Lucky Elektra Casino is an online gambling site with a little bit of everything for everybody. Look for classic random number generator slots, live dealer games, all of the popular sports markets, animated 3D virtual sports, and more.

The theme is fantastic and reminds me of what pulp fiction should look like in the digital age. The developers have spared no effort and setting the site apart from others in design, execution, and game selection.

Operated by Rabidi NV of Curacao, it is licensed by Antillephone under Dutch law (Gaming Lic. # 8048/JAZ), and payment services are provided by Cypriot company Tilaros Ltd.

The gaming and sports platform is provided by relative newcomer BetOn of Cyprus. Each brand launched on the platform comes in a distinctive and unique package and style. Sister sites include Boomerang, Slots Palace, 5Gringos, and 7Signs among others.

Operators like LuckyElektra that launch on the platform provide their own ideas and vision to guide the development and come up with a site that is truly unique and exciting - not a cookie-cutter white label template with a brand name slapped on it.

The game selection is well-curated for a variety of markets. Players in Mexico, Colombia, Perú, Chile, and Brazil will find familiar titles from studios like Habanero, Cayetano, and Zitro. Players from India will find Hindi-style live games and plenty of cricket action on the sportsbook. Other countries the game selection is fine-tuned to include Italy, Germany, the Nordics, Russia, and Canada. 

With about 100 game providers and close to 4,000 titles, the operator was able to choose a game package with appeal for everyone. Of course, no player region is a monolith and many of the games created in Europe are also popular in LatAm as well as Canada and India.

A quick look at payment processing shows that the site is happy to transact in a variety of cryptocurrencies and supports multiple fiat currencies as well. The minimum deposit and withdrawal threshold is low and the monthly withdrawal limits are higher than many or even most online gambling sites. Loyalty is rewarded with higher payout limits.

The welcome/sign-up bonus is generous, but the wagering requirements might require a bit of strategy or good old-fashioned luck to overcome at 35x deposit+bonus. There are cashback offers and a well-ordered VIP scheme to consider as well. All players can take part in campaigns and other gamified elements of the site.

The operator comes to you with a good reputation across all of its sites with no open complaints and only one resolved issue found here and one at a sister site. A player at Lucky Elektra had their account closed for undisclosed reasons and was paid in full. A player at Boomerang experienced a glitch in a Quickspin game. The game provider took responsibility for the error and the operator paid the player in full in less than 2 weeks - a record time for such a resolution.

We find a customer service representative on a forum with about  150,000 members and no complaints or requests for assistance in the several months they have been available.

As my purview here is as a casino expert, not a sports betting analyst, we’ll make brief mention of some sports elements but confine the review to the casino side of things.

With no more baggage to examine than the two items above, it will be possible to render a 100% unbiased object report on what we find as we look over the software and games, bonus offers along with terms and conditions, as well banking methods and policy. After a thorough inspection of the property we’ll extract and add bullet points to any foreseeable pitfalls or drawbacks, region-specific if necessary, and then render a final word or two on the gambling hub, its strong points and weaknesses, and what value the site may offer players in toto.

Software and Games

This is a boutique site that carries games from boutique developers as well as some of the best well-known providers in the industry including Pragmatic Play, Netent, Quickspin, Yggdrasil, and many others.

The website is fully optimized for play on any device, giving players the freedom to play what they want, when they want without any hardware or software constrictions or challenges. No web browser plug-ins are needed, it is as secure as your online banking pages, and no software or apps have to be downloaded or installed to play.

The platform provides game aggregation as well as the delivery vehicle, licensing compliance, back-office support, bonusing mechanics, and customer service agents so players will experience the same structure and support here as they would at any other BetOn-powered gambling site.

Customer service agents speak about a dozen different languages so players can communicate in their native tongue. The platform’s CRM solutions allow the operator to keep track of what you like and how you play so they can offer personally tailored bonuses and incentives in order to keep you around as a happy customer.

The two things that really set Lucky Elektra apart from sister sites are the marketing (bonuses and other incentives) and the user experience. The user theme is reminiscent of colorful pulp fiction comics with a kick in the pants from digitization. 

The user interface has an oddity not seen in gambling sites in that there is no scroll bar - neither on a desktop display nor a handheld device. Desktop players without a scrolling mouse or a trackpad might experience navigation problems. Since the top of the promotions page is a slider with three frames, using the Page Down keyboard button only scrolls horizontally. You would have to press “End” to get to the bottom of the page and then Page Up to scroll vertically. It’s a minor oddity but I thought it worthy of mention.

The navigation menu is quite cool with unique icons for the 12 primary sections of the site. Gamification is a big part of the experience for those who choose to participate. The related menu categories take up half of those buttons and are as follows:

• Promotions
• Tournaments
• Levels
• Weekly Challenges
• Shop
• VIP System

The balance of the navigation key will take you to games, live games, sports, live betting, virtuals, and payments. Live chat and language choice icons are at the bottom of the key. Join Now and Login buttons are separate. 

