POLi Deposits In Online Casinos: What To Know Before Your First Top-Up
POLi is a bank-transfer checkout that routes payments through your online banking. It is used mainly in Australia and New Zealand, so UK players will rarely see it listed in a UK-facing casino cashier. When a casino does offer POLi, it typically credits the deposit quickly after you approve the transfer in your bank session, and the casino records it as an online bank payment rather than a card deposit.
Before depositing, confirm three points in the cashier: the deposit limits in GBP, whether the casino charges a fee for bank-transfer deposits, and how it handles withdrawals after a POLi top-up. A UK-licensed operator must run identity checks and affordability-related checks under UKGC rules, so your first deposit can trigger a request for documents (ID and proof of address) and, in some cases, source-of-funds evidence. If the casino cannot pay out to POLi, it will pay withdrawals to another verified method in your name, so check that option is available before you fund your account.