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Want the scoop on all the reputable online casinos? GamesandCasino has made it easy for you. We have researched them all and written a review on each one. Find reviews for the best online gambling websites and all of the major online software providers. Follow the leading names; take a look at the screenshots and what has been said about each one, here at the casino reviews page!

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More about our Casino Reviews

Our reviews reflect our dedication to being a reliable and credible source of information for our visitors. We’ve been doing this for over twenty years now. Every review is carefully constructed to give players an honest and thorough assessment. We go in-depth to study each operation and tell you about the gaming environment, customer service, available payment options, and the operator’s general reputation. We prominently display the jurisdiction where the operation is licensed. Our reviews are more than simple summaries they are thorough guides that provide players with the information they need to make wise selections.

While we do accentuate the positive aspects of any given online gambling house we also provide balance to deliver accurate evaluations. The evaluations result from in-depth investigation, real player testing, and a true enthusiasm for safe and sane online gambling. The reviews are designed to provide you with a comprehensive and informative look into every important aspect of the gaming operation under our review.

Rather than simply presenting a summary of the high points, we examine all the nuances of the gaming experience and don’t shy away from pointing out any areas of the operation that we find lacking. We look at the number and quality of the games on offer and let you know about slots, digital table games, and live dealer options. We examine elements like the user interface (UI), navigation, operator fairness, and even game graphics so you’ll know what to expect before you visit the casino.

We’re aware that even at the best-operated sites, players run into problems now and then or simply have questions only the operator can answer promptly and with clarity. Customer care receives the level of attention it needs in our reviews. We let you know how quick, competent, and easily accessible an operator's customer service is. Depending on the avenues of help available, we take a look at the quality of help that is offered through phone, email, and live chat.

Another important element we cover in our reviews is the range of payment options available to players all over the world and in specific countries in some cases. In addition to the languages the sites are available in, the currencies accepted, and the software (game) providers, we note whether cryptocurrencies are accepted.

Payment options are an important component of our ratings. We can tell viewers about the ease, timeliness, and security of deposit and withdrawal procedures. We look at the available payment methods and include information about the availability of bank transfers and credit cards as well as eWallets and a variety of cryptocurrencies when more than Bitcoin is accepted.

The overall foundation of any review is a gaming operator's general reputation. We consider more than simply licensing although we do list all jurisdictions an operator is licensed in. We determine if they follow their own rules and comply with regulations in their respective jurisdictions. We also look at comments from the gaming community in forums and on bulletin boards. 

When taken together, all of the information in our reviews should paint a complete picture of an operator as well as their general position in the market. Readers can look at our evaluations as more than a summary, they can view them as a sort of in-depth manual of information that can help decide where to play and why or why not.

Listings on This Page

The listings you see on this page are a lot like those found on other lists throughout the website. They all have the same elements and they all link to reviews and directly to a gambling venue if it has a specific bonus offer.

You’ll see the flag of your country indicating that players from your area are welcome to join. Our software easily determines that by reading your web browser’s IP address so we can sort through all of the gambling venues in our database and only present the ones that might matter to you. This can be overridden by using the provided filtering tools. You can also filter by rating levels (we already sort them to present the highest rated properties on top of the list), by software (who provides the games), and by the types of games offered.

It’s fine to leave the filters set to their defaults and simply choose from among the top-tier sites as determined by their ratings. These are always found at the top of the list.

Next, you’ll see the gaming site’s logo and their trading name followed immediately by the best bonus offers we could find or that we have been able to negotiate exclusively for our visitors.

Near the center of the listing card, you will see our rating. These are determined on a scale of 0.0 - 5.0 with ten increments per digit. Any operation with a rating of 4.1 or higher should offer a completely safe user experience. However elements such as a lack of quick response from customer service, a lack of widely accessible payment options or even a policy of longer payment pending times than we consider necessary might be all that bring one site or another down from a higher rating such as 4.9.

You will also find a link to our unique review of the operation and a link to go directly to the site to claim your bonus.

When you click the “review” link you’ll find more in-depth information on the specific review page. Some of it is raw data and some of it is an overview written by one of our trusted reviewers. You won’t need to come back to the listings page if you decide to play as you will be able to click straight through from the review page. While not all bonuses offered here are exclusive, you will need to click through from one of our pages to claim any offers we have negotiated for our visitors.

To learn more about other elements of online gaming operations please read below. We will cover such things as software providers, mobile access, whitelisted and blacklisted operations, international, USA, Canadian, and Australian casinos, live dealer sites, Pay’N Play no registration instant pay sites, newly opened gaming houses, and even a few words on Las Vegas gambling.

Casino Software

In a painstaking effort over more than two decades we have examined and reviewed about 400 different game providers. In the beginning, online gambling venues were all single software sites so the terms of platform, provider, software, and ‘client’ were synonymous. Nowadays with the advent of HTML5 instant play, and browser-based gaming, each of the terms has taken on its own more specific meaning. We still use some terms interchangeably, but the context in which they are used makes clear the connotation.

