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Wirex Card and gambling: what the terms say

Position: Lottery onlyLast reviewed 2 sources
In short, from the documents

Can you use a Wirex card at a casino?

Wirex Card's documents name lottery purchases and nothing wider about gambling. Merchant category rule for gambling: not disclosed. 2 clauses are quoted from the issuer's documents. Issuer: Transact Payments Malta Limited (EEA Debit Mastercard). 1 point is not verified. Every clause behind this answer is quoted further down the page with its source and the date it was read.

Documents last checked Reviewed by CryptoGuardz Register Desk, editorial desk

Wirex Card: gambling clause: lottery only. The documents name lottery purchases and nothing wider.Gambling clauseBannedLimitedSilentMarked: Limited, lottery onlyThe documents name lottery purchases andnothing wider.Wirex Card: issuer Transact Payments Malta Limited (EEA Debit Mastercard); regions EEA, Global; network Mastercard (EEA).Issuer and regionIssuerTransact Payments Malta Limited (EEA DebitMastercard)RegionsEEA, GlobalNetworkMastercard (EEA)
Wirex Card: gambling clause: lottery only; issuer Transact Payments Malta Limited (EEA Debit Mastercard); regions EEA, Global; network Mastercard (EEA); no fee line on record. As published by the issuer, documents last checked . Not a rating. Drawn by the CryptoGuardz Register Desk from the record.

Disclosure: CryptoGuardz has no commercial relationship with Wirex Card or its issuer and earns nothing if you apply. Nothing here explains how to get a gambling payment past a card issuer. Every statement below is a verbatim quote from a document the issuer or programme publishes, with the date it was read. Corrections go to the corrections page.

2 gambling clauses quoted · 0 fees recorded · 1 recorded gap · no numeric score

1. Can you use the Wirex Card for gambling?

Position recorded: lottery only. The documents name lottery purchases and nothing wider. The documents name lottery purchases and nothing wider. Card-network rules and the issuer’s general decline rights still apply.

The global terms name lottery contracts as prohibited. Casino and betting transactions are not named in either agreement.

Cardholder agreement · Global · clause 1 of 2Retrieved 2026-09-28
In the definition of Prohibited Articles in the global payment card terms.
(7) are associated with purchases of annuities or lottery contracts
help.wirexapp.com

In the definition of Prohibited Articles in the global payment card terms.

Cardholder agreement · EEA · clause 2 of 2Retrieved 2026-09-28
An age rule for additional cardholders. No gambling prohibition was found in the EEA agreement.
You must ensure that any Additional Cardholders under 18 years of age do not use a Card for any purpose for which the minimum age is at least 18 e.g. purchase of alcohol, adult entertainment or gambling.
help.wirexapp.com

An age rule for additional cardholders. No gambling prohibition was found in the EEA agreement.

If gambling has stopped being a choice, the helplines are on the responsible gambling page. For the wallet side of a deposit, see the wallet register.

2. What we could not verify

  • issuer: Issuer for the global card was not identified. Attempted 2026-09-28 at https://help.wirexapp.com/article/wirex-payment-card-terms-global-1616

3. Who issues the card

IssuerTransact Payments Malta Limited (EEA Debit Mastercard)help.wirexapp.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
Programme managerWirexhelp.wirexapp.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
NetworkMastercard (EEA)help.wirexapp.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
Producte-money debithelp.wirexapp.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
Where the money sitscustodialhelp.wirexapp.com · retrieved 2026-09-28 · not verified in the binding text
From the documentRetrieved 2026-09-28
Transact Payments Malta Limited (“TPML”), a company incorporated in Malta with registered address at Vault 14, Level 2, Valletta Waterfront, Floriana, FRN 1914, company registration number 91879 and which is authorised by the Malta Financial Services Authority an electronic money institution.
help.wirexapp.com
From the documentRetrieved 2026-09-28
Your Card is an e-money product; it is not a credit,
help.wirexapp.com

4. Where it is available

Regions recorded: EEA, Global. A global payment card agreement and a separate EEA Mastercard agreement.

5. Fees and KYC

No dataNo fee was read from a primary document for this card in this pass.

KYCNo dataNot verified. Not extracted.
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6. Sources

Compiled by the CryptoGuardz register team. First published 2026-09-28, last reviewed 2026-09-28. Every quotation on this page is verbatim from the document named beside it. Research and drafting are AI-assisted and reviewed by a named editor before publication.