Short answer: GCash if you already have a GCash account, Maya if you already have Maya. There is no meaningful difference in speed or fee for a ₱100 first deposit. The longer answer is below.
What is the same
- Both rails clear in under 60 seconds for a ₱100 deposit
- Both are zero-fee for deposit and cash-out up to the daily ceiling
- Both require KYC match between the ewallet account and your operator KYC
- Both work for cash-outs at a similar median (GCash 9 min, Maya 14 min)
- Both have 24/7 Tagalog-English support on the operator side
What is different
GCash has wider biller-shortcut coverage on PH-accepting operators — more operators have a one-tap "GCash biller" flow that skips the Express Send step entirely. Maya tends to need Express Send more often. Practically, this saves maybe 15 seconds on deposit, not a meaningful difference.
Maya's interest-bearing wallet feature means if you deposit ₱5,000 and only stake ₱500 per session, the unspent ₱4,500 technically earns a small daily interest while it sits. GCash has a similar GSave product but it is a separate account. Not enough to choose on, but nice to know.
Our beginner recommendation
Use whichever ewallet already has your KYC set up and has ₱100+ in it. Do not open a new ewallet account just to make a casino deposit — the ewallet KYC takes longer than the operator KYC. Start with what you have. Try the other one later if curious.