FastBet Casino is an online gambling site owned and operated by Bethard Group Limited. It's one of more than two dozen of the mega-company's sites licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority.

Visitors will find all of their favorite slots from top providers along with a sportsbook, virtual sports, animated table games, and a live casino.

Sister sites you may be familiar with include ScandiBet, MyChance, Cashmio, WishMaker, and several others.

For players in BankID countries, it's an instant gaming experience with no account creation needed. Simply visit the page, deposit using your online banking credentials, and play!

In almost all instances, the registration procedure will occur in the background for you and after a few minutes of play you can cash out up to $100,000 straight to your bank account and it should be there in the time it takes to start up your car, drive to the bank, and get your hands on the cash.

Look for nearly 2,000 slots with more coming on board all the time. The welcome bonus is good for slots, sports, or live casino - each betting area has its own wagering requirements, and they are all generous - well below industry norms.

The site and support are available in English, Finnish, and Swedish, but players located in Sweden are currently not allowed to deposit and play. That could change in the future. Please see above if players in your country are able to play here.

Support is available 24/7.

If you are familiar with the Bethard Group, you already know they are a serious company that was founded in Sweden in 2012, later opening headquarters in Malta in 2016. You may or may not be aware that with the boom in sports betting and regulated online casinos in the USA, the eSports Entertainment Group has agreed to acquire Bethard's name and business-to-customer assets.

With that development, sports bettors will be more familiar with the newer parent company which operates SportNation and Vie.bet

Casino players should see no difference in playing at any of the familiar brands. The platform remains the same as do all of the back office systems including the customer support staff.. 

Software and Games

The site is delivered over the Together Gaming platform, a cloud-based solution. It holds Together Gaming's entire portfolio. This includes third-party casino supplier aggregation, payment providers, licensing, customer support and multiple front-end solutions.

One of those front-end solutions is the PayNPlay feature that allows players to visit the site for the first time, go directly to the deposit page, and then play. When they win the cashout is usually in their bank account within 5 minutes.

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The platform also provides a multichannel experience for players. The gaming site is optimized for mobile play and adjusts automatically to any desktop screen of any size. 

The games and gambling metrics available on the site are licensed by authorities in Malta as well as the venue itself. The licensed controlled skill games provider is Scout Limited and sports betting is licensed through SBTech and Metric Gaming Technologies LLC.

Following are game suppliers along with their MGA license type, number, and year of license acquisition:

• Evolution Gaming Malta Limited MGA/B2B/187/2010
• Microgaming Europe Limited MGA/B2B/139/2007
• NetEnt Malta Limited MGA/CRP/109/2004
• SG Digital Gaming (Malta) Limited MGA/B2B/112/2004
• Relax Gaming Limited MGA/B2B/246/2013
• Yggdrasil Gaming Limited MGA/B2B/230/2012
• Authentic Gaming Malta Limited MGA/B2B/352/2016
• Ganapati (Malta) Limited MGA/B2B/365/2016
• Endorphina Limited MGA/B2B/404/2017
• ISB Magma Limited MGA/B2B/624/2018
• Pragmatic Play Limited MGA/B2B/317/2016

Navigation

The platform is designed to give any player immediate access to any area of the site they are drawn to without the need to learn where secret doors or pitfalls may be hidden.

Simply choose between sports, casino, or live-streaming games to start your journey. At any time you can also click the deposit button to get started or "Continue Playing" if you already have funds in your account. There's no need to cash out between playing sessions, but you can always do that if you choose.

We'll enter the digital random number generator (RNG) lobby first to get a feel for what the offering comprises.

Here, more specific options are listed as links, or you can scroll down the page to find a category to expand.

• Popular
• New Games
• Slots
• Megaways
• Live 
• Table Games
• Jackpots
• Virtual Sports
• Favorites

Slots

You won't find any sorting or filtering features here, but the further down the page you scroll, the more gaming icons will appear.

It would be nice to be able to filter at least by the provider's name - if not the games' mechanical features (number of lines, free spins, exploding wilds, etc.) or even RTP (theoretical return to player percentage) or volatility (High, medium, or low).

However, the choices are simply presented along with an overlay of the provider name. You'll see NetEnt Fruit Shop Megaways, Blueprint Irish Frenzy, Pragmatic Play Wild West Gold, etc.

Free play is available in the slots lobby, so a quick jump into Lightning Box's Respin Rhino with expanding wilds or any other favorite from the maker before depositing is only a click away.

Megaways

One type of slot that you can navigate right to is the Megaways franchise. These are jackpot games for all intents and purposes with up to more than 100,000 virtual paylines thanks to the innovative Big Time Gaming engine deployed on all of them.