The main lobby offers a variety of pre-sorted options such as popular, new, slots, live games, etc. accented with full-span calls to action for things like tournaments, weekly challenges, etc., making gamification a central part of the theme.

Rather than scrolling down the page, visitors can choose from the horizontal menu that includes top, new, popular, slots, live, tables, jackpots, and all games. Just above that is a text search box where you can type in words like “Megaways”, providers, game types, and titles like “Gonzo”. Unfortunately, ‘themes’ are not recognized unless a word (like ‘Pirates’) appears in the title.

The last main lobby option is to choose by the provider. The database offers a nice feature that enumerates the number of games each provider has in the library. To be honest, I had no idea Spinomenal had produced over 200 games to date. Wow.

Choosing a provider like Microgaming reveals another unique thing about this site. Each and every one of the more than 300 game icons appeared to my eye to be completely unique. Rather than cropping an image or using the stock game logo, the developers have created innovative mini-splash screens for all of the titles. This gives the entire site a feeling of freshness and novelty. It’s really done to a wonderful effect. I get the emotional memory hit from a title like Romanov Riches, but the new graphic inspires a sense of novelty and adventure. It’s an interesting mix!

One note of mild caution about the Microgaming category - like so many other places the developer seems to lump in all Quickfire partners - independent studios who just happen to deliver games through Quickfire aggregation - as Microgaming slots. Many of these games are not created by Microgaming or Microgaming Studio partners. While AdoptIt Publishing (Rampage Riches) is a Studio partner, Old Skool Studios (Maui Mischief) is simply an aggregation partner - the difference matters to some (slot pedants like me).

I suspected the same would be true for the Relax Gaming category. Relax Gaming’s Silver Bullet platform and remote gaming server deliver games from several other studios too. Indeed, we found 3 Secret Cities (4ThePlayer) and a few other titles. 

As an aside, I suppose that now, with about 13,000 slot titles on the market from well over 100 different labs and studios, the old-school human database of knowledge ‘skill’ in knowing who made which game becomes less important - though it could be argued it becomes more so.

The important thing here is that we see well over 3,000 slot titles from 50-100 providers, a really well-thought-out way to search for games, and enough diversity in maths, mechanics, themes, and styles to appeal to players anywhere.

Jackpots

This section contains progressive jackpot slots for the most part - but you will also find progressive Caribbean poker and other games as well. 

Eastern European nostalgia buffs might be drawn to the EGT games here and players anywhere can get some cultural exposure by trying titles that have been on the Euro slot floors for decades. 

If the original artwork stymies recognition of games you might only know by sight, simply hovering over the game icon will expose who the provider is. Again, no sorting or filtering but once you know that Playtech provides an Age of Gods game, you know all of those titles are Playtech selections. In fact, the lion’s share of the games here is from either Playtech or EGT with the rare and occasional Quickspin (still Playtech) or NetEnt title thrown in. 

Table games

This section presents a mix of random number generator digital animated games and video poker along with some live dealer options. There’s no filtering or sorting mechanism but scrolling and scanning work just fine to find:

• Roulette
• Blackjack
• Baccarat
• Craps
• House-banked table pokers
• Video poker
• High Card Flush

All of the game types offer multiple variants so if you are looking for multi-hand single deck blackjack, low-stakes blackjack with perfect pairs and 21+3, etc., you will find your favorite game, preferred rules, and choice pay tables.

Live games

Pragmatic Play Live, Playtech, Betgames, and Hollywood TV have you covered for anything from high-stakes baccarat to a little social gaming fun with Deal or No Deal with everything in between including live craps with a robot arm shooting the dice.

Look for native language tables and dealers for the following countries and regions among others:

•  Arabic countries
•  Brazil
•  China
•  Finland
•  Germany
•  India
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  LatAm
•  Norway
•  Russia
•  Sweden
•  Turkey

Every imaginable rule set, odds, and paytables are provided so players can choose a low-risk strategy playing blackjack, increase the volatility with side bets, play fast or slow, and interact with dealers and other players or not all while playing at a table that suits their budget.

While Evolution offers the most variety in native language tables, Pragmatic play covers some of the same games so players everywhere have choices when it comes to playing in their native tongue.

Players from India will find plenty of Hindi-style games including Andar Bahar, Lucky 7, and Hindi Roulette among others. German players will find multiple Deutsches games as well.

All games, other games

Hacksaw fills out the scratch card section here with potential jackpots up to half a million euros. 

Look for novelty games like Gator Gold GigaBlox from Yggdrasil, Poke the Guy, Bingo Hortinha, and other Latin titles from the inimitable Caleta Gaming, and Atomic Reactors from 1x2. In fact, this category is a treasure trove of off-the-wall games mixed with everything else.  Foxium pushes the boundary of what makes a slot to its limit with Cossacks:  The Wild Hunt while it takes a riff on BTG’s Megaways with its own Wonderways mechanic and a 6x6 game field with optional blocker symbols cancellations to up the ante.

Bonuses and Promotions

The welcome package, current as of the time of this review, was a 100% match bonus up to 500.00 plus 100 FS. Max bet while a bonus is active is 5 EUR/USD, wagering is 35x deposit+bonus, and you’ll have 10 days to complete wagering. 