We examine each of these software or game providers carefully and note some of the science and certifications behind them. All software must be approved on several levels from ISO certification to random number generator auditing and certification. In many cases, the hosting operator must also be licensed in the same jurisdiction as the game provider but not always. 

Some jurisdictions such as Curacao allow the operator to take responsibility for game fairness or risk losing their license. In all cases, if the software is unlicensed we mention that even if we have not examined the testing certificates it’s a safe bet to assume that we simply didn’t mention it because it is a given. In other cases, such as a subsidiary company like Ezugi to Evolution in the UK market, a regulator will allow the sibling or subsidiary to operate in the realm under the other company’s license.

We take a look at game diversity not only among different types of games but even within the genre of slots only from any given supplier including the quality of graphics, bonus features, maths, mechanics, and the user interface. This should help our readers determine for themselves which platforms carry the most engaging games that might meet their personal preferences and in all cases, provide a dependable, friction-free gaming experience.

Only by defining several different facets of a game provider from their foundational years to location and even merger and acquisition history in some cases, can we provide a thorough and insightful analysis of the entertainment provider. We investigate all aspects in detail and report those that are likely to be of most interest to the greatest number of readers.

We usually start with the foundation and advance from there through various aspects such as how the games are developed, the range of games offered, the user interface, and other important elements. Each review is as unique as the software being reviewed with expert eyes picking out the most important elements to review in order to make the reports not only factual and well-stated but also engaging and entertaining for the reader. 

Are the games responsive, is the user experience (UX) fluid and friction-free, is the design mundane or extraordinary, are the bonus features and game mechanics captivating or simply run of the mill, are many of the games unique or do they feel more like clones of the provider’s other games? 

We try to answer these and other questions and when the data is available and applicable to most or all of a studio’s titles we occasionally go into the maths either from the perspective of return to player percentages (RTP), volatility, or both.

While seemingly obvious, another important element to examine is the variety and quality of games provided. Some labs and studios focus specifically on slot development while others make the effort to present a more well-rounded offering in the hope of getting operators to pick up more of their titles whether it’s simply an extra roulette or blackjack game, scratch cards, or even quick hit instant games and crash games.

We focus on the provider's core offering whether it is live dealer games, traditional slots, or innovative developments such as Megaways or even bonus buy slots. We understand that there are only so many configurations for a 5-reel, 3-position video slot with traditional mechanics so we focus on diversity, innovation, and uniqueness when those qualities present themselves.

You may notice different levels of excitement in the reviews but you won’t find whitewashing or glad-handing. When a provider excites the reviewer we hope you will find their games tickle something in you as well. When the delivery is deadpan and uninspiring it’s a good bet that the games you discover from that particular provider will not be as inspirational as some others.

Brilliance in graphical elements and animations along with an engrossing narrative and anticipation-building maths and mechanics are sure to instigate a review with more life to it than a simple report that tells of the well-executed physics of a 3D table game with no other redeeming factors.

When it comes to mobile gaming, the basic framework behind the HTML5 markup language that is used for secure instant play game delivery today almost guarantees that a mobile gaming experience will be on par with and sometimes even superior to a laptop or play on a big screen. It is critical for the user experience that gameplay be flawless on any device including PCs, Macs, proprietary OS laptops, tablets, and smartphones regardless of the operating system.

We test the games across a variety of channels although the process has become mostly rote thanks to the harmonization of omni-channel delivery by OS-agnostic development. Most often we will only mention elements such as the quality of gameplay, loading times, and responsiveness if we find anomalies.

Our in-depth software reviews provide players with additional criteria when choosing where to play. Some operators now carry tens of thousands of games from more than a hundred providers, so you will be choosing your place to play based more on the online gambling house itself rather than whether it carries a specific software provider’s games. However, once you have determined a few favorites among studios, the knowledge you have gained can help make the best choice.

Mobile Casinos

All online casinos are now essentially “mobile” thanks to the end of Flash plug-ins and the migration of all games to HTML5 for instant browser play. However, some game providers, platform delivery systems, and end-of-B2B-chain operators still do some things better than others. If you look hard enough you can even still find gaming venues with stand-alone native apps for smartphone users (and a few with download clients for desktops as well).

We continue to focus on mobile operations and evaluate game selection, accessibility, and responsiveness among other qualities. It’s paramount that games perform smoothly and that the balance of the infrastructure such as bonusing engines, cashiers, payment gateways, live chat, onsite email forms, and other elements function on a mobile device as well as they do on a desktop or laptop. 

In some markets, smartphone gambling is even more popular than other more traditional forms so we provide the latest information when developments occur. You can find this in the news, but also in our Mobile section which points you to reviews of the cream of the crop in mobile gaming houses. 

Thanks to optimization through the HTML5 framework, most elements remain the same no matter which operating system or device you use. However, the experience is markedly different on a much smaller screen especially when using an alternative screen orientation such as portrait mode as opposed to landscape mode.

