About us

POLi Casinos AU is an editorial site with one narrow remit: bank-transfer deposits made through POLi, and how gambling sites handle them. We do not run a casino, we are not connected to any payment provider, and no transaction of any kind takes place on policasinos-au.com.

Our angle. POLi is a transfer method rather than a card method — the payment is initiated through the provider’s own interface and settles from a bank account. The consumer machinery people associate with cards is therefore not part of the picture: no card scheme sitting behind the transaction, no dispute process attached to it. That single structural difference shapes everything we write. A deposit that clears quickly and cannot be pulled back is a different object from a card payment, and we describe it as one.

What each entry records. Whether the operator lists POLi for deposits only or for withdrawals too; which banks are named as supported on the operator’s own page; the stated minimum and maximum; whether a fee applies and who charges it; what the operator says about the interval between initiating a transfer and the balance appearing; and what identity checks stand between a completed deposit and a released withdrawal.

How that is verified. From published material only — the banking or cashier page, the terms, any payment schedule the operator maintains. Where a figure is not published, we write that it is not published. Where cashier page and terms disagree, we quote both. Payment support is changed silently and often, so entries here reflect a reading in 2026.

The Australian frame. Australia regulates gambling payments directly and specifically. Credit cards, credit-related products and digital currency have been prohibited as payment for online wagering since 11 June 2024, and from 1 January 2027 banks and payment providers may expressly block transactions to illegal gambling operators. Debit card, bank transfer, PayID/Osko and BPAY are the legal deposit routes for the wagering products Australia actually licenses — race and sports betting placed before the event, lotteries and keno.

Online casino is not among them. Under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 it is an offence to provide one to a person in Australia, and no licence for it exists federally or in any state or territory. Money transferred to such a site has no Australian complaints path, no BetStop protection behind it, and no realistic route to recovery.

Adults 18 and over only. National Gambling Helpline: 1800 858 858, 24 hours a day.