Paysafecard casinos for Canadians

Seven casinos, one voucher each

Where to buy a PIN in Canada

Paysafecard's Canadian site names its own sales partners, and they are the places you already pass: Canada Post, Esso, Mobil, Canadian Tire Gas+, Hasty Market, Daisy Mart, Rabba Fine Foods, Wilsons Gas Stops, Commisso's Fresh Foods and several more, plus an outlet finder for the rest. The values on sale are C$10, C$30, C$50, C$100, C$150 and C$250. You pay at the counter, take the receipt with the 16-digit code, and that code is the whole payment method: type it into the casino cashier and the amount moves across.

The C$400 ceiling

Paysafecard caps a combined PIN payment at C$400 per transaction in Canada, whether or not you hold an account. Several PINs can be entered one after another to make up a deposit, so two C$150 codes and a C$100 code can fund a single C$400 deposit, and nothing larger goes through in one payment. That rarely matters at the entry level, but it shapes the bigger offers. Goldex advertises a first stage worth up to C$6,000; on Paysafecard, the largest single deposit you can make towards it is C$400, which earns a C$400 match, not the headline.

When a leftover balance starts to shrink

A PIN that is only partly spent keeps its credit, but not forever. Paysafecard's Canadian fee page says that from the 19th month a monthly service fee of C$2.50 is taken from the remaining credit. The way around it is a free my paysafecard account: register, redeem the PIN into it, and the credit is held there. The account also has its own limits, holding up to C$3,500 in PIN value and handling up to C$10,000 of used PINs a month.

Matching a voucher to an offer

Jackpot City is the cleanest single-voucher start: one C$10 code triggers a 100% match of C$10 at 35x the bonus, which is C$350 of play-through, plus ten turns a day on a prize wheel. V.Vegas also takes C$10, but its first-stage terms apply only if the deposit lands within an hour of registering, so buy the voucher before you open the account rather than after.

At C$20, Grizzly's Quest pays its welcome purely in spins, 100 on the first deposit at 35x, and Lucky Days matches 100% at 30x on deposit plus bonus with 100 spins spread across ten days. Two C$10 codes or one C$30 code entered for C$20 covers either; leftover value on the C$30 code stays on the PIN for next time.

The C$30 group asks for a mid-sized voucher. Goldex wants code GOLDEX1 entered with the deposit and seven days to clear 40x. HellSpin's first stage is 100% up to C$300 with 100 spins at 40x. Bitguruz pays its three stages as published in US dollars and has to be claimed within 24 hours of signing up, which suits a voucher already in your hand.

Budget control is the point

A voucher can only be spent once, and a casino account funded only by vouchers has no card saved for a late-night top-up. Buy a C$30 Paysafecard and that is the most that session can cost you. That makes it a natural partner for the limits and time-outs covered in our responsible gambling tools guide.

Cash-in only, so plan the way out

Payouts to Paysafecard depend on the casino and need a registered paysafecard account. Every casino above lists Interac, and most list one or more e-wallets as well. Upload ID and proof of address before your first withdrawal, using the KYC guide, because the voucher does nothing to shorten the casino's checks. Lucky Days and Bitguruz state about 15 minutes to process a payout, HellSpin about an hour, V.Vegas 12 hours, and Jackpot City, Goldex and Grizzly's Quest a day.

Vouchers inside a wallet cost more

Loading a voucher into a wallet first is the expensive way round. Skrill charges up to 5% to fund the wallet with Paysafecard, Neteller between 0% and 5%, and MiFinity 10.5%. On a C$100 PIN that is up to C$5 at Skrill and C$10.50 at MiFinity, money the casino would have received in full had you entered the code at its own cashier. The Skrill page has the full wallet fee table.

Other cash vouchers: Flexepin and Neosurf. Back to Canadian casinos.