Wheelz Casino is a fun-filled online gaming site featuring the internationally known brand ambassador, David Hasselhoff. The Hoff infuses the site with his signature personality and good nature through pop-ups and specially designed bonus features.

Wheelz follows in the footsteps of sister-sites, Caxino and Wildz under Rootz Limited of Malta with all three sites operating on the same license.

It takes a minute or less to register.

Look for over 1,300 of the most popular and enduring slots from providers like NetEnt, Microgaming, Yggdrasil, Red Tiger, and many others.

The Live game lobbies are anchored by Ezugi and Evolution Gaming with native language tables available in some regions.

The welcome bonus is fairly standard, generous in terms, and multifaceted.

The overall bonus scheme is unique with some elements featuring a prize wheel.

There are banking options for players in all serviced jurisdictions with localized payment methods for many countries such as Canada and Finland.

The operator's other properties enjoy good to very good reputations with a period of slow pays and slower than normal document verifications in early 2020 that were attributed to health concern staffing issues at Wildz.

One player was at least initially unable to collect a sizable sum purportedly won in live games due to what was explained as a display error. However, if they followed up with the Malta Gaming Authority or the designated Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) service, the final decision was not made public by the player, casino, ADR, or the regulator.

Relying on MGA fair gaming requirements, a full business-to-customer license, approved ADR service, and the lack of general complaints across the fora as well as here and any associated site, right out of the box - Wheelz casino is currently a safe bet.

We'll look into the software and games, bonus terms, banking options, and any potential pitfalls to avoid and render a final word in the review.

Software and Games

The first thing you may notice when you visit the instant-play gambling site is David Hasselhoff's smiling face. When we arrived he was using a multi-colored umbrella to keep from being pinged in the head with falling gold coins.

Register, log in or go straight to the games. Any path you take reveals that the site is easy to navigate on any mobile or desktop device. When moused over or touched, the broadest game categories activate a simple animation to confirm the selection. These categories are:

• Popular
• Slots
• Jackpot Games
• Live
• Table Games
• All Games

Below this horizontal row of choices is a text search box where you can begin to type in the title of a game or the name of a provider. The more letters you enter, the more granular the search, and game icons will begin to disappear until you typed enough to narrow the search.

Skipping the search filter, you can scroll down through a variety of sub-categories, mostly based on game features but including popular games, new games, and live games.

Some of the highlighted mechanics include Feature Buy titles from several developers; Drops & Wins from Pragmatic Play; Megaways slots; Daily Jackpots, and Mega Jackpots.

The last category is mostly populated by Microgaming proper progressive jackpots but also includes games from Studio Partners such as Hacksaw Gaming's Haunted Circus and My Lucky Number with a seeded jackpot of €25,000,000 as well as a few Mega Moolah and WOWPOT titles along with NetEnt favorites.

Specialty slots

Red Tiger Gaming provides a range of video slots wth jackpots that fall every day. When we popped in, the current jackpot on all of the Daily games was over €17,000.

The progressive jackpots rise so fast because the games are all pooled together, and players at all sites that provide the game contribute a small part of each stake to the network prize pools.

Pragmatic Play provides another daily cash prize feature in their games. The entire prize pool is €/£ 2,000,000 in total (€/£ 250,000 monthly). Simply play any of the games with the Drops & Wins tag on it to enter a tournament that includes the daily cash prizes.

To win a cash drop, you will need to bet at least €0,50 per spin but there is no minimum bet to qualify for the prize multiplier enhancement.

The current promotional structure may be renewed, changed, or eliminated at the end of any full cycle. Look for new mechanics built into the games if that occurs.

Big Time Gaming has licensed its Megaways mechanic to nearly all of the top developers. Everybody wanted in on the exciting bonus features that can bring any game alive in powerful ways. The fervor to get games created using the mechanic resulted in a whole new kind of game with titles in the dozens.

Cooperation among the studios and developers led to Red Tiger licensing the mechanic to recreate a NetEnt classic. What was borne was Gonzo's Quest Megaways!

Red Tiger promotes the game by stating: "The legend that is Gonzo's Quest™ meets MegaWays™ for wins of over 20,000x in the thrilling search for El Dorado! Tag along with Gonzo, the quirky bearded Spanish explorer, as he ventures through the deepest jungle in search of the long-lost city of gold where a mystical avalanche of cascading blocks hides great treasures. The ultimate goal is clear - land the Free Fall symbols to enter the dramatic bonus round where multipliers of up to X15 await to unlock spectacular fortunes in this rip-roaring adventure!"

