MELbet Casino is an international betting site first launched in 2012. It is part of a full-service online gambling center that includes sports, live betting, eSports, live dealer table and card games, and video slots.

The site is owned and operated by Tutkia Ltd., of Cypress and is licensed by CIL in Curacao (License No. 5536/JAZ). Sister-sites include Astekbet and Betandyou.com.

Look for a great variety of games from providers not usually found in most Western-facing gaming sites. You'll also find games from YGS (Yggdrasil) Masters program participant, Dreamtech Gaming.

Software and Games

Software Platform

The site operates on the Constructor platform provided by Betb2b.com via 1XBet. Betb2b is a business to business solutions provider that provides a sports and casino platform, game aggregation, back office, bonus program, payment solutions, support in 21 European and Asian languages, and customer retention service.

As a white label operation owned and operated by Tutkia Ltd., the site shares a gaming platform and other support elements with several Eastern European and Asian-facing competitors.

This has lead to some confusion among bettors and even marketing partners about associations with other operators that use the same white-label solution for things like site template, tech support, and other elements.

After exhaustive research, we have come to the conclusion that MELbet and the other two sites mentioned earlier in this review are the entire operations of Tutkia Ltd. However, we do find that the site is a white label of 1xBet. 

We also see completely different management styles between the Tutkia sites and any others on the platform. That said, our review will focus solely on the tech delivery platform, MELbet's operations, products, history, and reputation.

The platform has proven to be stable and able to handle massive traffic with over 180 sporting events, 16,000 live events, 6,000 games and more than a million customers each day. Operating on the platform, 1xBet won the Rising Star in Sports Betting Innovation award at The SBC Awards 2018 in London.

Software Interface

The betting portal is laid out in a no-nonsense and straightforward fashion. Shades of gray and near-black are accented with muted yellows with the live chat button jumping off the page in a neon lime green.

On the top of the pages, to the far right, you find the language button just in case you prefer one other than the most commonly used language in your locale. The website uses geo-location so players in the US and UK will not be able to see the pages.

Supported languages include English, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, and dozens of others.

Buttons for mobile, banking, bonuses, and promotions are along the left half of the page followed by social media links to Facebook and Instagram MELsport pages. On the right are links to log in or register an account. The mobile link is used to access iOS and Android apps for sportsbetting. All casino games will play on any device without the need to download software or install an app.

Sports and Games

Sports

The simple and intuitive interface makes it simple to place bets on a smartphone or desktop for beginners and seasoned pros.

More than 200 events are available on most days with over 1,000 matches listed daily. All the common lines and markets are available as well as obscure betting opportunities such as award show winners and more.

Look for great odds and all types of bets including singles, accumulators, props, system, and chain bets.

LIVE betting on basketball, football, ice hockey, and all popular sports.

eSports

Watch tournament broadcasts and place pre-match bets on dozens of international leagues.

Reminder: The mobile app for Apple and Android devices also provides 24-hour access to your bets.

Casino and Slots

Clicking through to any of the thousands of slot games will bring up a new playing 'table'. In the upper right, players have the choice of filling the active screen with a single game, splitting the panel into "two games mode" or "four games mode" with 4 virtual machines spinning on the main screen at any given time.

Fullscreen, open in a separate window, and toggling between Demo and Full mode are also available

You'll find these games and more under the "Gambling" dropdown menu. The categories available are:

• Slots
• Live Casino
• TV Games
• Bingo
• TOTO

Slots

Be prepared to be amazed! To be clear, this reviewer had never heard of some of the slot developers providing games here. While some are regional favorites, others are up and coming stars and still others are as well known as NetEnt and Betsoft - there are also simply scads of games we never see anywhere else, and certainly not all in the same place.

We may have reviewed developers such as WorldMatch, Habanero, Kalamba, and Pragmatic Play as long as half a dozen years ago - and - we try to keep our finger on the pulse with reviews of little known providers like Dreamtech, Gamshy, Triple PG, and Ruby Play, some of the providers are simply new to us, or at least to this reviewer.

One thing is certain, slots fanatics will never run out of new games to play here! This is a virtual supermarket or warehouse store of games from an amazing assortment of developers.

