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Red Casino Review 32
Red Casino
Review Welcome
Bonus: Software:
Microgaming Our
Rating: Introduction 32
Red Casino are a well-known
UK
Online
Casino
who are listed on The London
Stock Exchange and have a good
reputation within the industry
and with their
players. 32
Red are an eCOGRA
Accredited
Casino
and presently offer all new
players a free money welcome
bonus of up to £160 free
(see Free Money Welcome Bonus
below). Players
have access to 24/7 customer
support and can deposit (buy
chips) and withdraw winnings
(cash-in) via a variety of
banking methods, including
credit/debit card,
NETeller,
EcoCard, Moneybookers,
Ukash
and more. Casino
Games We
were unable to find an exact
number of the Casino
Games
available for play at 32 Red
Casino but their website states
that there are more than 450 to
choose from, so you're unlikely
to be disappointed with the
selection of games on
offer. New
games are added to the casino
every month so there's always
something new to try out.
Sometimes these are variations on
an existing game such as a new
type of blackjack or video poker.
On other occasions, the new games
will be completely new releases.
The new games will automatically
be available for download from
the casino lobby when you login
to the casino. The downloads take
only a couple of minutes if
you're on a reasonable connection
and you can play other games
while the new games download in
the background. The
games are powered by
Microgaming
software which is the
market-leader in providing online
casino games. The graphics and
sound effects are impressive and
everything you see is clear,
bright, colourful but still very
easy-on-the eye. The sound is
crisp and
professional. You
can play 32 Red's casino games
for free or for real money. If
you're new to online casino games
then we recommend you initially
open a 'play money' account when
you sign-up. This will allow you
to try out the games for as long
as you need until you feel
comfortable enough to risk your
own money. You can switch over to
'real money' play easily and at
any time. One
non-standard game we tried out
and really enjoyed is Wheel of
Riches (see screenshot on right
of page). Wheel of Riches is
quite similar to roulette but
with some additional betting
options and some nice bonus
features. You can place bets from
as little as 10p and it's loads
of fun. We ended up playing the
game for more than an
hour! One
small complaint - navigation
around the casino wasn't always
easy. With several of the games,
we had to really look around to
find where to click to return to
the games lobby. This should be
easily accessible. Free
Money Welcome
Bonus Your
first deposit at 32 Red will earn
you a free money welcome bonus.
For every £20 you deposit,
you'll get another £32 free.
You can get up to a maximum
welcome bonus of £160 free.
For example: This
bonus isn't too bad but isn't
exactly exciting. On one hand,
it's great that you're getting a
generous 160% deposit bonus but
it'd be nice to have a higher
limit than £160 free up for
grabs. When you consider that
casinos such as SlotoCash
Casino
offer welcome bonuses of more
than £500 free, you begin to
see that 32 Red's offer isn't
exactly groundbreaking. Perhaps
we're being harsh because the
percentage IS generous but we
can't help but feel that they're
missing a trick here. The
welcome bonus at 32 Red Casino
has a 32x playthrough
requirement. This means that
before you can make a withdrawal,
your bonus must be played through
32 times. For example, if you
deposit £100 to get the
maximum £160 free money
welcome bonus then you will need
to make wagers totaling
£5120 (32 x
£160). You
can play most of 32 Red's casino
games with the bonus money but
not all count 100% toward the
wagering requirement. Only
Slot
Games,
keno and Scratch
Card
Games
count 100%. Roulette, Poker
Games, Casino War and Sic Bo
count 50%. Video poker, standard
blackjack and baccarat only count
10%. Some games count just 2% and
some don't even count at all
towards the playthrough
requirements. We
also found this interesting note
in the bonus terms and
conditions: "In the interests
of fair gaming, there are limits
on the maximum bet sizes you can
place during the playthrough of
the welcome bonus. Any winnings
derived from bets larger than
these limits before playthrough
requirements for that bonus have
been met will initiate a further
playthrough requirement of 100
times the amount
won." We're
not sure at all why large bets
with your bonus money could be
considering unfair gaming -
surely the house is going to have
the edge regardless of the bet
size. Anyway, the 'maximum bet
size' is described as "maximum
stake of 6.25 Chips (or coin
equivalent) per bet until the
playthrough requirement has been
met. A bet is defined as one
roulette spin or one dealer's
dealt hand in any table game or
one deal in any Video or Power
Poker game." So
you can bet a maximum of a
whopping (ahem) £6.25 per
bet until you've reached the
playthrough requirements. Hardly
impressive. You
should also be aware that if
you've played at any of the other
online casinos owned by 32 Red
(Dash Casino, Nedplay Casino or
Golden Lounge Casino) then you
are prohibited from claiming a
welcome bonus at any other 32 Red
Plc-operated casino. All
of the playthrough details and
allowed games are laid out
clearly in the casino's terms and
conditions so it's definitely a
good idea to read them before you
play unless you decide NOT to
take a welcome bonus. That's
definitely something to consider
if you want to just play with
your own money,bet whatever
amount you fancy and withdraw
your winnings when you feel like
it. It's something we tend to do
often. Free money welcome bonuses
are nice if you want to extend
your first game session or if
you're happy to concentrate on
slot games initially but we also
like the freedom of playing any
game we want and withdrawing our
winnings at any time. Given
the extremely restrictive nature
of 32 Red's bonus terms and
conditions, we really can't
recommend you taking this welcome
bonus unless you want to play low
value slots only. Download
Or No Download? Most
players will download the casino
software when they sign up as a
new player and we've rather
assumed that you'll be doing the
same to access the entire suite
of games but it's by no means a
requirement to do so. If you'd
rather not download the software
then you can instead play their
'Instant Casino' which requires
no download and simply opens up
in your browser. Banking
Options and
Information Most
UK players tend to use a credit
or debit card when playing at an
online casino but there are
plenty of alternatives for those
who don't have a card or prefer
to use a different banking
method. If
you won't be buying your chips
via card then you can use the
following: Part
of our review process means
reading through LOTS of tedious
terms and conditions because it's
often here where we find the
yucky stuff that players would
normally miss. It's boring as
hell but it frequently throws up
something important. One thing
that keeps cropping up time and
time again is a maximum daily or
weekly withdrawal limit and we've
been finding some really rubbish
limits out there -
Lucky
Emperor
Casino
for example limit you to a
pathetic £4000 a week in
withdrawals! Other casinos such
as Circus
Casino
do things right and have no
limits whatsoever. In the case of
32 Red, there IS a weekly
withdrawal limit but it's a very
palatable £120,000 a week so
we're more than happy with
that! If
you happen to hit a huge jackpot
on one of 32 Red's
Progressive
Jackpot
Games
then the weekly limit won't
apply. That's just as well,
considering that some the
progressive jackpots run into
several million
pounds. Customer
Support You
probably won't need to contact 32
Red Casino's customer support
staff because things operate
pretty smoothly. However, should
you have any questions or
comments you need answering then
you can reach 32 Red via their
instant chat facility, via
e-mail, free telephone or
post. 32
Red Casino have won awards for
their customer service and are
justifiably proud of their
reputation for excellent
support. Summary 32
Red are a competent and
professional online casino from a
solid company. We'd like to see
the bonus terms and conditions
made less restrictive and there
are a few tweaks needed to make
navigation a bit easier but other
than that, they've done a good
job. Few
casinos have the reputation
enjoyed by 32 Red and it's
important that we stress this
point. We've never received a
single complaint about 32 Red
Casino and this is echoed
throughout the industry - they
really do have a superb
reputation and their players
remain loyal to them. They're
clearly doing something
right. |
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