888 Casino Review

“Safer. Better. Together,” is the motto of 888 casino, and they truly stand up to it. If someone asked me, “is 888 legal,” I’d totally say yeah. 888 is one of the strongest players on the gambling market and can hardly have any license or security problems, so it’s not surprising I didn’t find any. All the transactions use a typical SLL protocol, so all the data is safe as far as I know.

888 gives you the tools to control the amount of money you use to gamble on this website. You can set your own deposit limits and request to adjust them at any time. I’ve tried it myself in the past just to see, and the support team cannot simply say no to you if you want to limit your spendings.

The whole sign up process took me no more than five minutes. I was asked to provide my first name, last name, nickname, email, address, phone number (won’t be verified), and occupation.

Immediately upon the registration, you will be asked to verify your age and address in order to further activate your account. 888 immediately asked me to upload a photo of my driver’s license and indicated this as the most convenient and fastest way to verify my identity. If you do not have the driving license, then of course, you can use other documents. Among those listed on the site, I saw an ID card, utility bill, passport, bank statement, birth certificate, or any other document that has the needed info.

As soon as your account has been verified (took around 30 mins for me), you can proceed to depositing. 888 Casino has a very diversified payment/withdrawal system which I find to be very convenient. You can use literally almost any method you can think of here. Cards, virtual valets, bank transfers, even apple pay. I used my Skrill valet for both deposit and withdrawal.

A minimum deposit is £10 but at least £20 is needed to receive the welcome bonus, so keep that in mind investing your first money here.

Withdrawal methods vary as much. The only thing I recommend is to make sure you always have one verified method to withdraw as not all the methods that you can use to deposit can be used to get that money back. Otherwise, you might be asked to verify the ownership of the debit card or even asked to use your withdrawal method for deposit first. My Skrill withdrawal took a bit longer than I expected, around one day.

I love the financial system of 888. I can hardly think of any other casino with so much freedom at hand.

I really like the IOS app for 888. It’s smooth, easy to navigate, and eye catching. Still, this sort of design is more suitable for a PC, so I kept playing on my laptop. As for the mobile browser version, it’s nicely adapted and can totally be used as well. Didn’t experience any problems after trying different mobile versions for more than an hour. Valid.

A little banner to the right of my screen says over 1 000 slots, and I’ll believe it. The variety of games at 888 is quite impressive. There are a couple of categories to navigate through such as New, Megaways, Daily Jackpots, Exclusive, Books, and Pirates. I don’t know why they picked exactly these ones but it’s definitely not enough to search through a thousand slots. I’d like to see a bit more detailed categorization. Still, the design of games pages is engaging. You cannot fit a lot of titles on the screen, and that’s what I like. All pictures are detailed, unique, and attractive. It really makes you want to play every single slot on the website. Talking of the titles, you can find a lot of popular ones like the Book of the Dead or Starburst here, but they don’t litter your slots page right away, giving space for others, and I love it. No offence, but I’m sick of the Book of the Dead.

In addition to the usual and popular games, here you can find over 70 exclusive ones, which can only be played here and at partner casinos such as 777. One of them is Dr. Jackpot and Mr. Wild that I decided to play. Most of the exclusives (maybe even all of them, I did not check) are developed by Section 8 Studio. Later I tried a couple of similar ones like Mystic Mask and Cat Me Out if You Can. I would not say that local exclusives stand out for something really special, but still are decently pleasant.

You know that I really do not like it when the site gets into the gameplay and distracts me with some kind of ad and stuff like that, and I am very grateful there is no such thing on 888. To be honest, I used to play here before the review sometimes.

The casino games tab will take us to non-live table games. Here you can find roulette, blackjack, video poker, bingo, and other games, divided into rooms according to bet levels. I spun the European roulette quite a bit to make sure there were no lags or malfunctions, but I didn’t stay long. I still prefer live games for this kind of thing.

Going to the live games tab, I was once again convinced that the number of tables at 888 is really huge. Roulette, blackjack, baccarat, poker, game shows with any stakes and even an elite lounge for those who like to play high. I wanted to play a lot of games, but today I finally got my hands on the good three card poker that I love so much. Don’t blame me, but I lost most of the bonus here.

