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I always complain about slow cashouts. They annoy me intensely. Well, Phoenician Casino don't have that problem.
Instant cashouts to NETeller. Wow. This is great as far as I am concerned. Their processing times on other withdrawal methods (but why would you bother?) is 48 hours plus transfer time. That's still...
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I like Blackjack, so I was quite excited when I approached the Blackjack Ballroom. They use Microgaming software (one of the big providers of software to the online casino industry) so their program is polished - it looks good, sounds good, plays good, and is very easy to understand.
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888 casino is Casino On Net with a more friendly support staff, and a simplified, less intimidating website.
The casino software is well polished. It's is reliable, and once you get past the lobby, looks good. There is a bug, or something, that means there is a small, but noticeable, wait for...
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| Overall: 8.0 |
After the Lord of the Rings finished filming, the hobbits decided they'd start an online casino. Well, OK, Kiwi Casino is actually the online arm of the Christchurch (New Zealand) Casino. In case you were wondering, it's not a patch on Vegas - no free booze!
Anyway, with over a million dollars...
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| Overall: 8.0 |
Home of the "luckiest welcome bonus" on the net - $888 in free money. In case you didn't know, 8 is a lucky number for Chinese people (and me too, Vegas Red has been very good to me).
I'd agree with the 2002 Gambling Online Magazine assesment - when Vegas Red won...
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| Overall: 8.0 |
Nostalgia Casino is a Microgaming casino licensed in the Kahnawake Mohawk territoy in Canada. This means everything you think it does. They are a sizeable, reputable casino with good software.
Nostalgia Casino offers instant payouts to Neteller (once you've met their identification requirements - make like a boy scout and scan a...
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| Overall: 7.8 |
I don't know what it is about the Swedes, but they are taking a bigger and bigger piece of the online gaming market. Cherry Casino is a subsidiary of Cherryforetagen - a Swedish gaming giant (over 300 licenses for land-based casinos).
Cherry Casino is a No-Download casino (it runs off java, if...
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| Overall: 7.8 |
This is a large well-established casino, using Playtech software, and endorsed by the OPA. It's no surprise that these guys have a good reputation.
Playtech software is reliably good and easy to use. You'll see a number of casinos who use it. This means that it's fair (believe me, Playtech make far...
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Ruby Fortune are another Microgaming casino. This means that they've got a good software package. It's also an obvious sign of their legitimacy.
You have to submit a form on the website after making a deposit to request your bonus. They say it takes up to 48 hours to approve, but mine...
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| Overall: 7.5 |
Golden Reef Casino is operated out of Mohawk territory in Canada. I guess the last of the Mohicans must have survived long enough to grant some casino licenses.
Anyway, Golden Reef casino offers fast crediting of bonuses to your account, and quick cashouts (mine came in a day, although I was prepared...
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Casino on Net is kind of like Godzilla. It's huge, it's been around a long time, crushed lots of opposition, and it's a lurid green colour.
Now, the colour scheme isn't an advantage, but everything else is.
The casino software is exclusive to Casino on Net, and it is well polished. The software...
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| Overall: 7.5 |
I'm in love with Melissa from Casino Del Rio support!
Casino Del Rio uses Playtech software and is endorsed by the OPA. That adds up to a reputable casino in my book.
Playtech software is reliably good and easy to use. You'll see a number of casinos who use it. This means...
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| Overall: 7.5 |
The name Music Hall is kind of 1920s. The casino though is very much 2000s, with the snazzy new Microgaming software. The 50c blackjack might take you back a few years however.
Microgaming means that the casino is backed by a major league software provider, so their front-end will be rock-solid. Microgaming...
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The world's largest poker room now has a brand new casino.
Well, it isn't exactly brand new. Party Casino is more or less the result of Party's former brands - StarLuck and PlanetLuck casinos -being phased out in favour of this "new" brand. This means you don't need to worry about bugs...
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| Overall: 7.2 |
One of the older online casinos, and still one of the best. In the 2004 Gambling Online magazine awards, Omni Casino racked up five firsts and three seconds. The five firsts were for best online casino, editor's pick, top payouts, quickest payouts, and top rewards program. The second place awards were...
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| Overall: 7.2 |
Imagine what it would be like to win a $1,683,526 jackpot. One Lucky Nugget player knows. Their $1,683,526 payday on the Major Millions progressive slot is the largest slots jackpot ever. Wowsers! That's a lot of quarters. Well, virtual quarters.
As you might have guessed, since they are giving away that much...
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| Overall: 7.2 |
VIP Casino is a medium sized casino that has been around for almost ten years. Their software is Realtime gaming which is a vast improvement over the old-fashion Cryptologic program they were using up until recently.
VIP's strength is in sports betting, but on the casino side they make a decent effort...
