Latest update on CREDIT CARD FEES - I am still waiting for a direct reply from GGPOKER (WSOP Plus Support) and purchasing via the WSOP app to be 100% sure. I have confirmed that Comenity (Caesars Reward VISA card ) treats the buy ins as a PURCHASE not a cash advance so NO FEES on that end for sure. Again I may be guilty of overkill trying to be positive NO ONE is charging me a fee but I'd much prefer to be sure and have them all on official record. But it certainly seems like no fees for 2026 SO FAR.

WSOP Help

From:
[email protected]
To:
XXXXXXXXXXXX

Fri, Apr 24 at 9:59 AM

Hello XXX,

Thank you for your follow-up.

As outlined in the regulations, there are no additional credit card fees charged by WSOP. If any fees are applied during the transaction, they would be imposed by the card issuer or financial institution, not by WSOP.

Best Regards,
WSOP Support Team


On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 5:54PM XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:
Support

Excuse me but I found your answer to be unnecessarily oblique.

Lets try this for clarity

A) Yes, Credit card fee's will be charged for WSOP 2026 buy ins
B) No credit card fees will be charged (as was done for WSOP 2025 )
C) We haven't made a formal decision yet for 2026

Thanking you in advance

XXXXXXXXXXXXX


On Monday, April 20, 2026 at 03:20:02 AM CDT, WSOP Help <[email protected]> wrote:


Hello XXX,

Thank you for your follow-up.

Please see the current rules and regulations regarding fees for WSOP event entries below:

"Fees: The payment required for participation in any WSOP Event is the full amount of the Event's Buy-In, which includes an administrative fee to cover necessary WSOP staffing, materials, and related administrative costs. Participants may be subject to additional fees depending on method of payment used to purchase a ticket online, there may be an additional 3% fee applied if Participant uses a VISA, Mastercard, Discover Card, or American Express to register. Fees are subject to change. In addition, anyone who uses a cashier's check or executes a wire transfer ($100, 000 minimum and pre-approval required by contacting Andy Rich at [email protected]) is subject to any fees their bank imposes. These are typical fees used in the payment processing industry for online transactions of this nature, by the vendors and providers of these services. Participant is responsible for payment of full registration amount and all registration fees."

Best Regards,
WSOP Support Team

I mean it literally says "there may be an additional 3% fee applied if Participant uses a VISA, Mastercard, Discover Card, or American Express to register."

I would be going by that actual wording from their policy and not by the idiot that's emailing you. Card issuers don't charge the 3%, merchants do. The only saving grace is that it says "there may" but they'd be fools to not charge the 3%. I'm personally in favor of them charging the 3% because we will ultimately end up paying for merchant fees through additional rake if they don't charge the actual credit card users.

It was pretty bizarre that they didn't charge any credit/debit card fees last year. They must have been crushed by merchant processing fees on their end. Not surprised to see the 3% likely to be applying this year.

I heard that if you were "verified" last year after setting up the WSOP Live app, you would not have to be verified again this year before being able to use the app to register for events. But after updating the app this year, it says "verification is required- 0/1". Are they using the same app as last year, and if so, will I need to go to the cage again to be reverified

If the system is the same as it was for a recent circuit event, you could "e-verify" right from your phone without going to the cage if you had previously verified in person. You just click a couple buttons, but the option doesn't appear until just before the series begins. I am guessing it will be the same process for the summer WSOP.

WSOP has cash games in the tournament area as well that are non smoking and tons of tables at night. During the day WSOP is usually your best bet for cash. There or Venetian. Aria was like 100+ wait lists every day when I was there last year.