Many games today are designed with a “mobile first” concept in mind and then re-optimized for larger displays, but they all play right in your secure web browser. Some developers, including those with obvious names like “One Touch” provide an even more mobile-centric approach with games designed for one-handed play.

Responsiveness is one key element of mobile gaming. Providers should be able to deliver the HTML5 game package quickly and use very little bandwidth to query the server for RNG game results. Live gaming should come across as glitch-free and live lobbies should provide low bandwidth options or even ultra-low bandwidth settings rather than default or auto settings alone.

Speedy and fluid navigation should be the hallmark of any mobile gaming house and games should load quickly with no perceivable burden on a phone’s processors or battery. We make special note of the operators who have streamlined the user experience so that a jump from mobile to home-based devices is seamless and free of any friction. Players should be able to jump from a game of live roulette on their living room sofa to a big screen experience playing their favorite slots in high definition.

When we review the mobile aspects of any online gambling venue we check some of the subtle variations that set experiences apart and contrast those with explanations of the user experience.

We've put together a list of the highest-rated mobile gaming hubs that not only offer an exemplary gambling experience from your first deposit to your latest cashout but also employ cutting-edge technology and engineering to deliver the best games for mobile users.

White Listed Casinos

Thanks to our unyielding standards and criteria for casino reviews as well as ever-valuable player feedback, we can filter a massive database of online operators to create a whitelist of the best online gaming sites.

A good reputation is crucial to being considered for this list and we only list gambling houses with great software, overwhelmingly positive player reviews, and all of the other elements that go into a truly amazing place to play. 

Our White Listed online casinos can be contrasted with those on our Blacklist but they also rise above the fray of mediocrity and stand apart from the crowd on their own. Our White List is more than a list, it is the culmination of almost everything we do. These ‘picks’ are the result of our continued effort to winnow, sift, and sort operators in a field that grows by leaps and bounds almost every day.

While that may appear to be a daunting task, the more the merrier because the shining pinnacles stand out even brighter against a sea of ordinariness. 

Licensing and regulatory compliance are almost a given, but the criteria are much more stringent. A gaming house on this list will not only abide by its own terms and conditions but those rules will reflect a true player-first attitude. That means that bonus terms will be transparent, fair, and not predatory while payouts will be prompt and reliable. Of course, the game selection has to be top shelf but payment methods must be familiar and readily accessible to players. 

Customer service needs to be more than prompt, professional, and competent it needs to be friendly and engaging but not to the point of intruding on a quiet player’s space - just open enough to handle any issue with ease and leave you with a smile when the exchange is over.

Player feedback is key to the ratings and it weighs heavily in our selection of the best gambling venues. We expect the newest players to be treated with the same professionalism and customer-centric service as the most experienced gamblers.

Transparency is another major factor in White Listing an operation. Extra gravity is given to operators who make a representative available to the public on large gambling forums. The way they respond to business inquiries on our end also plays a role in the decision. Those who treat business partners fairly are more likely to treat players the right way too.

While some factors can end up balancing each other out, such as an operator that might take 3 days to process a payout but who also pays on time every time. There’s not much ambiguity in most of the grading criteria - in total, it is either a great place to play and finds its way onto our White List or it is not, and it does not.

Blacklisted Casinos

One reason online gamblers, the new and the highly seasoned, rely on GamesandCasino for advice, guidance, direction, and support is that we have been evaluating players in the online gambling industry for a long time. With that experience comes a nose for sniffing out trouble. When you are looking at reviews you can start with the rating for any given gaming property and read what we have learned about it to find out if we discovered any pitfalls or outright brigand behaviors.

Almost all of the sites today operate under license by one or more reputable regulators and the ones without a license should simply be avoided. However, even licensed operators can go bad with time - either from poor risk management that affects their bottom line, in turn making it hard for them to pay on time, or in some cases by outright unethical business choices. 

Our Blacklist should be seen as sort of a cautionary tale. There are sites on it that gave excellent service and were at the top of the industry for well over a decade and then uncontrollable circumstances such as a hostile takeover sent them from the cream of the crop to the dregs of the swamp almost overnight. While everyone deserves a chance, some things are simply too predictable using history as a guide to the future so we had to blacklist them to protect players who rely on us for quality information.

Others on the list either have terrible terms and conditions that result in predatory business practices or they simply don’t live up to their side of the gambling contract.

We do not take credit for compiling the list based on our research and reviews, but we have made the first move in blacklisting some of the properties on the list. For the most part, we rely on others, including players reporting bad treatment, but mostly on the larger forums and fairness advocacy sites. It could be the Wizard of Odds proving a game doesn’t present the results that math in a fair game would; it could be members of a forum like LCB.org discovering pirated versions of games purported to be supplied by NetEnt, Novomatic, or another well-known and respected supplier, or it could be that we found the gaming businesses appear on several different prominent blacklists online and have agreed with the reasoning used to ghost them.

Whichever way they end up landing on the list is less important than the fact that they appear at all.

That being said, appearing on our Blacklist does not establish a case of eternal damnation in the business world. Some operators have turned over a new leaf and have abandoned whatever problems got them on the list in the first place. We applaud them and remove them from the list while amending the listing to note the change.

