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For many years, betting with PayPal was an incredibly common occurrence, and it was one of the few eWallet payment methods that bookies allowed to use with their sign up bonuses. More recently though, the bookmakers have been turning their backs on it, starting with exclusions from welcome offers and eventually leading to it being completely removed from some sites as people began to rely more on Apple Pay / Google Pay and open banking.
These days it’s actually becoming harder to find decent PayPal betting sites, and you can no longer assume that your favourite high street brand will offer it. For this reason we’ve come up with a guide to the best bookmakers that accept PayPal as a deposit method (and, hopefully, withdrawals).
We update this page on a regular basis as things change, but if you do notice any errors, please get in touch and we’ll make sure to put things right.
Bookmakers That Accept PayPal in 2026
Coral - Min Deposit £10 / Min Withdrawal £5
Coral are owned by the same company as Ladbrokes, so it should come as no surprise that they share a lot of the same banking rules. In fact, they have the very same minimums for deposits and withdrawals, and share the same deposit limits.
For betting with PayPal you can deposit between £10 and £2,000 per transaction, with a cumulative daily maximum of £50,000. Weekly limits of £100k and monthly limits of £1m also apply. The minimum withdrawal through PayPal is a nice low £5.
One great feature of Coral is how smoothly their online and high street betting products combine with each other. Through the Coral Rewards club you can withdraw your winnings in cash through any Coral betting shop. The reverse is also true and you can also make deposits in cash and have them credited to your online account.
As a bookmaker, there's little to find fault with. The odds are consistently solid and coverage is very wide, touching on a huge array of markets across horse racing, football and general sports betting. Casino and gaming is also well covered with both RNG based games as well as live dealer games. Plus poker and bingo to boot.
Unibet - Min Deposit £10 / Min Withdrawal £10
Unibet are a modern bookmaker with a sleek design and fast, easy to use site that's equally as user friendly on mobile and desktop. Regular punters can also use their app for even quicker betting.
PayPal is well integrated into the site, and they a pretty standard minimum for depositing via PayPal - coming in at £10. The maximum deposit via PayPal is also quite generous at £10,000 per day.
Originally founded in the late 90's in Earls Court, Unibet were one of the first online only bookmakers to hit the web, so it's not surprising to hear that innovation is at the heart of their ethos. They did have a brief flirtation with the high street when they acquired Stan James in 2015, but the company was eventually absorbed into the main Unibet brand.
Ladbrokes - Min Deposit £10 / Min Withdrawal £5
Ladbrokes offer banking through PayPal with a £10 minimum deposit, whilst withdrawals enjoy a slightly lower limit at £5. Both deposits and withdrawals through PayPal are free and can be made in GBP or EUR (for ROI customers).
Maximum limits are quite high with a daily deposit limit of £50,000 up to a weekly limit of £100,000, although the maximum for any one transaction is £2,000 so you can't deposit the maximum all in one go. The monthly limit is set at an incredible £1,000,000, which is much higher than a lot of other bookmakers. You can, of course, set lower deposit limits if you like, and adjust these at any time.
As for the bookmaker itself, Ladbrokes is a name that pretty much everyone in the UK will recognise. Especially those of us that like a bet. Their bright coloured signs adorn approximately 1,800 betting shops on the British high street, through which you can access various features of your online account using a Club Ladbrokes club.
Going all the way back to the 1800's, Ladbrokes is one of the oldest bookmakers in the UK that's still in operation. And whilst it started life primarily focussing on horse racing, they now offer a full suite of products, covering football and sports betting, casino games, poker and bingo.
Claiming Bonuses When Betting With PayPal
This is the elephant in the room. At one point, most PayPal bookies were happy to let new customers sign up and trigger their welcome bonus using PayPal even though other eWallets such as Neteller and Moneybookers were often excluded. Sadly this isn’t the case any more and, for sign up offers, at least, you can’t use PayPal at the vast majority of sites.