Setting aside the question of whether fees will be charged this year (and despite the email response, it still seems way too vague for me), your commentary ignores reality. Yes, it's a cost to the WSOP to forego the fee since in all likelihood the merchants are still charging them transaction fees. But the idea that they got "crushed" by the transaction fees seems very far-fetched to me. If you look at the year over year results from 2024 and 2025, last year had a massive increase in profit (rake minus dealer/staff fees) for the WSOP, to the tune of $32.8MM vs $16.6MM the year before. Sure, some of that can be attributed to the App, but the idea that the lack of fees didn't significantly increase buy-ins just doesn't make any sense. I know a lot of people, myself included, for whom the fees are a dealbreaker. If they charge fees for Paypal (my provider of choice), I will not use Paypal and will buy in less. I know there are players who don't care, just like there are players who don't care about rake, or structure. But if they bring the fees back, I suspect they will take a big hit compared to what it would be without them.

The transaction fees are a cost of doing business for the WSOP. If they increase their prices (rake) to cover it, then at least it will allow the market to decide. The WSOP is not the only show in town or otherwise. But I think it would be a very poor business decision to charge the fees when it obviously increases their profits double-digit percentage when they don't.

There might come a day in the future when everybody will be so used to electronic transactions and never having cash that the WSOP, maybe even gaming in general, will become a cashless enterprise. But we are not there yet. And in that future, governments will have to take a close look at these transaction fees anyhow, especially if they prefer it to cash to prevent money-laundering. The fees are absurdly high. For example, it costs fractions of pennies for providers to facilitate a transaction, for which they might be collecting tens, or even hundreds of dollars.

Post above is long to quote but the App has probably a huge amount to do with increased entries, leaving fees out of it. Decide to play something like the Colossus the morning of and in the past you might be looking at a 2-hour line which would be a no-go for me. Many others prob too. Instead, you click three buttons in the app and take the seat, no line.

On top of the above, since so many people are registering electronically through the app, those that choose to pay cash day of will have a much shorter line now. That is even easier though as one could just deposit cash into your tournament account at the start of your trip and use the app to draw from that.

In regards to fees, it's trivial to use a credit card through PayPal, which supposedly even with credit card fees, PayPal would not have a fee, so you could still use a credit card with no fees. I know some people think PayPal is the devil, etc etc. But it is a no fee credit card option if CC fees come in the future.

This is also easily testable, Early attendees will surely report here the situation, plus, if you're concerned that your specific card might charge a fee register for your first tournament using a credit card, you'll see within 24 to 48 hours whether there is a few. Whole lot of concern, back and forth, and emails with customer service who nobody trusts, for basically nothing.

Bump

I don't get why people think Paypal is free, like it's some sort of magic money exchange fairy. Paypal isn't free. It charges merchants a fee for the services it provides. If the WSOP decides not to pass that fee along, or if they have a different policy for Paypal vs standard CC is a different question and one which could use clarification. Last year I used Paypal and it was great for all the reasons you mentioned.

As for what is responsible for the massive increase in profit, I agree, the App is probably the biggest factor. But the lack of fees should not be ignored. Cash is a drag on profitability for the WSOP both in terms of throughput and overhead. That drag is far more significant than the 2-3% it might cost them to eat the fees.

And as for the utility in talking about the fee policy now vs just waiting for the series to start, it's like pretty much anything else online. It's something to talk about. People are obviously interested in this topic. So, the real question is why hasn't the WSOP made a definitive statement about their decision, or at least the lack of a decision yet. If they're still not sure, then they should just say so.

Lol, I'm fully aware that PayPal is not a magical money exchange and how it works.

I will admit to making the assumption that last year they had no PayPal fees and they would continue to charge no PayPal fees regardless of payment type selected during PayPal checkout. They had stayed no PayPal fees last year prior to announcing no CC fees so I assume that will remain the same, but you are correct it could change.

With so many people simply guessing at what the policy is i'm sharing the most complete info available. Personally its important as WSOP entries on a charged cc is about $300 to me and while I have went thru the hassle of an approved certified check establishing a TBIC () Account the last two years if I don't have to carry around an extra 10K thru our National parks that I hike on my way out to LV. I want to use my CC for convenience, safety, and reward points. Its a simply question and should illicit a clear answer.

