Bet-at-home Casino is a no-nonsense online casino that’s been created by the firmly-established Austria-based bet-at-home sports book. Bet-at-home has been online as a sports book since 1999, and has recently expanded its portfolio to bring the leading online slots and casino games together all under one convenient internet roof.
This crystal clear and easy-to-use internet site has many of the best games going, including all the top titles from industry leader NetEnt. It is licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority, and for players in the United Kingdom by the UK Gambling Commission.
Welcome bonus
The leading bonus available at bet-at-home is a casino bonus that could be worth up to £750! That’s certainly worth more than a bowl of chunky chips – you get delicious casino chips instead!
There are in fact two available casino bonuses, so you can choose the one that suits your needs the most, depending upon how much you wish to deposit.
Each casino chip at this online casino costs £1. If – as your first chip purchase – you buy less than £375 in casino chips, then the casino will double your purchase in the form of bonus casino chips up to a maximum amount of £150.
If, however, you’re a bit more of a high roller, then you may purchase more than £374.99 in casino chips. If you do this then bet-at-home will halve the amount you buy and add that number as bonus casino chips, up to a whopping limit of £750! That maximum amount is available then if your first deposit is worth £1,500 or more.
Note that this bonus is not available to players from all around the world – consult the site’s T&Cs to find out the bonus that’s available in your country or currency if you are not from the United Kingdom.
Before you can convert any of your bonus chips to real money chips you need to meet wagering expectations. These are sixty times the bonus amount, and expectations need to be met within twenty-eight days. If you fail to meet play-through expectations within this timeframe then any bonus chips you have remaining will be confiscated, including any bonus winnings.
You can use your bonus chips for sports betting. When meeting your wagering conditions you need to understand that not all games contribute fully, as follows:
- Blackjack/pontoon, baccarat/punto banco, video poker, casino poker – 10%
- Roulette – 25%
- Casino hold’em – 0%
All other games not on this list contribute 100%.
Range of games
There are only two software suppliers at the bet-at-home casino but they are two of the very best in NetEnt and Amaya. Another company – Evolution Gaming – supplies some of the live casino titles along with NetEnt.
With NetEnt you are guaranteed countless brilliant slots games, including Starburst, Blood Suckers and EggOMatic. There are also all of NetEnt’s progressive jackpot slots including MegaJoker and Cosmic Fortune. These have massive jackpots that sometimes venture above £1 million, so you can completely change your life with one flip of a ‘spin’ button! There are well over one hundred slots for you to play, available here.
Moving away from the slots, there’s plenty of table game action too. If you enjoy roulette, thenthere are five versions to try along with the same number of live casino game tables. Blackjack players receive a similar deal, and there are also versions of casino poker, baccarat (and punto banco as it is also known) plus ‘Red Dog’, where you guess whether the next card dealt will be between the value of the first two cards that are drawn.
If you like video poker then there are four titles here that will likely interest you – Deuces Wild, Joker Wild, Jacks or Better and All American.
Adding to the blackjack and roulette live table options mentioned above are … nothing! Surprisingly, it’s only blackjack and roulette that’s covered here via the live table options in the UK, not other popular ‘live’ games such as casino poker and baccarat.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Two tier bonus – take your pick!
- Easy to use, well-designed interface
- Other betting options including virtual sports
- No fees for moving your money about
Cons
- Lack of on-going bonuses
- No VIP scheme
Layout and usability
The bet-at-home sports book’s design has proven popular over the years with the site’s customers, so it’s no surprise that the bet-at-home team have matched the same design for the site’s online casino.
It’s a very elegant and simple-looking design that’s geared to make online play as simple as possible. There is a single advertising banner, but it’s not one that’s too obtrusive. Some other sites tend to litter their offerings with advertising blurb but that’s definitely not the case here.
Game selection is achieved by a very easy-to-use range of menus and thumbnails. You can filter by game theme too and if you know the specific game you want to play, then you can use the search bar to find it quickly.
Promotions for existing customers
We were very surprised to learn that there are no current offers for existing customers when we reviewed the site. The only bonus going was the casino welcome bonus that we explored in full above. Ongoing bonuses as simply ‘not a thing’ here – that much seems true, disappointingly.
If you are into your sports betting then you will be disappointed to find that there is no welcome bonus you can claim at the site’s side-betting portal either. It seems that the people behind bet-at-home are not in favour of bonues completely!
VIP/loyalty scheme
Well .. not only does bet-at-home not like welcome bonuses, it also appears not to be very favourable towards VIP or loyalty schemes either! There is no loyalty scheme here, so don’t expect any special treatment that goes ‘above and beyond’ !
Special features
We’ve mentioned all the software providers here before – NetEnt, Amaya and Evolution Gaming. Three is a bit of a tight number, but if you sign up with an online casino that has NetEnt games you really cannot go very far wrong.
If you do get stuck here then there are three ways of gaining aid – via a dedicated help phone line, an email address or a live chat portal that’s available (for registered members only) twenty-four hours a day.
If you like to play when you’re out and about then you’ll really enjoy the mobile version of the site that’s you can use on your Android or Apple-powered smart phone or tablet. Bet-at-home is a little old-fashioned as you can download a dedicated app to your device. The app is available directly from the site as an apk file for Android users (this is necessary as Google Play will not host gambling apps) or via the Apple App Store.
Other betting options
We might have hinted several times that bet-at-home began life as a sports book, so there are plenty of sports betting options available here. All major markets are available via the sports betting portal, and you can also bet on many of the big eSports events as well. All this is achieved via the site’s uncluttered sports betting interface.
If you really can’t wait until the next big sporting event then you can wager instead on virtual sports. There are currently five available – football, basketball, tennis, greyhounds and horse racing. Events kick off all the time and as soon as one match or tournament finishes, another one begins! You can place your bets then watch the (rather frenetic) actions as it unfolds.
That’s the limit of bet-at-home’s alternative betting options. You will not be able to play poker here or join a virtual online bingo hall.
Conclusion
The bet-at-home online casino does what it does quietly and methodically. We don’t like sites that constantly brag about everything that’s available with distracting ads, so it’s refreshing to come across a site that’s a little more reserved. We love the design of this place as it is very easy to use, and we like the other betting options too. We even watched a virtual football game (VFL London beat VFL Salzburg 2-1 – we noticed the software needed updating as the kick off is still ‘old style’ i.e. with two players as opposed to one).
The only disappointments about this place are the lack of ongoing promotions beyond the welcome bonus, and the complete lack of a VIP or loyalty scheme. If these are not things that bother you, then you needn’t worry about it, but we still feel that these omissions mean that we cannot give the bet-at-home casino a full, five-star rating as they are important to many online casino players.
These are only slight de-merits though and everything else gets a big thumbs up from us. If you like to bet at home (or even bet when you’re out and about) then you’ll certainly enjoy what awaits you at the bet-at-home online casino.
Money options
- Payment methods available: Visa, MasterCard, Skrill, Neteller, Paysafecard, Western Union, Przelewy24, Sofort, GiroPay, EPS, Multibanco, Diners Club, WebMoney, iDeal.
- Currencies available: CEK, EUR, PLD, GBP, RUS, SEK, CHF, USD, DEK, BGN, RON.
- Deposit limits: min: £10; max: no limit.
- Withdrawal limits: min: £10; max £100,000 per week.
- Withdrawal times: eWallets: 24-48 hours; credit & debit cards: 2-5 days; bank transfers: 3-5 days; cheques: not offered.
- Pending time: 12-24 hours.
Contact details
- Email: service.en@bet-at-home.com.
- Phone: +356-21314833.
- Live chat: 24/7.
