Joined: Feb '12
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I see all these threads about how long it takes to withdraw cash from poker or casino sites to Skrill, Neteller,...or other money handlers. Seems folks are always saying it takes too long...
Today I made a withdrawel of $35 from Full Tilt to my Skrill account, and it only took about 2 minutes to appear in my Skrill. It was like lightning fast!
I don't understand.... What's with that...? ....and it was even the very first time I withdrew from Full Tilt!
Joined: Mar '13
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ditto mate, never had much of a wait with any poker room, actually with the exception of 888 which can take a while but everywhere else usually get it within a few hours tops maximum 48 hours
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Posted by kirbsuk83: ditto mate, never had much of a wait with any poker room, actually with the exception of 888 which can take a while but everywhere else usually get it within a few hours tops maximum 48 hours
Maybe you dont have problems , i got problems on many platforms even i send them copy from my Id card and from My Passport , they want to make problems. For example i play poker and use same account for betting , i was able to withdraw money only from betting winnings no from poker. But i dont have problem with Full Tilt Poker , 1-2 minute job and everthing is okey!
Joined: Mar '09
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I was amazed too when i first requested a cash out from Full Tilt to my Moneybookers account. I had my email account in hotmail when i did the request and like you in about 2-3 minutes i saw two new messages in the inbox. I had to check my moneybookers account to believe it.
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Not sure who said that but for me it's also a matter of minuted with a big exception: 888poker.
Even with a cashout to skrill it takes around couple of days to be completed which sucks for such a big site. Anyone experienced faster skrill cashouts from 888, like hours and not days?
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I figure because you never know if or when one of these sites,...or even Skrill for that matter might collapse due to fraud again,...or insolvency,...that it's a good idea to spread your money out over all that you use instead of keeping it all in one place...
In my case,...I'll keep 1/3rd in each,... FullTilt, PokerStars,...and Skrill. If one of them goes tits up,...you won't take a huge it...
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Just keep what you can afford to lose in the poker rooms and also if you fear of fraud on the ewallet, keep the money there to a small amount that you can afford to lose too.
So either way if you lose money you lose less, but it is unlikely, I think that there are regulations for Skrill, Neteller etc.. Just withdraw to your bank once you got too a huge amount, lets say you win a MTT and get a big winnings, better withdraw them.
Anyway bank are safer, well they being here longer so I trust them!!
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I think your decision to split it that way is a bit wrong, since Full Tilt and Poker Stars is the same company and if something big goes down it will take both of them down the drain
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Posted by Mober: I think your decision to split it that way is a bit wrong, since Full Tilt and Poker Stars is the same company and if something big goes down it will take both of them down the drain
You know,....I thought about that Mober!,...but I'm thinking that FullTilt and PokerStars are two DIFFERENT companies,...but owned by the same 'parent' company,...which essentially makes them 3 different companies.
I think that PS and FT are separated and if one runs into trouble,...it won't affect the other. I could be wrong though...