The FS (‘free’ spins) are meted out in tranches of 10 each every 24 hours until the end of ten days is reached.

Those are all the terms that appear in the initial offer so we’ll need to journey into the general T&C to look for any sticky wickets or any murkiness.

Slots, except for a massive list of prohibited games count 100% toward wagering while jackpots slots are forbidden and baccarat does not count. All other live games and video poker count at 10%.

Most no deposit bonuses have a 40x wagering requirement and withdrawals are capped at 5x the bonus given, but not more than 100 EUR/USD.

We didn’t find any deposit bonuses with max cashout conditions attached nor any specific terms for them if offered.

Weekly FS reload

Any deposit of 20.00 or more Monday through Thursday currently creates eligibility for 50 FS. Wagering is 40x and max cashout limits apply.

Enhancements and incentives you won’t need to opt-in for include 25% cashback from live dealer games up to 200 EUR/USD. Simply get on Live chat and request your cashback.

The funds are placed directly in your cash account and only have to be wagered the regulatory minimum of 1x prior to requesting a cashout. There is no limit on the amount you can win with your own cash.

We also find a few more offers, mostly cashback and weekend reload types of offers. Please note that even a 50% reload has wagering requirements of 35xd+b so a 150.00 bankroll resulting from a 100 deposit and 50 bonus would need to be rolled over 35x150 = 5250.00) with bets of no more than 5 EUR/USD.

Please be sure to check the bonus offers along the side or at the top of this page as they are dynamically generated and always up to date.

Banking and Customer Service

Options will vary by country. Simply use the dropdown to choose your locale if the geotargeting didn’t already take care of that for you and then choose a currency. From a desk in Canada our only option was EUR, but choosing that currency presented multiple options. We’ll just assume there might be currency conversion fees if we chose debit/credit card, eWallet, neosurf, or the like.

We did also see four cryptocurrency options: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, and Ripple.

The minimum deposit amount for all methods is 10 EUR and the max for most is 5000.

Withdrawal options with the same limits included all four cryptos as well as ecoPayz, eZeeWallet, MiFinity, and Much Better.

While the maximum withdrawal amounts above are set by the processor, the operator also has its own limits based on loyalty tier levels.  New players can cash out 500 USD/EUR every 24 hours or 10,000 each month. More experienced players can withdraw as much as 1,500 a day and 20,000 per month. The amounts in your currency are listed in the terms, but it’s roughly the equivalent in either EUR or USD.

Requests to withdraw funds are worked through by the finance department within 3 business days. Accounting department hours are  6 am to 5 pm GMT Monday through Friday.

Customer care

While payment processing is only done during business hours, customer support is available around the clock and across the calendar. There’s a fairly comprehensive FAQ page as well as live chat and email options.

Responsible gambling is given lip service but no tools are provided such as deposit or loss limits, time outs, etc. The only RG initiative taken is that required by their regulator and that is to close your account within 24 hours if you request self-exclusion. 

Pitfalls

• No responsible gambling dashboard or tools
• Low daily cashout limits (€500 to €1500)
• Pending withdrawal time too long (3 days)

The Final Word

Lucky Elektra Casino presents the player with a new breed of gambling venue, a supermarket of choices. While it's far from the first to offer sports and casino games, it is put together in a surprisingly refreshing way. There's simply not enough digital canvas or time to spend on a single site to explore all of the features here, so sports fans can click through from here to get bonuses and discover those elements for themselves. 

We will run over the gamification briefly as we prepare to close…

Tournaments: 

• Drops and Wins - over €60,000 per week awarded to players on participating Pragmatic Play games
• Live games - 1,100 Coins awarded to ten top places with one entry per €1 bet on live games
• Slot of the week - 1,100 Coins awarded to ten top places with one entry per €1 bet on the designated slot of the week

Levels: Players will see cashback and other offers based on their loyalty tier levels beginning with 15% for new players

Weekly Challenges: Participate in challenges, defeat bosses, and get Elektra Coins

Shop: Choose your own bonus - slots, live games, or sports

VIP System: Five levels with increasing cashback percentages, higher monthly withdrawal limits, and personal account managers.

The site’s overall user interface is slick and easy to use, the theme is well-carried and the original artwork creates a novel experience. 

The bonus scheme is run-of-the-mill for the most part with fairly high wagering requirements, especially on bonuses less than 100% since wagering is based on deposit plus bonus. However, since there is no limit to the amount that can be won with a deposit bonus, many players will find value in the offers.

Banking is convenient and the payment gateways are familiar and secure. The 3-day pending period is a bit much though, especially for eWallet and crypto withdrawals.

It’s rare that a site comes along that “Wows” me on its face - this one does. And while I think there are too many restricted games when playing with a bonus and the wagering requirement might be difficult to meet with max €5 spins and a caveat against lowering wagers to grind out a bonus after a big win, that term is found almost everywhere and wouldn’t keep me from playing here.

Adding in the site and operator reputations, Lucky Elektra is indeed “good to go” in my eyes.