If a site appears on our list - as of the time you are reading the list - we caution you to look the other way and don’t even consider gambling there. It can be tough enough to win sometimes and that is the only gamble we want our readers to take. There’s no sense in gambling twice with the second roll of the dice being whether or not you will get paid when the time comes.

For those who want to take no chances at all on transparency and ethical business practices, we suggest you visit our White List. Just as the worst of the worst are found on the Black List the best of the best are found on our White List. There’s a lot of room on the spectrum between the two extremes, and most of those middling sites will be just fine for you to play at. But why not start with the creme de la creme? After you build confidence in our suggestions and in your ability to suss out a bad operator you always have the option to go to the midlands and shop for a fun place to play. It seems like a sensible suggestion.

Our goal is to give you a first line of defense against being exploited or taken advantage of and to make sure that we only suggest transparent gambling sites that value honesty, fairness, and the two-way street of trust our readers need to enjoy gambling online safely and securely.

Poor customer service, erratic payment processing, and sporadic adherence to accepted norms will be mentioned in a review but those “qualities” will not drive an operator onto our list. With this, you can see that the Black List is reserved for those sites you simply should not bother visiting at all. But as always, the choice is yours. All we can do is provide the information and hope you have a safe, sane, and enjoyable online gambling experience.

International Casinos

Our coverage of international gaming sites for specific countries reflects our audience-focused approach catering to a worldwide player base. We cover a wide range of international gaming sites to provide players with the best possible options.

Most online casinos allow visitors to choose their own language. Some of them even use geolocation technology in your secure web browser to present the site in the most common language of your area. Our collection of international online sites includes more than a dozen different languages, with reviews available in each language. The gaming sites range from Turkish to British. Every international gambling venue on our list is trustworthy and secure.

We have examined reliable and secure international online operations that welcome players from the UK, as well as those in the Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish languages among others. You can find our International Casinos page here.

US Casinos

We provide readers in the US with specific information about the state of the online gambling industry. Readers can keep up with newly regulated markets opening by reading our News. We also provide a dedicated page with information about the state of online gambling in the USA along with links to the online gaming sites best suited for American players.

Some of the issues and options we look at on our US Casinos page include information about federal gambling laws, historical issues faced by software and game providers in the market, a variety of safe and secure banking options in light of regulatory restrictions in some areas, the current state of gambling in the US, and a list of related reading to get visitors up to speed and to have the ability to take in some deep learning on the subject. 

Some of the links we provide include direct access to sites such as Latest Casino Bonuses, the World Casino Directory, Real Money Action, and the Wizard of Odds.

The US is somewhat unique among countries with liberalized gambling laws. So much so that it could almost be said that it’s stuck in time - halfway between prohibition and liberalization. 

The US is a huge online market with multiple software providers, operators, and payment processors serving players. It hasn’t always been that way. In the earliest days of online gambling, US players were some of the first to jump on the bandwagon. New game providers and platforms were developed at an amazing rate to tap the massive market.

And then things changed almost overnight and most of the firms serving America bailed out to avoid conflict with a payment processing law that never should have affected them, but it did.

To make a long story short the US was left with very few providers so player choice was extremely limited. Into the void sprang the rogues and other ne'er-do-wells like bandits in the wild wild west, straining the credibility of an industry that still had actors of integrity leading the way, albeit from the shadows in the newly restricted market.

Slowly but surely more game developers made their products available so more operators signed on to deliver those products to American consumers who had no prohibitions at the federal level to keep them from gambling online. A few states had local laws banning the practice of online gambling but not many. Nearly all of the laws had been codified before the advent of the internet and it was a stretch in most cases to apply them to American online gamblers.

The market began to flourish again and eventually, the courts clarified that sportsbetting is perfectly legal within each state’s boundaries. A few states took that to mean that online gambling was legal as well. However, the way they made that leap never made sense. Online gambling was either legal or it was illegal, but the states operated in a gray area of misunderstanding and asserted their right to offer gambling online.

It wasn’t until the 2020s that a US court finally made a declaratory judgment stating that the Wire Act of 1961 was simply what it was and nothing more - a federal ban on interstate sports betting. It had nothing to do with lotteries, online slots, and tables, or anything else that did not exist at the time it was passed and signed into law.

Oddly enough, the ruling didn’t change anything other than to ensure that the world’s biggest lottery company by dollar volume, IGT (formerly GTECH) didn’t pull out of the market to protect its executives from prosecution and to protect its revenue flows.

All the while from the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which neither modified existing federal law nor created new legal prohibitions, the US online gambling industry continued to grow and thrive in a sort of self-policing manner. 

Less than a dozen states have regulated online slots and every state-regulated operation must only serve players in that state - yet there is no federal prohibition, there is only moot guidance from federal regulatory agencies that issued threats to US financial institutions based on advice from the US Department of Justice that all online gambling was somehow illegal under the Wire Act.

