Fair play? A review of Betfair Casino

Betfair Casino Bonuses and Promotions

Betfair offers all new players a choice of four Welcome Bonuses. You can get 30 Free Spins, a 100% deposit match, a 200% deposit match with 100 Free Spins or a £200 bonus with 5 Free Chips when playing Live Roulette! For example:

’30 Free Spins’ – Enjoy 30 Free Spins on over 20 games including Age of the Gods, Fairground Fortunes, Gladiator Jackpot and more!

T&C – For you to take part in this promotion, it is important that you have never played on ‘Betfair Casino’ or ‘Betfair Live Casino’ before. You must also reside in the UK or Ireland. You will need to verify your new account via SMS where you will be send a code. Enter this code and you will be awarded 30 spins over a period of 3 days (10 spins each day which will be wiped at 23:59 at the end of each day if unused). You are excluded from wagering requirements with this promotion, however your winnings will be restricted to £10 each day. This offer will expire on 14/11/2017.

‘Live Roulette Welcome Bonus’ – With this promotion, you can enter a Live Roulette game with a 50% up to £200 bonus. Not only that, but you will also get 5 Golden Chips!

T&C – For you to take part in this promotion, it is important that you have never played on ‘Betfair Casino’ or ‘Betfair Live Casino’ before. You will need to make a qualifying bet of £20 (which will get you a £10 bonus). Bonuses will be restricted to £200 which means a bet of £400+ will still only get you a £200 bonus. You must wager your bonus x40 before you can redeem any winnings and your Free Chips. For example, a bonus of £200 will need to be wagered £8,000 (£200 x 40). After fulfilling these requirements, you will be awarded 5 chips over a period of 5 days (1 chip/day which you will need to collect each day). This bonus is strictly to be played on Live Roulette and no other games. You are excluded from wagering requirements with this promotion, however your winnings will be restricted to £10 each day. This offer will expire on 14/11/2017.

Wagering Contributions

Any Slots (apart from double options) will carry a weight of 100% towards wagering contributions. This is the same for Arcade, Scratch Cards and Fixed Odd games with the exceptions of Spin A Win and Lucky Wheel which contribute 5%.

All Roulette (apart from Zero Roulette and 3D Roulette) contribute 50% along with Sic Bo. All Card Games also have a weight contribution of 50% with the following exceptions: Red Dog, Casino Hold’em, Casino War, Wild Vikings, Pontoon, Blackjack Surrender, Blackjack Switch, Stravaganza and Zero Blackjack.

All Video Poker, Craps, Pontoon, Blackjack Switch, Red Dog, Casino War, Casino Hold’em, Wild Vikings and Stravaganza contribute 5%.

All Live Casino and any other games not mentioned contribute 0%.

Games on offer

The casino offers you a fire-pit of Playtech’s finest including Slots & Jackpots, Table & Card Games, Arcade and Video Poker.

Betfair goes the extra mile categorising all your Slots and Jackpots by layout so you can choose your favourite and get stuck in! Have your pick of 5-10 lines, 15-20 lines, 25+ lines or Dollar Balls. You can also play Bonus round Slots, Free Spin Slots, Multi Slots and New Slots. The point here being that there is a multitude of choice with constant new additions!

Betfair gives you 18 Roulette tables to play on including the more standard European, American and French Roulettes along with more contemporary choices like Age of the Gods Roulette, Mini Roulette and Pinball Roulette. If you prefer your Blackjack, you have 8 games to choose from including Blackjack Switch, Blackjack Surrender and Premium Blackjack. You can also bet on some Baccarat, Sic Bo and Poker fun.

If you’re really fired up and want some head-to-head competition, you can make your way  over to the Live Casino lobby where you can play various different versions of Live Roulette, Blackjack, 3 Card Brag, Baccarat, Hi-Lo and Casino Hold’em.

Mobile Experience

With Betfair, you have the choice of playing online or downloading the Betfair Casino & Roulette app! Download the app via App Store, Google Play or by scanning the QR Code provided on the website. What’s more, Betfair have specialised 5 further apps available for download to make sure you’re really getting what you want! These include: Betfair Live Casino, Betfair Poker, Betfair Arcade, Betfair Bingo and Betfair Exchange Games.

Support and Customer Service

As well as a Help Centre full of information and FAQs, Betfair can be contacted through a 24/7 Live Chat or telephone service, both of which are very responsive. If you happen to be a social media butterfly, you can also get in touch via Twitter (@BetfairCS) and Facebook (@Betfair).

Safety and Fairness

Betfair Casino is licensed by Malta Gaming Authority and UK Gambling Commission. The casino uses a 2 Step-Authentication process when logging in to ensure maximum player protection by eradicating any chance of fraudulent behaviour. On top of this, Befair uses high range firewall technology with a 256-bit SSL encryption meaning all credit card details and any other confidential data is protected.