Only a few of the games are actually made by BTG with the balance being older titles and fresh new creations from well-known developers who have simply licensed the engine for their games. 

There were about 50 titles on tap when we visited including those from studios like Relax, Inspired, Reel Play, and Iron Dog as well as bigger names such as Blueprint, Scientific Games, Quickfire, and Pragmatic Play.

Some of the titles include Vikings Unleashed, Buffalo Rising, Extra Chilli, and Monopoly - all supercharged with the Megaways component. 

Anubis Wild Megaways from Inspired Gaming with cascading symbols, mystery symbols, and locking wilds drew our attention so we gave it a few spins. 

The game has up to 117,649 ways to win thanks to an extended reel set (6 across) and up to 8 symbols per reel (7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 7). If you land enough scatter symbols the feature will start with 82 free spins. If you get something less, such as 3 scatters for 12 free games, you can gamble the bonus on a spin of a wheel in hopes of getting a better bonus or even a cash prize.

Virtual sports

Leap Gaming, in partnership with 1x2 Network, provides players a chance to bet on fixed odds games that are dynamic and rendered in stunning 3D format. Look for Virtual Soccer, Tennis, and Football.

Evolution Gaming's Football Studio is also found here, but it's a very different sort of game. In effect, you will be cutting a deck of cards with a dealer to see who gets the highest card. The atmosphere is accentuated with sports talk as well as live and replayed games on the screens in the virtual room.

Live games

You will need to make a deposit to play in the live dealer suite. Simply click on any game and the deposit screen will pop up. 

Mixed in with the more serious floor games with upper bet limits ranging from 100 to 10,000 per hand, you'll find more fun-centric titles and game show options.

Crazy Time, Deal or No Deal, Monopoly Live, and Mega Ball 100x are some of the more light-hearted games that still offer big potential wins.

Super Sic Bo, a game of 3-dice with betting similar to roulette, offers payouts up to 1000x normal.

None of the games here are labeled as native language versions but that doesn't mean you won't find a table in your most comfortable tongue after logging in.

Jackpots

Along with popular Microgaming and NetEnt titles like Mega Moolah and Divine Fortune, the site offers a few Yggdrasil progressive jackpot slots as well as ELK’s Joker Gems and a few NextGen titles such as Jackpot Jester 200,000 and 50,000.

Bonuses and Promotions

Most “no-account, instant pay” casinos we have reviewed simply don’t offer a sign-up bonus. That’s not the case here. As of the time of this review, FastBet was offering a percentage match bonus.

The maximum allowed stake is €10 per bet/spin

Wagering is currently 20x the deposit plus bonus (x20d+b) with no maximum amount of winnings that can be cashed out.

The maximum withdrawal term is sort of complicated, but understandable and not of much interest to most players.

 9.16 If an Account Holder wins €100,000 or more and decides to withdraw a major part of the winnings (over 50%), we have the right to divide the pay-out into ten instalments, with ten percent (10%) being paid every month for 10 months until the full amount is paid out. Interest will not be paid on any outstanding amounts.

They maintain the right to request document verification but it should be handled in the background for most players. 

Responsible gambling is a big part of the Bethard culture. All tools are provided as part of the software/platform package. Options include limits for time and amounts, loss limits, and wager limits, as well as timeouts and self-exclusion, which are all available without the need to contact a representative. However, they are available 24 hours a day via email or through the live chat facility.

Pitfalls

• Limited market focus
• Limited banking facilities
• Extensive list of bonus-prohibited games

The Final Word

FastBet Casino bridges the gap between in-person, land-based gambling and online gameplay for real money as perfectly as possible in the second decade of the 21st Century.

Adults with a bank account and BankID can simply visit the site, deposit, and begin playing right away without the hassle associated with document verification. All or most of the KYC (know your customer) and AML (anti-money laundering) requirements are handled in the background while the spinner spins. Cashout is often in their bank accounts within 5 minutes.

The game selection is wide-reaching and well-selected. Players can bounce around between animated table games, jackpot slots, Megaways games, or old favorites, and the live dealer streams without delay. A quick jaunt to the sportsbook for a big game is just as easy.

Players can start their gameplay anywhere at any time using a handheld device, then go home and project a game on the big screen for a football party.

Rather than waiting days or weeks to get a cashout, a winning player can simply transfer the funds and buy a long-sought-after reward without the possibility of playing back their winnings.

Another attractive aspect of this venue is the current welcome offer. While the maximum bonus amount is not huge, the wagering requirements are relatively good and far better than most. Add the fact that there are no limits on the amount that can be won, and it’s a winning combination from the moment you click until your winnings are in your hand on a lucky day. We all have them, now and then, so why not enjoy a fast cashout after a fast bet?