Casino-Mate is an Aussie-fied casino that’s been specially put together for Australians who love playing at online casinos. It has plenty of pokies and casino games, but sadly no live casino.
Despite this Australian lean, the casino is owned by Vegas Partner Lounge Casinos of Malta and operates with a Maltese gambling licence. The company runs in partnership with the time-served software experts Microgaming, and operates a few other online casinos, including Crazy Vegas, Golden Riviera and Maple Casino.
Additionally, all the bonuses are available in EUR, GBP and USD.
On top of these match deposit bonuses, Casino-Mate gives newbs 30 free spins on selected slots.
If this news is making you happier than a pommie batsman reaching double figures then allow us to pour water on your barbie coals. The wagering requirements at Casino-Mate are not very matey at all – 50x the bonus and you have to make a minimum of a century of bets before you can cash out.
Game weightings aren’t too joy-inducing either:
Pokies/Slots, ‘parlor games’ – 100%
Table poker, roulette, craps, baccarat, casino war and sic bo – 8%
Video poker and blackjack – 2%
That’s pretty tight on most accounts (except pokies) and ridiculously tight on video poker and blackjack.
To make matters even worse, according to the T&Cs: “the Bonus portion cannot be cashed in, and will be removed from the cash in amount”.
So, a bonus with 50x WRs and 2% on blackjack that cannot be cashed out? We’re not enthused by this at all.
The entire casino portfolio at Casino-Mate is run by Microgaming. This has its good points, and its bad points. Good in that you get a lot of games, bad as in the quality is very varied.
You do get some very decent pokies though – Jurassic Park, Game of Thrones, Immortal Romance and Thunderstruck II, to name but four.
There are also plenty of versions of roulette, blackjack, video poker and baccarat, plus a version apiece of craps and sic bo.
Despite Microgaming having one of the best live casino portals going, there is no live casino action to be found at Casino-Mate.
The banking at Casino-Mate is actually very informative, and is about the best section of the site. The casino is high on eWallet solutions and you can choose to fund your account using Skrill, Ukash/Paysafecard, ecoPayz, Neteller and Click2Pay. For traditionalists there’s Visa and Mastercard plus the web-only credit card Entropay.