The quest-themed game released in July 2020, has the potential to expand the reel set to six reels with seven rows of symbols each to create 117,649 paylines (Megaways to win). It's highly volatile, so the huge wins are few and far between but a single paid spin can pay more than 20,000x.

Feature Buy games are created by several different studios. Each of the mechanics can be slightly or greatly different but in essence, they are the same.

Rather than spinning and spinning in hopes of eventually triggering a feature such as bonus spins, you simply stake a multiple of your current stake to trigger the mechanic.

Since this is a fairly simple mathematical equation, developers have been able to roll out dozens of already popular games with the feature added. Look for many new games to offer the mechanic as well.

Note: Please keep in mind that some operators will consider a feature buy that costs 100x stake to be a single bet of 100x your stake. If you are playing with a bonus this would likely breach the max bet term. When in doubt, please shout out.

Bonuses and Promotions

You can see the current welcome offer near the top of this page along with some basic specific terms. Players in some regions may be offered different bonuses than players in other regions. This site uses geolocation software to present the most pertinent offers and terms to players in your locale. However, you will need to visit the site for distinctly region-specific offers and terms.

Upon launch, we saw a welcome offer of 100% up to €300 and 100 casino spins - given out over a period of 10 days with 10 spins per day. There was also a simple sign-up bonus offering a number of spins simply for completing the registration process.

While terms could change, the wagering requirement is currently reasonable at 35xb only. The match bonuses are "non-sticky" which means that if you happen to win while still playing with your deposited cash funds, and have not dipped into bonus money yet, you can cash out whenever you want, such as after a nice win. Simply forfeit the bonus!

In effect, the bonus funds are a second chance that doesn't encumber your real money funds. The max bet of €5 per spin (€0,50 per line) doesn't come into effect (under the current terms) until you start to play with the bonus funds.

Game weightings are generous as well. If your bonus allows table and live casino games those are weighted at 50%. Video poker is usually not allowed.

Wheel of Spinz (Level-Up Game):

As you play, you will see a progress bar advancing. Each time it reached 100% you will trigger a drop into your account. Collect that award and take it to the Wheel of Spinz bonus game where you will win casino spins.

You can only level up once per day, excess play will not be moved forward to claim Spinz items on a future day.

Every sixth time you spin the wheel awards are doubled. So, if you land on 25 games you will be awarded 50.

Extra Wheel (Random Bonus Game):

At any time, a Wheel can appear on your screen to award any number of prizes. It might move your progress bar to 99%^, double the speed at which it progresses, real money awards, bonus money with wagering requirements, or even cash back awards.

Each time the wheel is activated one letter of The Hoff's name will be lighted. On your fourth spin all of the letters, H-O-F-F will be illuminated and the reward you win will be doubled.

Banking and Customer Service

Simply click on the flag of your country in the footer of the banking page to bring up the payments available in your region.

Please see all payment methods on the side of this page. In general MuchBetter, ecoPayz, Skrill, Neteller, Visa, and Mastercard are available for deposits and withdrawals and paysafecard is available for deposits only.

If your financial institution doesn't accept payments back to credit cards, customer service can help arrange an alternative payout method for you.

Depending on your payment method it could take 1-3 days for payouts to appear in your account after they are approved.

Note: MuchBetter is an eWallet that also offers a free Mastercard for your account. You can cash out to your MuchBetter wallet then spend the money online or off or withdraw your winnings from an ATM.

Customer care

In addition to traditional support offered via live chat and email and extensive responsible gambling tools are also provided on the site. These include but aren't limited to limits, cooling-off periods, session time limits, time outs, and reality checks that players can activate and set themselves. Indefinite and self-exclusions can be affected by contacting customer service.

Full contact information for dispute resolution, including links, is provided.

Pitfalls

• 1x wagering requirement on cash deposits

While this is not unusual and helps protect operators from money laundering scams, it could come into play if you want to forfeit a bonus and cash out after a nice win.

The Final Word

Wheelz Casino is a modern HTML5 instant-play gaming site with well over a thousand games including live tables and cards from two providers.

While we find a few complaints of slow pay in early 2020 at a sister site that was fairly common in the industry as operators adjusted to reduced or remote staffing and seem to have 'cleared up on its own'.

We like the graphical user interface and theme. The Hoff's endorsement as a brand ambassador is the icing on the cake.

The sweet spot in the bonus scheme aside from all the extra spins and chances to win other prizes is the fact you can simply cancel a bonus and cash out winnings as long as you haven't gambled any of the bonus funds yet.

However, since wagering requirements only apply to bonus funds, no cash bets will count toward wagering if you end up using the bonus. Still, it provides a nice second chance to win unlimited amounts without encumbering a deposit.