Financial institutions have obligations to their stockholders, so it’s not surprising that none of them would want to buck the system that’s been in place for almost two decades. Land-based and existing state-by-state online operators have a vested interest in keeping the status quo so there doesn’t seem to be much of an appetite to challenge their supremacy in the market either.

That leaves us where we are today. A thriving online gambling ecosphere in the United States caught in a Catch-22 and perpetually in the shadows. Payment processing is not handled by US financial institutions because regulators forbid it. Processing gambling payments could, hypothetically, create a form of fraud in payment processing for operators that serve the market, and that could make certain actions by operators and payment processors illegal. That ironically gives the UIGEA teeth it has no legal business having at the federal level.

With all that said, it is only the gaming house operators and the payment handlers that can break any federal law. Players have no such prohibitions. 

If you live in one of the states with its own regulatory body there’s no good reason to look anywhere else for your action. If you live in one of the states that hasn’t regulated and taxed your action yet, and one that hasn’t specifically legislated against online gambling, you are - as far as we know after many years of following such issues - free to do what you wish with your own hard-earned cash.

You can go to Las Vegas or a local tribal gaming space. You can buy a lottery ticket or bet on the ponies online, and you can visit any online gaming house that serves players in the US - as far as we know, and we see no reasons to doubt that.

At its best, the internet represents a bridge between all cultures and peoples. We hope that our readers will always give heed to our rating system and read our gaming reviews; stay clear of blacklisted operations and gravitate toward our White List, and enjoy gambling responsibly.

Our reviews of US online gaming houses can serve as a reliable guide and if used properly, our site presents guardrails to keep players from making the wrong bets regarding operators who are only looking out for themselves.

The one constant in online gambling is change. The adage may seem archaic but it proves itself to be true year after year. We hope you visit our US Casino pages often because the same type of lists you see on other sections of our site can be found there. You will find the best sites at the top, the best bonuses, and honest reviews to help you decide where to play. As changes happen in the market, whether it’s new providers, new operators, or new regulations you’ll find those changes reflected here.

Canadian Casinos

We offer an entire section dedicated to the online gambler in Canada. As always, our reviews of Canadian gaming sites provide the reader with all of the information needed to make an informed and conscious choice about where to play.

The Canadian market is open to offshore providers as long as they don’t have any services or personnel located within the country’s borders. Canadian law enforcement has not shown interest in pursuing providers located outside of the country. This makes it what is known as a gray zone jurisdiction. One where providers may not be welcomed but players have no actual prohibition on playing at offshore sites.

Each province and territory has control over what can and cannot be offered from within the jurisdiction and most of them formed Crown Corporations (public/private partnerships) with lottery companies to provide online gambling to residents of their particular region. Many also made arrangements with First Nations not only for the distribution of land-based gambling proceeds but also those emanating from the Crown Corps.

That arrangement prevailed for many years until a new idea was born in Ontario. It was decided that third-party operators could enter a free market to compete for gamblers’ interests and revenues in the province that is home to Toronto, a city of some seven million denizens. The highly regulated but open market launched in early April 2022 and has opened the doors to state-regulated online gambling for all adults in the province which holds about 15 million total residents.

To say that the experiment was a success would be to understate its importance. In the first year of operations, the regulated market grew by 50% each quarter. Some suitors were squeezed out of the open market and some thrived. Players continued to migrate from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG/Crown Corp) offering as well as some offshore sites to the regulated market with player protections, responsible gambling controls, and software/game providers that chose to stop providing services to outside operators that didn’t hold an iGaming Ontario license.

The result for players has been mixed so far with plenty of positive points to ponder as well as some that handicapped players. 

To play certain games from certain providers who signed onto the deals sometimes seen in Europe as prohibition monopolies, players have to gamble at the provincial gaming sites. However, with 100s of high-quality game providers serving the world markets, no Canadian has been deprived of a quality gaming experience because of the new open but highly regulated market.

Overall, it’s been a win/win development so far.

Regardless of changes in the online gambling universe, we remain dedicated to providing up-to-date, accurate, and in-depth information on Canadian online gambling opportunities. It doesn’t make much sense to rehash paid advertisements by those who are competing for the Ontarian’s dollars in-country. That information is as close by as a click on iGaming Ontario’s website or a visit to one of the provincially licensed operators.

Our reviews of Canadian Casinos focus on the best offshore operators that offer legal gambling to all Canadians.

That’s not to say that our favorite operators simply do what they want. None of them that carry games from licensed Ontario operators are allowed to offer bonuses and some other incentives to players in the province. It’s a fair enough playing field and an interesting experiment in “open” markets.

Canadian players who prefer the guaranteed protections offered by the public/private partnerships and those in Ontario who want to play internationally available games are probably as safe and secure as a gambler in Atlantic City or another US location with access to BetMGM online. Those who don’t live in the province will have no access to the games unless they play online at their provincial lottery outlet in some cases. Others will seek offshore bonuses and other benefits and will have to give themselves some credit for navigating through a patchwork of permissions and opportunities.