Admittedly I'm a bulldog and have no issue forcing a formal direct answer to insure I can make an informed decision. It has been my experience they actually tend to stand behind support information provided.

Don't disagree with your points McCoy. it is very convenient to not have to bring a brick of 10k in cash. Personally, I am willing to pay a small bit in fees to avoid that as an insurance policy.

I look at it like this.
No fee for CC, then great, put tournament buy ins on CC, get back 2% in rewards, winner all around.
If CC fee but no paypal fee, then use CC through paypal and same as above, 2% back in rewards as well.
CC Fees and Paypal Fees then honestly, $100 in fees after accounting for rewards, for a little piece of mind and convenience on 10k in buy ins for me is well worth it.

Another option for people to consider, if you are a US resident at least, most banks will up your daily ATM limit, some you can do this right on their website, some you have to call. You can go with almost no cash, get an ATM withdrawal limit of 2k (that's what I have with wells fargo). You can essentially take out 2k a day in vegas if needed. Yes you will pay a ~$10 ATM fee, but again, if you need to do it 5 times, you are paying $50 to not have to carry 10k in cash to vegas through your travels. This is actually what I used to do prior to CC's being accepted by WSOP.

Everyone should do what they are comfortable with, but the above are plenty of options for not having to bring with you a ton of cash while traveling and very minimal fees.

Anytime you cash you can just have WSOP put it into your tournament account, at the end of the trip if you have a large amount of cash in your T$ account with WSOP they will gladly write you a check so you don't need to carry bricks of cash home.

PayPal is the only non-CC option on the app, isn't it I stupidly took a $12K F&F payment at a card show (the trading kind, not the playing kind) and got flagged as a risk and my account closed.

I'm kind of hoping they have a promo if they decide to charge CC fees that holders of the Caesars Visa don't pay it. Otherwise, I'm standing in line with cash (but in the Diamond line, at least!)

You can also pay by ACH, by directly linking a bank account. I don't think there are any fees associated with that method.

And according to the new WSOP page, crypto as well.

It is going to be a 2% credit card fee and 2% paypal fee this yr. Kevmath just posted:

https://x.com/Kevmath/status/2050231144319201334

That's a shame.

Greed never ends.
I understand CC fees, but charging 2% for PayPall is greed every which way !!

Well 2% CC fees. It's better than the three or more I expected if they were adding the fees this year.
At least it's pretty easy to have a rewards card with 2% rewards points or cash back, so not a free roll on the points but essentially a push

If you wanna use credit (or debit) card can you just punch it in on the app Or do you have get the card okayed at the cage I remember last year needing to go to the cage first to get the card in the system.

Supposedly, if you're using the same card you used last year, then you're good to go, if you are using a different card you need to go and verify it in person

I'm guessing the fees they're actually charged are closer to 3% as that tends to be standard. I wonder if they settled on 2% since it psychologically seems more palatable and is likely the most they can charge without having players potentially not register due to fees.

PayPal charges commercial entities to accept pay, ents 2-3% as far as I know. Similar to credit card.

I know it was nice last year to not have to pay the fees..but too much hand wringing on a fairly nominal amount for big convenience/time saving and limit cash you need to bring/carry if a safety concern. $100 fee on $5, 000 buyin So many other areas we get gouged worse (resort fee, parking fee, food costs, airline rates plus bad fees, rake % on smaller buy in tourneys). Monitor room rates to save $ and stay clear of pits (yeah, I know) to chase the scam that is casino status for lower room rates and $50 food comps. That'll save you way more than $100.

You like table games Go for it and get the points. But knowing you're pumping $ into -EV and then complaining about 2% on entry..meh.

Maybe that's how we poker players are often wired - fixate on relatively small items. I refresh my room rate on Caesar's no less than weekly since booking 3 months ago and would snap swap if saving $50 over 5 days. Probably not worth the time I'm s-ending (maybe just excited).

Didn't the same post by Kevmath also say there is zero fee if you use a debit card You won't get the points etc. using a debit card, but you can get all the convenience at no extra cost.