Jackpots at 888 are updated in real time, and you can always see where the biggest sum is being drawn right now. Very convenient. Many of the exclusive local slots also have progressive jackpots and add even more excitement.

The last two things to notice when playing here are the little 888 poker and 888 sports tabs. The first will send you to a different site where you can play poker for money with live players, and the second is nothing more than regular sports betting.

I will not hide the fact that I really like playing 888. As a person who just relaxes from gambling, the gameplay on 888 is very much to my liking.

The main bonus at 888 Casino is definitely a welcome bonus. You will not find anything beyond special and large in such a huge and long-established casino. As expected, the bonus is small. 100% up to £100. In addition to the deposit bonus, 888 pleased me with a much larger gift of £88 with no deposit! It was a bit strange. Although the site claims that the no deposit bonus should come to you immediately after registering and verifying your account, I got my £88 only after I made a deposit. I won’t insinuate, maybe I just made my deposit too quickly.

The second part of the bonus routine at 888 is various weekly and daily offers. For example, every day between 8 and 9pm GMT, you can win an extra treat, every time the roulette rolls out 8. Unusual and fits into the concept of eights. Things like this always make me happy. Similar tricks can be found in other live games, blackjack, wheel, and others.

There are also monthly draws. For example, on the 1st of every month, 26 random users get £888 to their account just for logging in on that day. Of course, I prefer bonuses that are more realistic to farm with your own participation, even if it is a deposit, but still. In addition to these daily gifts, 888 often runs seasonal promotions for holidays and special dates.

Comp points can be distinguished as those bonuses in which you can be sure. For every £10 spent, the site will reward you with 1.5 points. Each 150 points, in turn, will return your £1. It may not be very much, but it will not be superfluous.

The last component is the 888 VIP program or VIP club. I have been at 888 for a long time, but I am not a member of the VIP club, so I can hardly tell more about it than they write on the site itself. The main point is that when you are accepted (there is no exact figure, how much you need to spend. VIP club is by invitation only), you will receive various personal treats, birthday gifts, loyalty rewards, and the like. The more the VIP level grows, the better the gifts, respectively. There are 3 levels in total: normal, gold and platinum. This is probably a system for the most loyal players.

Drawing a conclusion on bonuses at 888, I can say that for sure you can find sites that offer more. 888 is worth more and stands out for its vibe than its generous bonus system.

As far as I understand, the only way to contact the 888 support team is to fill out a form and describe the problem on the site (at least I didn’t see any other way). Wow, that’s just something. Not even an email. I will not argue, there is a really extensive FAQ section, which may help to solve most of the questions, but still. Well, let’s try what we have. I filled out the form, described a small problem with the withdrawal of money in it, left my email for feedback, and started to wait.

A little later, looking at the screenshots that I took for my review, I saw and remembered that I saw the support button in the cashier section. And it turned out, lo and behold, there is even a live chat. I find it incredibly stupid that you can only get into the live chat through the cashier, and at first, I decided that you can ask only about payments and withdrawals here. I was wrong. First, I was connected to a bot, which did nothing but redirect me to the FAQ section, so I entered the specified command and was transferred to a chat with a live person. Not wanting to repeat the question I had already sent through the form, I decided to just ask the support representative about the 888 VIP club in the live chat. Even though the question was a little unclear and off-topic, I was answered politely, although there was not much information on the matter. I was told that there are no special requirements to get into the VIP program, you just need to stay active. Not very helpful. Surely there are such requirements, it’s just that the support staff are not aware of them, for which I do not blame them. I think this experience was rather positive. They tried to help me quickly and this is the most important thing.

A letter with a response to my original request came the next day with a detailed list of actions needed to deal with my problem. The list almost completely repeated the actions described in the FAQ section. Good or bad, judge for yourself.

888 Casino is no place to pursue the abnormally large bonuses or easy wins. 888 is a stronghold of calmness and smooth, unobtrusive play, a place where you can relax and just play after a hard day at work. Of course, it has its drawbacks, but it’s nice to be here, and it’s even more pleasant to return here.