On our Canadian Casinos page, you’ll find a general history and overview of gambling along with a list of the best gaming houses and their current bonus offers. Look for everything from no deposit bonuses just for signing up to incredible match bonuses, extra spins, and cash back. Each offer comes with specific terms so be sure to scan the list for basic information before visiting the sites for more detail.

The gambling venues are all rated on a scale of 0.01 to 5.0 and most of them on the page are higher than 4.0 but you might find a few toward the bottom of the page with a rating of 3.9/5. We always suggest you read our review of sites that rank lower. The reasons are two-fold. 

There could be an issue such as slow pay or a lack of game selection but it could also simply be a matter of a botched promotional campaign when the site first opened. They may have settled all of the concerns but players don't get a chance to go back and re-rate an operator after they've been made whole. Sites with excellent reputations can hit bumps in the road and it’s simply a good idea to find out why they aren’t more highly ranked yet still appear on our “best” lists.

In addition to the general history, gaming overview, and sign-up offers, we present information on the country's gambling laws, availability of top-tier games in the market, and the most commonly used and best payment methods for deposits and withdrawals (it's not always the same financial vehicle but it can be). 

Live Dealer Casinos

Live dealer casinos have been growing market share for several years now. Some observers, including cryptocurrency platform providers, estimate a full third of the money that is gambled in online casinos goes through the live dealer channels. Looking at the rapid growth of companies like Evolution and Pragmatic Play Live it’s not hard to believe the numbers are simply huge.

We evaluate the live dealer lobby components of many online operators here and we have a page dedicated to the gaming houses that feature them. It’s a fairly simple proposition since nearly all online operators now carry a live lobby.

While the immersion that can occur when you are playing a highly engaging slot can evoke the same feelings you get in a land-based gaming venue, nothing can really compare to the live dealer experience for some players.

Slots and table games have traditionally been played in separate areas on a gaming floor, and that is no different when looking at an online gaming house. However, most operators do not run their own live dealer streams. They simply plug in a lobby from a game provider. The only true integration other than a link from the general lobby is a seamless gaming wallet and occasionally a bonusing system. In most cases, you won’t have to exchange chips through another secure system but simply gamble and let the gaming platform or the particular programming interface take care of the bits and pieces for you.

That makes it easier to jump between different types of games, such as moving from digital blackjack to live roulette and then directly to Megaways slots or some type of progressive game. In some of the newer live lobbies, visitors will find a dozen or more live-streaming game providers and will be able to jump from one mini-lobby to another or stay in the main lobby and simply play games from a variety of different providers.

Live dealer gaming is one example of the innovation and rapid evolution of the online gaming space. It might be interesting to note that some of the pioneers in HTML5 instant play browser-based online gambling were not slot providers or heads-up poker clients, but live lobbies.

The small packet sizes needed to deliver secure data in both directions, the attendant chat facility, seamless wallet technology, and HD video with studio-quality audio capabilities of the then-new markup language were simply too attractive for the avant-garde providers to ignore. 

Perhaps the most surprising thing is how long it took the general online gambling industry to get around to making the switch to HTML5 game delivery. Granted, Adobe Flash was convenient but only because it had become the industry standard. “Instant play” is not new by any means. 

Some of the first providers we reviewed used other forms, rawer to be sure than today’s applications of the same tech, but JavaScript, etc., nonetheless. Today those elements run in the background and present no security issues because the environment is secure. HTML5 is a future-proof delivery language with none of the problems the old tech presented.

Since all of the live lobby providers are audited, certified, and licensed in their respective jurisdictions - and because you can see the cards or other game elements with your own eyes when you play, we can focus mostly on the actual gaming house in a review and go more in-depth to explain game development and the intricacies of person to person gambling online in our software reviews. We always provide a dependable analysis so if you feel you need to know more about one element or another, by all means, please explore the games as well as the provider and the gaming hub operator for a more holistic understanding.

Pay N Play Casinos

Sweden, Germany, and Finland were the first three countries to allow players to simply sign into their online financial institution through a portal provided by an online gambling operator. From there they could make an immediate deposit and start playing online games right away.

Denmark, Estonia, and the Netherlands were the next markets to incorporate Trustly’s Pay N Play discrete in the background account registration and immediate payout services into gaming sites serving players in those countries.

Today there are more than 250 brands that offer Pay N Play around Europe.

With Pay N Play, gamblers can start playing right away because the onboarding process takes only minutes instead of hours. Players have peace of mind because connecting a casino cashier to their bank accounts offers a safe, real-time, end-to-end gaming experience. The secure gaming solution lowers the danger of fraud.

Payment processing has long been an issue for international gambling sites that needed a borderless instant payment processing solution. The roadblocks of account registration forms, identity verification, and aligning payment methods with low-cost and secure payment gateways presented problems for both players and operators.

Online gamblers can now deposit and withdraw money instantaneously thanks to Trustly's innovative technology and the addition of the BankID login feature. The banking transactions occur in a secure online browser-based environment and adhere to the KYC (Know Your Customers) requirements.

