Yandex.Money (YooMoney) in online casinos

Yandex.Money was a Russian e-wallet that players used to fund online casino accounts; since 2020 the service has been called YooMoney (ЮMoney). Below is what the wallet is, how deposits through the Moneta.Ru payment system worked at Treasure Island Casino, and what to check before using YooMoney or another method in an online casino in 2026.

What is Yandex.Money

To transfer money into their personal account, players of Casino “Treasury Island” could use the electronic currency Yandex.Money through the e-payment system Moneta.Ru.

Yandex.Money is a convenient and secure Russian payment system for making online payments and any other transactions with electronic money. Using this system, participants can pay for services, fund accounts, make transfers and, if necessary, quickly withdraw money from the system. The big plus of this method of payment, according to the old page, was that tariffs and fees were small enough: 0.5–4% depending on the type of service. These figures date from around 2010; today’s fees should be checked on the official YooMoney website.

How deposits worked at Treasure Island Casino (archive)

To make a deposit into a casino account at “Treasury Island” with the Yandex.Money payment system through Moneta.Ru, players had to perform the following steps:

1. Go to the Flash version of the casino (it no longer works: browsers dropped Flash in 2021), to the “Cashier”.
2. In the item “Cash”, press “Deposit”, then select the billing system Yandex.Money.
3. Click on the Yandex.Money logo, and you would see a system message saying that you can make a deposit into your account at the casino “Treasury Island” using the electronic payment system Moneta.Ru.
4. After specifying the amount and the currency of the payment, click on the button “Deposit”.
5. Then you would get a system message telling you that, to complete the transaction, you must fill in all the necessary details in a new window that opens automatically. If the window did not open automatically, you clicked on the link shown in front of you.
6. After this, you were automatically directed to the Moneta.Ru site, where you were asked to complete your payment. It was easy: you just followed all the instructions on the website of the payment system.
7. Upon successful completion of the transaction, your casino account was credited within a few minutes.

Opening a Yandex.Money wallet (old instructions)

If you did not have a wallet in the popular e-payment system Yandex.Money and wanted to create one, you followed the steps described below. Today registration takes place on the official YooMoney website, and the steps may differ.

1. Click on the link “Activate” and fill out the form.
2. The following is the first step of registration:
   1. Fill out the registration form;
   2. Please note: your name, surname, login name and your e-mail in Yandex mail.
3. It is followed by the second step of registration:
   1. Complete the accompanying registration form.
   2. Then click on “Register”.
4. If everything is correct, the registration is completed.
5. After completing registration you may begin to use Yandex electronic money. To do this, click on “Start using Yandex.Money”.
6. Enter all the necessary details, and your personal account in Yandex.Money will open.
7. Click on “Open an account at Yandex.Money”.
8. Next, choose a way to fund your purse and click on “Put on by”.
9. Then you needed to repeat the sequence of steps described above in order to make a deposit in our casino with your existing Yandex.Money e-wallet.

Yandex.Money in 2026: YooMoney

Since 2020 the wallet has been called YooMoney (ЮMoney). Whether a particular online casino accepts it, whether withdrawals to the wallet are possible and what the fees are — check in the casino’s cashier and on the official YooMoney website. The status of the intermediary Moneta.Ru today has not been confirmed here; see the separate Moneta.Ru page.

Alternatives

• Bank cards — the most common method for deposits and withdrawals; see credit cards.
• Other e-wallets — for example Skrill (formerly Moneybookers) or WebMoney.
• Prepaid vouchers, bank transfers and, where allowed, cryptocurrencies.

How to pay safely in online casinos

• Make sure online casinos are legal in your country and check the casino’s licence in the regulator’s official register.
• Pass verification (KYC) in advance and use only your own wallet or card.
• Check fees and limits in the cashier; as a rule, withdrawals go back to the method used for the deposit.
• Deposit only what you are ready to spend on entertainment and set a deposit limit. More on all methods — in the guide to online casino payment methods.