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CASHlib in French Casinos
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This page is for players in France who want to know how CASHlib, a prepaid eVoucher, works for online casino deposits. Online casino games are not licensed in France, so the sites below are foreign-licensed and sit outside French regulation. We explain the legal position, how to buy a CASHlib voucher and how to deposit with it.
Online Gambling Regulation in France
As introduced, France is a European country that, contrary to its fellow EU member countries, has quite unconventional online gambling rules. Despite the fact that land-based gambling has been legal in the country since 1907, and some of the most lavish brick-and-mortar casinos in the world are established precisely there, the country was never really keen on online gambling. Sure, the land-based industry has been going strong in France for ages now, but online gambling is a different subject.
Namely, as a crucial member of the EU, France has been a loud advocate for a safe gambling environment when it came to land-based gambling but backed out when the industry went online. Convinced that it would bring more trouble than good, France was never really into making online gambling as powerful as land-based gambling was. That's why many of its citizens decided to try their luck online across international online casino sites at the beginning of the 2000s.
In 2007, however, many operators chose to close their French websites, as the country went on a mission to eradicate illegal online gambling. Eventually, on paper, France legalized online gambling in 2009 but made sure not to list online casino gambling as one of the allowed verticals in the Law 2010-476 of 2010. Sure, it introduced a regulatory body, ARJEL, that would be responsible for licensing and overseeing operators that offered horse racing betting, online bingo, online sports betting, and online poker, but no license was ever granted to online casino operators.
The situation is the same today. The ANJ, which replaced ARJEL, cannot grant licences to online casino operators, and online casino games remain prohibited in France. Pressure from the EU did not change that. The ANJ has instead gained powers to block illegal sites and to list them on a public blacklist.
The ANJ checks which operators may offer sports betting, horse racing betting and poker to French players, and it blocks sites that offer unlicensed games. Rumours appeared in 2023 that France considered a bill to legalize online casinos, but nothing has passed. French online casino players who use foreign-licensed sites do so outside French law and without the protection of a French licence.
Foreign-licensed sites that accept French players offer content from studios such as Relax Gaming, Evolution and Games Global, covering video poker, Live Casino, lotteries, slots and table games. Variety is not a safeguard: check each site's licence, terms and complaints route before you deposit.
Payment options differ from site to site. One that some France-facing sites list is CASHlib, an eVoucher sold offline and online in France, in euros.
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Using CASHlib Across French Online Casinos
CASHlib is one of the prepaid eVouchers used for online payments, including iGaming, which its official site lists as a supported use. It is sold in a limited number of European countries; the official list of points of sale names France, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Poland, the Czech Republic and Portugal. It lets you pay online without using a credit card or sharing bank account details with the merchant.
In France you can buy a voucher offline or online. Offline, use the map tool on the official site to find the nearest reseller. Online, you can register a free My CASHlib account, or use an online reseller such as ReCharge. Voucher values on the official site are 10, 25, 50, 100 and 150 EUR. Without an account you can pay up to 50 EUR per transaction; with a free My CASHlib account the limit is up to 1,200 EUR per transaction. Registration asks for personal details, so it is not anonymous.
Regardless of the way you decide to go with, you will see that you will instantly receive a 16-digit code after you complete the purchase, on your receipt, which you will need to use upon transactions with this solution. It will serve for transaction authorization, so make sure you keep it safe and with you at all times, in case you need it. On that note, if you need it right now to make a deposit with it at a French online casino, make sure you stay with us to learn how to do it, as we’ll take you through the steps in the following section.
Deposits and Withdrawals with CASHlib
CASHlib is used for deposits only, and only where a site lists it. After you pick a site and check its licence and terms, register an account and provide the personal details it asks for.
As soon as your registered player account is ready, to fund your account with your eVoucher CASHlib, go through these steps:
The limit per transaction is 50 EUR without a My CASHlib account and up to 1,200 EUR with one.
As far as withdrawals go, as you probably expected since we never mentioned them, you cannot use CASHlib. This is a solution that, due to its nature, does not provide a return address where the operator could send you your winnings. So, after you deposit with it and win something, explore the casino’s Withdrawal Methods list to figure out which of the offered payment methods would work best for you to cash out your winnings.
What Is My CASHlib?
My CASHlib is a free account on the CASHlib site. According to the official site, an account raises the per-transaction limit from 50 EUR (standard voucher, no account) to up to 1,200 EUR, and it is how you buy a voucher online from CASHlib directly. Registering means giving CASHlib personal details such as your name, date of birth and address, so you lose the no-registration convenience of a plain voucher. The casino will still carry out its own identity checks before you can withdraw.
We could not find a published fee schedule. Reseller pages mention an inactivity fee on unused vouchers, but amounts and periods conflict between sources, so read the current terms on cashlib.com before buying.
Conclusion
CASHlib is a voucher option for deposits that you buy offline or online and that keeps bank details away from the casino. It cannot receive payouts, it may carry fees if left unused, and limits depend on whether you have a My CASHlib account. Because online casino games are not licensed in France, a CASHlib deposit does not make a site safer or legal.
FAQs
Can I use CASHlib at online casinos in France?
Only at sites that list it in the cashier. Online casino games are not licensed in France, so the sites that accept French players are foreign-licensed and outside French regulation.
Can I withdraw casino winnings to CASHlib?
No. A voucher code cannot receive money, so the casino has to pay out by another method.
What is the limit for a CASHlib payment?
The official site says up to 50 EUR per transaction without an account and up to 1,200 EUR with a free My CASHlib account. The casino may add its own limits.
What voucher values does CASHlib offer?
The official site lists 10, 25, 50, 100 and 150 EUR.
Do I need a My CASHlib account?
Not for a standard voucher bought in a shop, but an account is needed for the higher limit and to buy online from CASHlib. It requires personal details.
Other ways to pay in France
We also review these payment methods for players in France: Bitcoin, PayPal, AstroPay Card and Tether.