KYC is part of the document verification process players usually have to go through to help operators prevent money laundering and worse financial crimes. In non-PnP transactions, players still have to send in a copy of an official government such as a passport with a photo, proof of their address and sometimes bank account information, and proof they own any financial instrument used to deposit. That’s not the case at a Pay N Play gaming site.

Under the new model, you simply log into your online financial institution and make a deposit - from that moment forward the system is taking care of KYC and other verifications for you in the background. By the time you are done playing and ready to make a withdrawal, it can all have been facilitated out of sight and out of mind and your payment can be waiting for you by the time you get to the bank to withdraw the cash. It doesn’t always work that flawlessly, but it can.

We list a variety of gambling venues that have integrated Trustly’s state-of-the-art payment processing and registration technology. They are all well-respected gaming sites with proper licenses and certifications. Some are hybrid sites so players in non-BankID-served areas can also deposit, play, and withdraw via traditional methods.

Trustly processes over two million online payments every month throughout Europe processing over $42B in payments annually. Trustly offers services in over 30 different countries and has over 12,000 connected banks. More banks are added to its service roster frequently.

New Casinos

There are literally thousands of online gaming operations offering players an untold variety of betting options these days. It begs the question, why? The answer is really quite simple, we all like to try something new now and then. People will seek out a novel experience even if they are happy or satisfied with a current product or service. It’s simply human nature. In psychology novelty seeking even has its own name, neophilia.

There are practical reasons as well as ethereal ones. Online operators offer incentives to new customers and nowhere is that more obvious than in a brand-new gaming house trying to compete for your business. The freshest new operations can offer bonuses that are simply easier to beat than more well-established operators can or do offer. 

Not all of the gaming houses on our New Casinos page are freshly minted. Some of them are simply new to our listings. We don’t just point our readers to every new gambling venue that pops up. We must determine it is a safe place to play before we list it. Sometimes new offers are put together by older operators that we already know, and that makes it easier to decide to list them.

Sometimes a mediocre gaming house will work harder for a few years and create an ongoing track record of great customer service, prompt, and reliable payouts, added game selections, and other elements that separate it from the rest of the pack and we’ll recognize that hard work and increased value to players by adding them to our lists, thus they are new to us. If a gaming venue is reliable, secure, and adheres to its licensing requirements as well as its own terms and conditions, it might have what it takes to get a second look - but it has to excel in some manner in order to get on board.

With a first impression comes a long-lasting bias no matter how subjective the grading criteria are simply because it's a human decision in the end. A new user interface, great design aesthetics, and a robust variety of games simply make a greater impact on first blush than when revisited in the future. We like to be wowed as much as anyone else and while innovation, diversity, and player engagement all create allure and pull for us, the foundational aspects of transparency, integrity, and adherence to business norms always overrule the attraction to bling, bells, and whistles.

The bottom line is that if you visit the New list you will find vetted operations that have something going for them. Whether it’s a big juicy welcome package, a reinvigorated customer service policy, or the addition of multiple game providers to an already great place to gamble online, there’s most likely something there for you.

Bitcoin Sites

Whereas they were once a novelty with a few digitized dice games are crash games, Bitcoin gambling operations are mainstream now and offer players a lot of advantages over more traditional online gaming houses. There are several varieties of crypto-casinos so we’ll look at a few of them and note what they have in common and their differences. 

Since the use of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies has spread throughout the world via the internet and because online gambling venues are also virtual, the intersection and organic harmony are obvious - it’s as if crypto and gambling were made for one another. 

Bitcoin-accepting Casinos

These gaming sites can be on any platform and carry games from any provider. They might offer special BTC bonuses or they might not. They simply allow banking - deposits, bonus matching, and withdrawals in Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency.

Once payment gateways and exchanges were streamlined and the technology emerged to integrate cryptos into gaming operations, a vast majority of gaming sites gained the ability to accept deposits and to pay out winning in cryptocurrencies. Nothing much changes on the inside, it all happens in the cashier, and virtual currency is transformed into fiat currency on the player’s display. 

You don’t have to do the math with every bet or spin or know the value of a Bitcoin or any altcoin after you deposit. The coin’s value is converted to fiat value at the rate that exists when you deposit. Simply play in dollars, euros, or any other supported fiat currency and you don’t have to worry about conversions until it’s time to cash out.

Since Bitcoin can be so volatile, you have a speculative investment based on the value of the coin in and coin out. In other words, you are gambling twice - once on the value of the cryptocurrency and once again on the gambling games. It’s entirely possible to make a deposit, have a string of bad luck, cash out the remainder and still have as much money as you went in with. Of course, the converse is also possible.

Bitcoin-centered Gaming

The number one platform for these operations is SOFTSWISS. The company pioneered Bitcoin gambling and provides the framework for hundreds of operators. Many allow players to view virtual currency on the user interface and use the values for gambling transactions. Most will also allow you to display in fiat or another coin value. They will also have a range of “provably fair” games like slots, roulette, or even Plinko. Games that have a mechanism in place to check the fairness of the process and outcomes are considered provably fair.

