Wild Casino is an online gaming portal launched in 2017. The domain name ending in dot ag means that the domain is registered in Antigua and Barbuda. Visitors won't find much in the About Us or Terms and Conditions, but we can relate that marketing is handled by the same company that promotes BetOnline and SportsBetting. The management team behind the gaming site has been in business since long before the first bet was ever taken over the internet. However, it is currently unknown who actually owns the company, which is a fairly common situation, especially among sports-related companies online.

Visitors will not find any sports betting opportunities at this property; it is very focused on around the clock slots, random number generator (RNG) table games, and live dealer streaming games. Live games are provided by Visionary iGaming (ViG). Nucleus Gaming delivers the RNG table games, and the slots could be easily mistaken as Betsoft creations. Nucleus has done a superb job of emulating the 3D cinematic qualities of Betsoft and the game engines seem extremely similar following a cursory analysis and comparison. As far as we can tell without in-depth forensics, it could be the same developers.

With any company that's been around "forever," especially one who regularly deals in 5-digit and more massive payouts, we are bound to find disgruntled losers, competitor shills, and those with legitimate gripes about occasional slow pays. We do not expect to find any no-pay situations. Coming from a different betting culture than most slot players are familiar with, this property is more likely to simply pay out and then ban any player they don't wish to entertain, for whatever reason or no reason at all. It is their business and that is a fair way of conducting it. We'll talk about bonus issues further down.

Software and Games

Visitors will find games from ViG here, not Global Gaming Labs (GGL). This matters because a dealer for the third party vendor, GGL got caught, in what appeared to all the world through a Youtube video, to be cheating in early 2017. The incident raised more questions than it answered about online live dealer games but the important takeaway is this... Rather than go to the situation room and blackout all press on the matter, BetOnline immediately fired the company and began a ViG live feed to replace it. They also offered to make any player whole who felt they may have been affected by the situation.

We played several hands of blackjack at Wild Casino and observed the shoe protocol, changing decks, manual shuffling of the depleted shoe, and how all cards stayed visible to the camera at all times and we can comfortably say that if any live online card game is fair, this one is.

Now, to the other oddity; Nucleus Games. The provider doesn't provide any info to speak of We will eventually do an in-depth review of the games and vis-à-vis the company. For now, all we can tell you is that they are either very direct bojack knock-offs, a secondary offering from Betsoft, usurped intellectual property, or some sort of flattery.

Spin to Ride and Slots Angels are very similar in appearance, If bikers all look the same to you the characters could drift from one game to the next and you'd never know the difference. The mechanics are identical, but they use different symbols such as a biker chick instead of a dart board to trigger the picking bonus. The paytable artwork for the 30 pay line illustration is identical in both versions and much of the wording is the same. The respins and even the progressive jackpot triggers and rewards are precisely the same. The only deviance seems to be in the actual working art panels and possibly volatility per bet size, which we didn't test.

We have no clue why these games are so similar to other games out there, and we may never know. Some things are, indeed, unknowable. That said if you like Betsoft games there's no reason to think you won't like these. If at At the Movies is your cup of tea, try Matinee. If Rook's Revenge makes you cascade inside give Totem Tumble a try. The list goes on and on, but not all games are available yet. Upon review, there were only 23 video slots in the suite. The graphics, soundscapes, action... it's all just as good.

The video poker seems to be the same as slots with "Split Way Royale" standing in for Split Way Royal on the splash screen, but they forgot to add the "e" once the game is opened. Look for more than two dozen VP variants. The Jacks or Better game is Full Pay, 9/6 and 4,000 coins for a Royal, or 800:1 while betting five coins. The backgrounds are different but the buttons are the same.

Bonuses and Promotions

It is too early to tell exactly what the "spirit of the bonus" policy will be here in the long run. We weren't able to find any allusion to "bonus abuse" only references to Standard Terms and Conditions, which don't address advantage play or crafty, clever betting. If history holds true, and there's no reason to believe it won't, we would not suggest "clever" betting or any bonus clearing strategies and you should get along just fine. Would I take a bonus here? Never, but I play to win, not simply hope. I would play here without a bonus.

Upon review, playthrough requirements were not outside the norm these days with 30x for slots, 60x for video poker, and 80x for RNG table games. As nearly everywhere else, live gaming is not eligible for bonus play.

Banking and Customer Service

These guys will be able to get your money into and out of the cashier; they've been doing it for a long time. Multiple alt-coins, credit and debit cards, and other options are available for deposits with cryptocurrency, check, and bank transfer withdrawals. Banking methods change in response to the financial environment, but those should stay steady.

Payout requests are processed Monday - Friday, between 9:00 a.m. (ET) and 1:00 p.m. (ET). We suggest withdrawing on Friday to request the discount. Otherwise, there are fees for withdrawals. You can use the discount once every 30 days.

Customer Service is stated as being staffed 24/7 our experiences with one of their other properties have been different with limited-hours phone availability and some slow email responses.

Pitfalls

Paying to cash out more often than once each month is not ideal for most players. You have to request the discount on a Friday within a four-hour window to avoid paying to receive your own money. Another potential problem is that the company may be involved in sports businesses. This means that sometimes their money can get tied up - think Black Friday and poker.

Final Analysis

After careful consideration I usually have to ask my self, "Would I play here?" With Wild Casino the answer is, "yes." Not because I think the maths will take a vacation so the 30x slots wagering requirement won't eat my bonus and deposit, and not because I'm sure I'll be paid today or tomorrow like some places are always capable of doing. I'd play here because the operators believe in a single simple principle - bonus "abuse" notwithstanding - a bet laid is a bet paid.

The slot games are more intriguing than interesting; I prefer less pageantry and more high volatility action. But, they can be fun. The live game dealers are professional and courteous and I have come to trust the studio over the years. The single-deck RNG blackjack plays, so far, as well as any other. The full-screen HD renditions of the all the RNG table games are better than most, and the European roulette offers fair odds.