Two withdrawals, same EUR500 balance, same account, same week. The bank transfer landed with EUR495 in my account. The Skrill payout arrived three days later with the full EUR500 intact. Nobody at 1xBet told me that upfront, and the fee page does not exactly shout it either. That single test told me more about how this bookmaker handles money than any comparison table I have read.

How I Set Up the 1xBet Withdrawal Test

I have had a betting account with 1xBet for a while, mostly for football and the occasional esports betting market, and I keep the balance modest so a test like this stays honest. The plan was simple: run two separate withdrawals of EUR500, one to my bank and one to Skrill, and log every cost, every hour, and every piece of friction. Same verification status, same currency, same week in spring, so exchange rate noise stayed out of the picture.

Worth stating plainly what 1xBet is before the numbers. The brand was founded in 2017 and is operated by 1xCorp N.V., and it cites licence Curaçao eGaming OGL/2024/1262/0493. It provides sports betting and casino in one account, holds over 50 bonuses, and has partnership deals with Barcelona and Serie A, which is the kind of sponsorship spend that tells you the payment rails had better be solid. If you are reading this after landing on 1xbets.bet, note that this is not the official 1xBet website, and the withdrawal behaviour there may differ entirely.

What the Fee Page Actually Shows

Before requesting anything, I opened the payment systems section and read the terms on bank transfer and Skrill. Bank transfer is listed with a fee note, Skrill is listed as free in most cases, and that is roughly where the clarity ends. Nothing on that page frames the trade-off as speed versus cost, which is the actual decision you are making. You see two payment methods with different fee labels and no indication that the cheaper one will sit in processing limbo for an extra three days.

My 1xBet registration was already complete and fully verified, so I skipped the identity document round trip that catches most first-time withdrawals. If your account is not verified, add one to three days to everything below. That step is unavoidable and it applies to every method equally.

Bank Transfer: EUR5 Flat, Fast Arrival, Less Money

I requested the bank transfer on a Monday morning. The EUR5 fee was deducted at the point of request, not on arrival, so the pending amount showed EUR495 immediately. The money hit my account on Wednesday, roughly 48 hours later, which is quicker than I expected from a bookmaker bank rail. No intermediary bank charges appeared, no correspondent fee, nothing skimmed in transit. What I requested minus five euros is exactly what landed.

The flat fee is the part that deserves scrutiny. EUR5 on a EUR500 withdrawal is 1% of the amount. On a EUR50 withdrawal it is 10%, which is brutal. On a EUR2,000 withdrawal it is 0.25%, which is fine. The bank transfer fee does not scale with the amount, so the smaller your withdrawal, the worse the deal gets. If you are the type who cashes out EUR30 after a small wager on a football match, bank transfer is the wrong door.

One more detail: the fee applies per withdrawal, not per day or per month. Two EUR500 bank transfers in the same week cost EUR10, not EUR5. 1xbeting offers additional context worth reviewing. There is no bundling, no free second withdrawal, no loyalty waiver I could find in the terms. The 30% Cashback Bonus and the welcome package up to 1500 EUR plus 150 FS are separate promotions and do not touch withdrawal fees.

Skrill: Zero Fees, Three Days Slower, Full Amount

The Skrill withdrawal went in on the same Monday, about an hour after the bank request. The full EUR500 left my 1xBet balance with no deduction. It appeared in my Skrill wallet on Thursday, three days after the bank transfer had already cleared. Same amount requested, same verification, three extra days of waiting, zero cost. If your time is worth less than EUR5 over three days, Skrill wins on pure arithmetic.

I checked the Skrill side for hidden costs. Nothing on the incoming transfer. Skrill charges for currency conversion and for withdrawing to your own bank, but if you keep the balance in Skrill and spend it or send it onward within the same currency, the EUR500 stays EUR500. The catch is that you now hold e-wallet money instead of bank money, which matters if you need rent or a card payment from that account.

Processing times are not guaranteed and I would not treat three days as a contractual figure. The pattern I saw matches what other users report: e-wallets are consistently slower than bank transfer on this platform, which is the opposite of the usual assumption. Most bookmakers push e-wallets as the fast option. Here, the bank rail beat Skrill by three days on identical requests.

• Bank transfer: EUR5 flat fee, arrived in about 48 hours, EUR495 received on a EUR500 request.
• Skrill: EUR0 fee, arrived in about 5 days, EUR500 received on a EUR500 request.
• The fee page shows the cost difference but not the speed difference, which is the part that actually changes your decision.
• The EUR5 bank fee is proportionally painful below EUR500 and negligible above EUR2,000.
• Both methods required the same verified account, so verification is not a tiebreaker between them.
• Withdrawal limits and processing windows can change, so confirm current terms inside your betting account before requesting.

What This Means for Your Own Withdrawals

Run the maths on your own habits before you pick a default method. If you withdraw large amounts rarely, bank transfer at EUR5 flat is the better deal every time, and the faster arrival is a bonus. If you withdraw small amounts often, the flat fee eats your balance and Skrill or another e-wallet becomes the rational choice despite the wait. There is no universal winner here, only a trade-off the fee page does not spell out.

Two practical habits cut most of the pain. First, batch your withdrawals: one EUR1,000 request costs EUR5 on bank transfer, while two EUR500 requests cost EUR10, so there is a real saving in waiting a few days to accumulate. Second, keep your 1xBet support service conversation open if a payout runs past the stated window, because the processing clock only starts after the request is approved, not when you click submit. Log your request time and the approval time separately.

Check the 1xBet app for the current fee schedule before each withdrawal, since payment terms and processor availability change without much notice, and the number that matters is the one showing in your account at the moment you request the payout, not the one in any article, including this one.