These sites will usually carry thousands of games from dozens or even more than a hundred providers and almost always have a large live lobby with hundreds of tables. 

Depending on the operator, you might be able to get a huge bonus. The maximum threshold can be average such as a hundred euros/dollars or it can be massive such as 1.5 or 2 BTC. The pitfall to look out for when considering gambling with (for example) $50,000 in bonus funds is the maximum bet you can make, the amount of time you have to complete the bonus, and of course, the wagering requirement. 

These gaming houses are all licensed and adhere to all KYC/AML/CFT guidelines under international law and through their respective jurisdiction’s regulator.

Anonymous Bitcoin Casinos

While nothing is 100% anonymous, these sites come pretty close. To play at one of these, usually unlicensed, gaming sites all you have to do is register an email address in most cases and make a crypto deposit. When it comes time to cash out you simply enter your wallet address and the payout is sent. There’s no reason for a payment from a site like this to take longer than the blockchain processing time, but some will delay - especially if they offer a bonus. 

The reason these sites aren’t 100% anonymous is that players in the US and some other financial jurisdictions must go through KYC to open an account with Coinbase or another exchange. Transactions above certain amounts must be reported to the government as a matter of law.

Benefits of Bitcoin Gaming

Crypto-gambling has its upsides and downsides. We won’t try to rate them because one might be far more important to one reader than another, but the upside should provide some blue skies for all and the pitfalls are most likely all quicksand or at least muck and mire to be avoided.

Some benefits include bonuses, cost-effectiveness, instant cashouts, privacy, and security.

Fresh off a discussion of anonymity in BTC gambling we’ll take a quick look at privacy as a separate matter. You might ask yourself if there’s nothing to hide, why hide? It’s not that simple in many cases. 

Gambling may be legal or not at a local or even national level but more than that, it can carry a stigma and players can be judged harshly by society or individuals in their lives. Some people consider anyone who gambles to be a degenerate, unsavory, weak-willed, immoral, or even addicted whether they are or not. That might be enough of a reason to pile on some privacy protection in the form of mostly anonymous transactions. 

Cost-effective and Secure

Traditional payment methods such as debit cards and credit cards simply were not created for use on the Internet. Sure, they work, but on the backend, it’s somewhat cumbersome, inefficient, and rife with problems such as misapplied or miscoded payments. And then there’s the problem of players simply charging back a transaction if they don’t feel they got their money’s worth out of a gambling session. All of those things translate into cost.

Since operators aren’t likely to add fees to deposits or even most withdrawals, the capital to fund the ineffectiveness of traditional payment methods has to come from somewhere and only so much can come off an operator’s bottom line if they want to stay in business. That means you and I pay for it somehow. 

The most obvious place to look is in reduced bonuses and promotions but they could also pick and promote certain slots or game rule variants that shave just a little off return to player percentages and add to the house edge. If bitcoin processing costs them less there’s no reason to believe they won’t pass at least some of that savings onto their customers to sweeten the pot, if even just a little bit.

Great Bonuses and Instant Cashouts

Since it costs them less to transact in cryptos and because players can’t charge back deposits as they might do with a debit card or credit card, operators can afford to give out slightly better bonuses. They also want to attract high rollers and what better place to find them than behind a crypto-wallet?

Most places, even those that operate traditionally and only happen to accept crypto payments, will offer greater incentives if you deposit using BTC or another coin. You might find weekly match offers with 2x or greater percentages or maximum value thresholds or simply the savings of not having to pay fees for a slow bank wire.

If an operator wants to, they can pay out instantly. All other things being equal that possibility can be the single item that sways a player from site A to site B as a regular player.

Sign-up bonuses with crypto can also be phenomenal.

Las Vegas Casinos

Take a trip with us to the center of entertainment and gambling in Las Vegas, where it all started. 

Caesars Palace is a timeless representation of grandeur and wealth that perfectly captures the splendor of Las Vegas. 

Circus Circus, offering a nostalgic experience on the Strip, invites all comers with its whimsical atmosphere and family-friendly appeal. 

With its soaring towers and medieval-inspired design, Excalibur delivers a magical gaming experience that combines thrill and magic. 

We take a closer look at these iconic properties and more than a dozen others. If you want to whet your appetite for gambling online, this might be a good place to start!

Australian Casinos

Australia has always been a fertile market for online gaming providers. Gambling has always been very popular there. However, with the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 and its subsequent amendments, online gambling became mired in a strange brew of legality for players seeking a place to play, the ability for all states and provinces to offer licenses, and the total lack of movement toward providing licensed and regulated online gaming in the country.

We have covered the past, present, and potential future of online gambling in Australia on a special page dedicated to players there. We inform about the history, current state of the industry, laws and regulations at the state, territory, and federal level, tax rates for operators the legality or lack thereof for online casino games, the games most preferred by Australians, as well as payments and responsible gambling measures for denizens there. There's not much left out of forming a complete picture and understanding of the issue. 

Below you'll find full reviews for the online casinos that are highly rated by your fellow players and also mobile friendly.