rules, 10 April 2020.
4. Revolut help centre, gambling support and helpline numbers, read 13 November 2026.
5. Regulator and government sources for country rows: GGL Germany, GRAI Ireland, Ministry of Finance Czechia, Finnish government on opening gambling to competition.
6. Revolut fee schedules for euro area plans and for the United Kingdom, read 13 November 2026.
7. Casino specific limits, fees and payout times are not published by Revolut.
8. Revolut Pay and gambling merchants: no Revolut rule found.