Another rarity we noticed is the integration of RTG and RealTime Gaming Asia titles into an aggregated platform. This is a fairly new development and may bode well for the decade's old company's prospects for survival in a marketplace they were once one of the top players in.

Live Casino

This is where we start to see the vast selection of game providers available on the little known platform. In the live section alone, we found streaming games from no less than 7 providers!

• Lucky Streak
• Asia Gaming
• Evolution
• Ezugi
• GamePlay Interactive
• Vivo Gaming

Check out the feeds from Casino Grand Virginia and the Portomaso in Malta as well. It's also possible they are running Usoft games, judging by the PornHub portal in the live lobby.

Literally, any game you can play in a brick and mortar casino can be found here. Many of the providers, including Evolution Gaming, provide native language dealers and tables.

TV Games

This is a unique section that seems to run on the TVBet engine. TVBet is a Cypriot company supplying games to physical and virtual gaming centers including bookmaker stores and slots halls.

Very little is currently known about the developer/studio/suppliers. Players can watch a video stream, bet on a game, and hope for a win. 

Select an event, place a bet, guess the next card, place accumulators and add outcomes.

Bingo

The site offers bingo drawings in at least four 'rooms'. We assume the platform provider offers the tech behind the games as Bingo is one of the games that can be plugged into the solution.

A player's game history is available but no games are archived for view prior to entering a room. There's a button for accumulated winnings, one for your tickets awaiting the next draw, and of course, one to buy tickets.

TOTO

If you like to mix sports prognostication with the potential payouts of a lottery, this is the game for you!

This is not the official Singapore Pools TOTO, nor do the platform provider or betting site make those claims. One of your best chances here is to predict 12 winners from the field. Possibilities include:

• TOTO-15
• Correct Score
• Football
• Ice Hockey
• eSports-FIFA

When we visited we saw jackpots from about 50,000 Euro to nearly a million.

Bonuses and Promotions

With so many betting opportunities and their attendant incentives, we won't try to memorialize them all here.

Please see the flags above for the Welcome Bonuses available to players in your area. The terms and values are updated dynamically, so the most current welcome incentive should appear.

Please note that we cannot guarantee that the information is timely or ultimately correct. Please visit the casino to find up to the minute offers!

Banking and Customer Service

Aside from a few jurisdictions with draconian laws and the teeth to enforce them (US), as well as a few regions where regulations are so clear and restrictive that certain games couldn't be offered if players were accepted from the area (UK) this is a truly international site in every way.

That said, no matter where you are you will be able to find a convenient and easy way to get your money into the site and your winnings back out.

There are more than 50 ways to deposit and over 40 ways to withdraw (including 20+ cryptocurrencies and 5 mobile payment methods).

The terms specify certain minimum deposit levels for each method. Interestingly, they don't address maximum withdrawal amounts in the general terms.

The operators recently announced a ring-fenced fund at an unnamed Swiss bank valued at €1,000,000 for paying winners.

Customer Service

• No less than six email addresses are listed on the site for specific types of inquiry
• Live chat is available 24/7 in multiple languages
• A toll-free phone number is provided as well as an online contact form

Regardless of your location, as long as you are in a serviced jurisdiction, you will be able to access the site. Contact customer service or provide your email address and they will provide safe gateways for you to access the site. No spam, just addresses.

Pitfalls

With so many game providers, some look suspect. To the best of our knowledge, Novomatic would not license their games to a Curacao-licensed operation. However, the "similar" games are renamed and re-iterated. Under provider > Gaminator, we find Charming Lady rather than Lucky Lady's Charms. We're looking into this.

• No Malta license displayed
• Curacao License emblem does not click through to the Master License holder's official website or sub-license verifier

Platform provider BetB2B, or their marketing partners, use dozens if not hundreds of oddly named websites to promote their news and brand. However, these could be redirect or portal tools to help players in restricted markets access gaming sites.

The Final Word

If we were to take the heading of this section literally, it would be the word, WOW. MELbet appears to be one of the most prolifically populated gaming portals on the internet with a nearly uncountable assortment of games.

We don't find complaints related to this, or their other two claimed brands, but a few operators using the same platform have generated sportsbetting complaints.

It's unclear at this point whether the purported Gaminator titles are derivative works, Novo sublicensed variations or something else altogether.