Megawins Casino – The Complete Review

Megawins is a relatively new addition to the online casino world. Having just launched in December of 2016, it’s got about seven months under its belt at the time of this review, so there’s not an extensive track record to reference as yet. The website is casino plus a very limited live casino only and is geared toward Bitcoin users. The benefit of Megawins, though, is that it also provides Fiat options in addition to Bitcoin, including credit, debit, and e-wallets. The number and variety of the alternative financial options are impressive considering its primary focus is on Bitcoin use.

Ratings Breakdown

Overall

We like the concept of the Bitcoin focus plus allowing players to use more traditional methods to finance their betting. The slot games are plentiful and diverse, and there are some bonuses aside from deposit matches, so those are nice additions. Customer service is not readily available, and the deposit and withdrawal methods are not disclosed to non-registered players and both of those service-related issues detract from a good overall casino.

Game Variety

Megawins uses a team of software providers to offer players a good, well-rounded experience. With 686 different slots available to some players, the variety is going to be there but the live casino only has three tables, and not all games are available in every geographical location, so it didn’t seem right to give a 5-star rating.

Banking

As a Bitcoin casino, players receive the benefit of near instant deposits and withdrawals with no fees attached and no hoops to jump through. However, there are other more traditional financial options available to players and the reason we downgraded the rating is because there is no menu of deposit and withdrawal information posted for anyone who isn’t a registered player. We like full disclosure so new customers know what they can expect and can read through everything before deciding to commit.

Bonuses

The 110% welcome bonus is decent as it provides for up to one Bitcoin, but there is a 35 times rollover that offsets the value of it. Lottery drawings and monthly slot tournaments do add some value as well as slots cash back Mondays so the score is back up there again.

Customer Service

We didn’t take off any stars for poor service but did experience first hand a long waiting period to receive an answer. First of all, live chat is the only option available to players but, secondly, it’s not an instant chat. You can provide your email address, and they’ll get back to you, and we highly recommend doing that as it took us a few hours to receive a response.

User Interface

It’s not only an eye-catching website but, for a site that hosts a huge number of games, it manages to organize them in a way that makes reviewing the options as comfortable as possible. The mobile casino is equal in quality and offers a high percentage of the game collection for tablet and smartphone play.

Overview of Megawins Casino

Ownership

It is a product of Direx N.V. for direct ownership, and SoftSwiss for operations, customer service, and technology. Direx owns several other gambling websites, all listed under the Curacao licensing, including Bitstarz, Space Casino, King Billy Casino, Betstreak, Dasist Casino, Play Casino, and Queen Spin.

SoftSwiss began in 2008 as a provider of online auction software but branched out into iGaming in 2012, and it’s now known primarily for Bitcoin software. SoftSwiss does provide some specific games, and it also manages customer service activities.

Eligibility to Register and Play for Real Money

Megawins promotes that players must be 18 and over and from a legally authorized area of residence. Anyone from Spain, the United Kingdom or the United States are restricted from playing any of the games for real money, even using Bitcoin.

Megawins uses a variety of software providers so does have some additional game-specific geographical restrictions that we’ll note in just a bit when we break down the casino games.

Colorful and User-Friendly Website

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but we feel that megawins.com is an all around attractive and quality website. It does have a more cartoon-like feel that, for some sites, doesn’t work out well but, in this case, it fits.

If we weren’t going to provide you with this entire review and wanted just to give you a one-sentence overview instead, it would be that Megawins offers a huge number of games in an entirely user-friendly environment whether you opt to use Bitcoin or another more traditional method of deposit.

Casino and Live Casino Only

Links to all of the different areas are provided on the left including the promotions and currently available tournaments. Megawins doesn’t offer a poker room, sportsbook, or racebook. There technically is a live casino, but it’s only available to players in certain areas, and it’s not exactly overflowing with tables as there are only four and they’re all roulette, so the term live casino may be a stretch.

Multiple Software Providers

Many times you’ll see sites labeled as a Betsoft Casino or a Microgaming site and players are aware that games are provided by that one particular software provider. With Megawins, customers are treated to a custom experience. Megawins uses a dozen different suppliers to fill a library of games that are quite extensive. In some regions, over 600 regular slot titles alone are up for the choosing.

Betsoft and NetEnt, two of the bigger game designers, are featured, but others include Pocketdice, Amatic, Booming Games, Endorphina, Game Art, Habanero, iSoftBet, MrSlotty, SoftSwiss, and Next Gen.

