Crypto at casinos: which coins, what fees
Stablecoins carry most of the money at crypto casinos, about three quarters of deposit value in recent industry data, with USDT far ahead. Bitcoin is the best known coin but rarely the cheapest to send. On the day we checked, Litecoin, Solana, XRP and USDT on Ethereum each cost under two cents per transfer. USDT on Tron cost about $2 when the sender had to pay for energy.
- Bitcoin for casino deposits: fees and waiting timeWhat a Bitcoin transfer cost on 12 November 2026, how long the gaps between blocks really ran, and why many small casino withdrawals make your next fee bigger.
- Litecoin for casino deposits: fees and confirmation timeWhat 1,000 real Litecoin transactions paid on 12 November 2026, how long 600 blocks took, and the wait when a casino asks for several confirmations.
- USDT TRC-20 vs ERC-20: what a transfer really costsReceipts from 226 Tron and 124 Ethereum USDT transfers: who paid nothing, who burned $2 in TRX, why the tip sets the ERC-20 price, and which network to pick.
- XRP for casino deposits: the destination tag, fees and the 1 XRP reserveWhy XRP deposits need a destination tag, what 1,204 real XRP payments paid on 12 November 2026, and how the 1 XRP reserve blocks small first withdrawals.
What players deposit
| Coin | Share of deposit value, August 2026 | September 2026 deposit value |
|---|---|---|
| USDT | 55.4% | $2.63 billion |
| USDC | n/a | $998 million |
| SOL | 11.6% | $591 million |
| ETH | 9.3% | $470 million |
| Other coins | n/a | about $281 million |
Industry panel data as reported by Gambling.com (VIP-Grinders for August, Crypto Casino Report for September). On-chain tracking of 41 operators on Ethereum, Tron, Solana and BNB Chain, so Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin are not counted. Treat the figures as a floor.
Stablecoins made up 75.5% of deposit value in August and 73.3% in September. The average USDT deposit in September was around $1,200, the average SOL deposit around $370. These figures come from an industry panel reported by Gambling.com, not from the casinos' own books, so read them as a direction rather than a census.
What a transfer cost on 12 November 2026
Snapshot 12 Nov 2026, 21:17 UTC. Fees: Blockchair, mempool.space, public RPC nodes, TronGrid, XRP Ledger. Prices: CoinGecko. Fees move by the minute.
| XRP Ledger | $0.00001 | 4 s | base fee 10 drops; median of open ledger 5000 drops (XRPL fee method) |
| Litecoin | $0.00035 | 2.5 min | median fee of all transactions, last 24 h (Blockchair) |
| Solana | $0.00041 | 0.22 s | base fee 5,000 lamports per signature (protocol), no priority fee |
| Dogecoin | $0.0022 | 1.1 min | median fee of all transactions, last 24 h (Blockchair) |
| Ethereum | $0.0028 | 12 s | gas price 0.0659 gwei × 21,000 gas (plain ETH send) |
| USDT on Ethereum (ERC-20) | $0.0061 | 12 s | gas price 0.06594 gwei × 46,109 gas, measured median of 124 real USDT transfers to an existing holder |
| Bitcoin | $0.15 | 11.9 min | median fee of all transactions, last 24 h (Blockchair) |
| USDT on Tron (TRC-20) | $2.14 | 3 s | energy burned as TRX. $0.11 or nothing with own energy, $4.22 to an address that never held USDT |
Gas on Ethereum sat at about 0.07 gwei when we took the snapshot, which is low, and it can rise a hundredfold during busy hours. Bitcoin fees swing the same way. Check the fee your wallet shows right before you send.
USDT on Tron or Ethereum?
The old rule said Tron was the cheap way to move USDT. It still is if your wallet holds staked or rented energy. Without it, Tron burns TRX to pay for the transfer: 64,285 energy when the receiving address already holds USDT, 130,285 when it doesn't. At 100 sun per energy that came to about 6.4 or 13 TRX.
In a sample of 226 real USDT transfers on Tron, pulled at six points through 12 November, only 20 burned TRX for energy. The others used energy the sender already had, staked or rented. A fresh personal wallet usually has none, so the first transfers from it are the expensive ones.
Picking a coin for casino deposits
You'll want the network your casino lists for that coin, matched exactly. USDT exists on several chains, and sending ERC-20 USDT to a TRC-20 address can lose the funds. Most casinos show the network next to the deposit address.
Fees on the blockchain are only half the cost. The casino may charge its own withdrawal fee or set a minimum per coin, and those vary more than network fees. A stablecoin also keeps your balance in dollars between sessions, while a balance held in BTC or SOL moves with the market.
Bitcoin and Litecoin
Bitcoin settles more slowly, roughly one block every 12 minutes on the day we checked, and casinos may wait for one or more confirmations before crediting. Litecoin uses the same model with blocks about every 2.5 minutes and near-zero fees, so it's often the faster pick for the same kind of coin.
Dogecoin works much the same way with a one-minute block. All three can see fee spikes when blocks fill up, so the table above is a single day, not a promise.
Coin and network pages
- USDT TRC-20 vs ERC-20: energy, gas and a sample of real transfers
- Bitcoin: block gaps, fee rates and wallet address types
- Ethereum: gas by hour of the day and L2 network mix-ups
- How crypto casinos work: from deposit to withdrawal
- Crypto casino licences: what the registers show
How we keep this page current
The fee table is built from public network data: mempool.space and Blockchair for Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin, a public Ethereum node for gas, TronGrid for Tron, the XRP Ledger's fee call and Solana's protocol fee. Prices come from CoinGecko. Each coin page adds its own sample and the details that matter for deposits.
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Questions
What is the best crypto for gambling?
It depends on what you value. Stablecoins like USDT keep a steady dollar value and carry most deposits. For low fees on the day we checked, Litecoin, Solana, XRP and USDT on Ethereum each cost under two cents per transfer.
Is USDT TRC-20 cheaper than ERC-20?
Only if the sending wallet has energy. Without it, a TRC-20 transfer burned about 6.4 TRX ($2.14 with bandwidth) on 12 November 2026, while ERC-20 cost about $0.0061 at that moment's gas price.
Which crypto is fastest to send?
Solana, XRP and Tron settle in seconds. Ethereum takes about 12 seconds per block. Bitcoin averaged about 12 minutes per block that day, and casinos may wait for extra confirmations.
What happens if I send USDT on the wrong network?
The funds can be lost or need manual recovery by the casino, which isn't guaranteed. Always match the network shown next to the deposit address.
Sources
- CoinGecko simple price Checked 12 November 2026
- mempool.space recommended fees Checked 12 November 2026
- Blockchair stats (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin) Checked 12 November 2026
- Ethereum RPC (publicnode) eth_gasPrice Checked 12 November 2026
- BNB Smart Chain RPC (publicnode) eth_gasPrice Checked 12 November 2026
- TronGrid getchainparameters Checked 12 November 2026
- XRP Ledger fee method Checked 12 November 2026
- Ethereum RPC (publicnode): 124 USDT transfer receipts. eth_getLogs and eth_getTransactionReceipt, seven blocks across 24 hours; median gas 46,109 to an existing holder Checked 12 November 2026
- TronGrid: 226 USDT transfer receipts. six sampling points, 01:16 to 21:13 UTC; 20 burned TRX for energy Checked 12 November 2026
- Gambling.com: stablecoins make up roughly three quarters of crypto casino deposits. updated 2026-11-04, cites VIP-Grinders and the Crypto Casino Report; secondary source Checked 12 November 2026
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