Where this route ends, and what each destination settles in, is on the catalogue overview. The cashier matters mostly because of what is waiting at the far end of it.
Four boxes, and the two in the middle
The whole cashier fits in one diagram. Rand leaves a bank account or a wallet, an exchange turns it into coin, a blockchain moves the coin, and a casino cashier credits it as a balance. The two ends are cheap. The two in the middle are where the money goes.
What R 2 000 meets on the way in
No total is printed, because two of the four legs move daily. Rand to crypto works it through with figures you can check on the day.
The pages underneath
Rand to crypto
Four steps from a South African bank account to a casino balance, and what each one costs.
Open→22,200 and 12,100 a monthLuno and VALR
The two exchanges South Africans actually search for, and what differs between them for this purpose.
Open→not measuredPlaying in USDT
Why most players end up holding a dollar stablecoin between the exchange and the casino.
Open→not measuredPlaying in bitcoin
A balance that moves on its own, and the one rule that keeps a session readable.
Open→the return legBack to rand
The same route in reverse, where the fees are the same and the timing is not.
Open→What to check before the first deposit
Four things, all published, all readable before any money moves. Reading them costs a few minutes at the point where it is free, rather than at the point where it is not.
- Whether your exchange account can send coin outSome accounts can buy and hold but not withdraw to an address. That is discovered at exactly the wrong moment.
- Which asset the casino's cashier listsIf the coin you bought is on the list, it is credited directly. If not, the site converts at a rate it sets.
- Which network the deposit screen expectsSending on the wrong network is usually unrecoverable, and it is the most expensive mistake available here.
- The withdrawal minimum and ceilingThe minimum sets a floor under what you can take out; the ceiling decides how many separate transfers a large balance becomes.
How many assets the sites here hold
The asset count in the catalogue is a cashier fact rather than a marketing one, and it decides whether your coin is credited directly or converted on arrival. At a working rate of about R 18 to the dollar, the minimums these sites state in coin land in ordinary rand territory — a $10 minimum is roughly R 180 — but the coin-denominated figure moves with the coin's price.
That working rate is used everywhere on this site for orientation and is labelled every time. It is not a quote, and no page here pretends to know what a pair will be worth on the day you read it.
Questions people actually ask
Can I deposit rand directly at these casinos?
No. Every site in this catalogue holds coin. Rand reaches an exchange first, becomes coin there, and the coin reaches the casino.
Which step costs the most?
Usually the exchange, through the spread and the fee. The network fee matters most when the transfer is small, because it is flat rather than proportional.
How long does any of this take?
This site publishes no timings, because nobody here measured them. What it can tell you is what each step charges, which is published in advance by everyone involved.