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| Overall: 7.0 |
I played City Club Casino before they cracked down on blackjack. They use Playtech software, how much more do I really need to say? Solid software, good selection of games, slow but competant support.
Cashouts are a little on the slow side (they say 5-7 days, and used the full time)....
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What if an online casino had real dealers?
Casino Webcam use streaming video to bring the vegas experience into your home in a way that most casino programs just can't. It's a good idea, especially since they have some hotties working for them - and for you females out there I'm...
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Ladbrokes are a big time British bookmaker, and they are moving into the casino game in quite a big way.
Download version of the software has about 85 games, the no download "only" 45. I didn't notice any real difference though. That said, the download version seemed to run a little...
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| Overall: 6.8 |
Lasseters was the first Australian online casino. If I was feeling nasty, I'd say they haven't upgraded their software since then. That's obviously not true, but the basic interface doesn't look like it has changed. Still, there's a lot to be said for the "if it ain't broke - don't fix...
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| Overall: 6.8 |
Casino 365 is the casino end of Bet 365, a big sports book in the UK. Bet365 have been around a long time, so you had better believe they are reputable and reliable.
Boss Media are a Swedish company who are grabbing a steadily expanding slice of the casino software market. Sure,...
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| Overall: 6.8 |
Vegas Towers are another Microgaming (Viper) software casino. They've been around for a couple of years now, and are registered in good old Kahnawake Mohawk Territory (if I had a dollar for every casino registered there, well, I'd be about 1/1000th (or whatever fraction a dollar actually is of the registration...
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| Overall: 6.8 |
New York, New York, so damn nice they named it twice. Or something like that. The casino has been around for several years now, and as such is a fairly polished operation. Support is very competant, and not too slow, and cashouts take a few days (which is too long as...
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| Overall: 6.8 |
Gambling Online Magazine's 1st place editor's pick, 2nd place software, and 2nd place top signup bonus, and so on. Basically, this means that Sands of the Carribean are big time.
The software is good. I know I say that a lot, but really, it's important to me. It looks good, runs...
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Ahh the European Union. Brave political idea, or horrible beaurocratic mess? Either way, Europa casino, with its blue and gold theme pays tribute to the idea of a united Europe. Or maybe it's that blue and gold are a nice under-stated colour scheme to soothe players who are all worked up...
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| Overall: 6.5 |
Amber Coast Casino offers a wide range of bonuses for big money players. They look after their smaller players just as well, with regular deposit bonuses, promotions, and good support.
Their software is the same reliably good Playtech back end that a lot of casinos are using. It looks good, plays fast,...
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| Overall: 6.2 |
One of the top 20 largest online casinos fairly consistently since 1998. It also claims to be the home of the Internet's largest Jackpot ever won online ($645,356.09) - that's about 1000 times larger than my biggest slots win, but here's hoping.
Casino USA cashouts are about normal speed (three or four...
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William Hill is a triple threat when it comes to online gambling. He's a bookmaker, a poker room, and of course a casino. Actually, the sportsbook was first; William Hill is the authority when it comes to posting soccer odds in Europe.
Like a number of British bookmakers, William Hill went with...
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Starluck Casino was one of the Internet's first casinos. It is still operating but is being phased out in favour of Party Casino.
Like almost all reputable casinos, Starluck run third party software, in this case it is Party Gaming (the same people who run a little outfit called Party Poker). It's...
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| Overall: 6.0 |
Everybody loves a carnival, all the rides, the sideshow weirdness, the games (like the fixed ring toss game run by a guy with bad teeth).
Ok, this isn't the best way to start reviewing a reputable casino. But I'm still a little bitter about the guy who ran the ring toss at...
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| Overall: 5.8 |
Planet Luck Casino are part of Party Gaming and is slowly being replaced by Party Casino.
Their software is quie smooth and very good looking. It has slightly more of a real casino feel than a lot of the other casinos. This doesn't make gameplay much more difficult, and adds to the...
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| Overall: 5.8 |
Jackpot Palace are part of the Sun Casinos network (they also run Metro Caisno and Sunset Casino). They use Boss Media software - yep, those wacky Swedish guys strike again.
Boss Media do good casino software. I especially like the multiplayer option. Sometimes a guy does need to make idle chit-chat...
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| Overall: 5.8 |
Finally, a casino based in a place that I can find on a map (Alice Springs, Australia). There is no word yet if Crocodile Dundee is on the board of directors, but the Managing Director looks like Wally from the films. AusVegas is part of the Lasseters group (one of Australia's...
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| Overall: 5.8 |
Victor Chandler is another triple threat (poker, sports, and casino). Mr. Chandler is one of the big British bookmakers.
Boss Media might be a relatively new player in the casino software market. They've started well though, grabbing some big clients with a very solid software package. It looks good, and runs very...
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