When excluded it should be clearly stated in the significant terms of the offer, either as a specific restriction such as “Not valid with deposits via PayPal” or by limiting what payment methods you can use such as “Only deposit via Debit Card will qualify”. You can see examples of these in the screenshots below:
That doesn’t meant that you can’t claim any bonuses with PayPal, or use it for general day to day betting, just that if you want to claim the welcome bonus from a site, you’ll need to make your first deposit using a debit card. After that, you’re free to switch to PayPal and just use that if you so choose.
Most ongoing promotions aren’t affected by this as they aren’t linked to a deposit. For example, if you’re claiming double odds on a first goalscorer, or getting money back after your horse falls, the payment method normally doesn’t matter as it’s more about the bet than the deposit.
Obviously we do need to add a caveat here, in that all bookies are different, and some may come up with weird rules that do restrict their offers from time to time, but generally speaking the better bookmakers don’t tend to do this kind of nonsense. Just make sure you check the terms and conditions of the site or offer first.
The other exception to this rule are deposit-linked offers. You may find that offers that are specifically linked to a deposit are also restricted, mainly reload bonuses such as “deposit £10 get a £10 free bet”, but these are less common in sports betting as you’re more likely to find promotions along the lines of “bet £10 on the Champions League final and get a £10 free bet”.
PayPal Deposit & Withdrawal Limits at Betting Sites
There are no PayPal enforced restrictions for betting in the UK as far as we’re aware, aside from the requirement for the betting site to be appropriately licensed by the UK Gambling Commission, but there will be limits put in place by the bookmaker.
Minimum deposits at most PayPal betting sites tend to be around £10, with the occasional outlier offering deposits of £5 (and, conversely, some that opt for a higher minimum). At most sites this is either in line with the limits for debit cards, or slightly higher. So you’ll find that at many sites with a £10 minimum PayPal deposit, you could deposit £5 if you chose to do it via card instead.
Maximum deposits vary much more between sites, as different sites have have different appetites for risk. Generally speaking the more establish sites, particularly those that feature prominently on the UK high street, tend to have higher maximum deposits, whilst the newer or online only brands tend to keep to a smaller limit.
The highest maximums go up to £50,000 a day, although often you cannot deposit that amount all in one go and would need to split it into a series of smaller transactions. Maximum PayPal deposits per transaction tend to be between £2,000 to £10,000 at the better bookmakers.
Maximums will also vary depending on your account and any self imposed limits you may have. All licensed bookmakers now give you the option to apply your own maximum deposit limits, to make sure that your spending doesn’t get out of control
When it comes to withdrawals, PayPal also tends to have among the lowest minimums at most betting sites, often matching debit cards. In many cases the minimum withdrawal is the same as the minimum deposit at around £10, but some do have a slightly higher minimum.
This information is just to give a rough guide, so make sure to check the specific minimums for your chosen bookmaker. These should be clearly listed withing the banking section of your account as seen in the example below which shows a minimum deposit of £10 and a self imposed maximum deposit of £10:
Fees & Transaction Speeds
It is very rare to find a bookmaker that charges a fee to use PayPal to deposit or withdraw into your betting account. In fact, if you do see a fee listed at your chosen bookie we’d strongly recommend finding an alternative one because most don’t charge anything and there are plenty of good options to choose from in our list above. Also if they’re nickle and diming you on the deposits, chances are you’re not getting a great deal on the odds or offers either.
Speed wise, pretty much all bookmakers will process PayPal deposits almost instantly. So you’re purely limited by the time it takes you to request it, plus a short verification window on the other side, the same that you’d find when using PayPal to buy something online. This should be up to a minute at most.
Withdrawals are slightly different because they need to be approved on the bookmakers side first. Whilst the PayPal transaction part of the withdrawal is just as quick as depositing, most bookmakers require someone on their end to check it first and hit the approve button. The time taken varies by betting site, but some of the better brands will usually be able to get your withdrawal to you the same day (or, at least, within 24 hours).
Smaller sites often take longer as they have less staff available to approve the transactions, particularly around busier times such as major football events or large horses races. We keep track of the approximate times each site takes in our comparison table above.
KYC Will Slow Things Down
All of the above assumes that your withdrawal is above board, and that you’ve met the KYC requirements of the site. If not, or you’ve hit a new threshold that requires some deeper identity checking, then your withdrawal will be put on hold until you’re able to complete the requirements.