Good customer support who are friendly and courteous. My favourites for this are 3dice and Intercasino. As they always make me feel valued and welcome, which means a lot. If customer support in a casino are rude to me, I tend to not go back there again.
Fast withdrawals, 3dice has the fastest, hits your neteller account same second the withdrawal button is pressed. Bodog is the next fastest, Ladbrokes and
32red are also pretty quick.
A casino which doesn't go over the top with stupid I.D. checks. Preferably one that does I.D. checks in a hassle-free customer friendly sane way, without the player having to send in lots of unnecessary documents and finding they're not acceptable, and having to pay 76 for a new passport, when they don't need one grrrr.
Bug-free software, that doesn't take up too much room on your computer or keeps crashing. Also one that refunds your bet if it does malfunction...
I like a casino that feels like home, somewhere where you could walk around in your slippers cause it feels so comfortable to be there. Intercasino does this for me, as does 3dice. I also love the Bodog and Ladbrokes flash sites, they are really well laid out and have a comfy sunday afternoon chilling out vibe about them.
Good videopoker, 3dice and bodog have a lot of choice for videopoker and they both have 10/7 double bonus, which if played optimally has a longterm payback of over 100%. However it has to be played optimally, the wizard of odds has a good strategy table for this game on his website. I find though this game requires a strong stomach. As it can really test your faith at times.
I play joker poker at intercasino, as it seems to have the best paytable for this game online, it isn't full pay, but when I checked on the wizard of odds it seemed to be the best one to go for. Nowhere online seems to offer a paytable that is full pay for either joker poker or deuces wild, which is a shame, but I like the games and I like the layout and graphics of intercasino's videopoker, so I can happily sit there for hours playing it there.
I don't like playing videopoker at microgaming much, I don't really like the paytables there and it is quite expensive... and very streaky. The only videopoker game I like on microgaming software is All Aces, which has a good return in the longterm, but like double bonus 10/7 you need a strong stomach for the ups and downs in this...
I don't have a lot of money, so having minimal table limits I can afford is important to me. I try to avoid playing table games that have a betsize over 1.
I play table games in these casinos:
Blackjack in William Hill, 3dice, Ladbrokes and bodog as they all have minimum bets ranging from 10p at William Hill to 1 at the others.
Roulette at 32red mobile, wildjack mobile as they both have minimum bets of 20p on their mobile casinos. Casino Tropez, their minimum bet for roulette is 10p, they also have french roulette at 10p. Ladbrokes have a minimum bet of 25p on roulette and William Hill has a minimum bet of 10p.
I play 3 card poker, texas hold 'em, red dog and carribean stud at 3dice as the table minimum for these games is 10p.
Intercasino table games are too expensive for me, which is gutting as I really like them, but I still play the videopoker and slots there, which I can afford.
I also play live roulette at Dublinbet, they are a landbased casino, and you play roulette on a proper live table, you can see people placing bets on the same roulette table you're wagering on, is pretty cool. However their table minimums for evenbets, dozens & columns are too expensive. But you can place bets on double streets, streets, squares, splits and numbers for 0.50 euro which is alright. They also process withdrawals pretty fast and their customer support is friendly...
My main criteria is affordable table minimums, fast withdrawals, good customer service, I.D. checks which don't require you to go out and buy a passport at 76, good choice of games, and smooth bugfree software...
(another novel post sorry...)
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