The Little Extras That Can Be Helpful

Using a variety of gaming providers is one of those little extras that make a difference, but if you’re new to Megawins, you’ll also find a handy FAQ section as well as running tally of the most recently issued prizes, both large and small. The winners scroll across the homepage, so you feel like you’ve also got a chance at an actual payout. If you need help at any time, there is a live chat button, but we will say that it took us about two hours to get an initial response, so consider it to be more of an email service rather than instant chat.

Don’t Confuse It with Megawin

There is a megawin.com and just dropping that “s” takes you from this particular casino, hosted at megawins.com, to a lottery subscription site.

The Casino

As Megawins isn’t providing a sportsbook or other alternative forms of gaming, its focus is entirely on casino games and, depending on the area in which you live; you could select anywhere from 165 to 686 different slot games alone.

If you’re in a restricted region, you can still play the games for free, but real money betting will not be available to you.

Game variety

Slots take center stage, and by using a dozen different gaming companies, the slot library is very diverse and includes a minimum of 18 jackpot games

Audio and video quality

The video slot quality is exceptional, but some games will offer a better playing experience over others depending on the individual software.

Mobile Casino

he majority of games are available for mobile play on smartphones and tablets. In one region where 165 slot games were hosted on the full site, 146 transferred over for mobile access.

Geographical Restrictions

In the beginning, we did mention that game availability depends on exactly where the player resides, and some specific exclusions are noted that we wanted to pass along should you be interested in trying out the Megawins service.

Remember residents of Spain, the UK, and the US are prohibited from any real money wagering on this site. So, even though they aren’t explicitly mentioned, if you live in one of those three countries, you need to look else for an online casino unless you just want to play for fun.

You are restricted from playing any of the NetEnt games like the Live Casino versions but also from any jackpot games offered by NetEnt including the popular Mega Fortune top prize if you live in any of the following countries:

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Australia
• Azerbaijan
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Cambodia
• Canada
• China
• Denmark
• Ecuador
• Estonia
• France
• Guyana
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Kuwait
• Lao
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nicaragua
• North Korea
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sudan
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• Yemen
• Zimbabwe

Slots

You’ll usually find that an i-Casino will divide up their slots into different categories like three-reel, five-reel, and video. That’s not the case with Megawins. All of the slot games are in one section with the jackpot versions sectioned out for easy access

As we’ve mentioned, you’re going to have a different service depending on where you live. In some areas, if you pull up the slot menu, you’ll see 165 titles. In Canada, it increases to 422, and head over to Sweden and you’re looking at a whopping 686.

If you’ve been on a Betsoft, NetEnt, or NextGen gaming site, you’ll more than likely recognize many of the games, but you’ll also see some new ones that you probably haven’t come across before, courtesy of the other software companies that add to the entire collection.

The most favorite games are:

• The Exterminator
• The Tipsy Tourist
• Safari Sam
• Voo Doo
• 2016 Gladiators
• Dynasty
• Batman
• Slotomoji
• Platoon Wild Progressive
• Paranormal Activity
• Rooks Revenge
• Emoji Slot
• Kings of Chicago
• Wild Wild West
• Legend of Qu Yuan
• Mongol Treasures
• Goal!!!
• Crime Scene
• Red Dog
• Heavy Metal Warriors
• Beverly Hills
• Starburst
• Jimi Hendrix
• Football: Champions Cup
• DaVinci Codex
• Zombies
• Guns ‘n Roses
• Eye of Ra

Jackpot Slots

Just as a quick disclaimer, you may look at our number of games and wonder if we’ve ever learned to count but, again, the entire Megawins service varies with each geographical area so we’re going to provide an average game count and just a few specific titles that you may find.

Most of the jackpot action is also available for mobile play. Keep in mind that NetEnt titles may show up when you pull up the casino but, review the list of areas we provided because NetEnt games and jackpot awards are not issued in certain regions, even if the games still show up on your screen.

A few Jackpot choices:

• At the Copa
• Mega Gems
• Slots Angels
• Mega Glam Life
• Good Girl Bad Girl
• Greedy Goblins
• Mr. Vegas

Video Poker – 17 (two on Mobile)

This site has a great video poker section featuring some of the newer offerings, but it’s a shame that more of them aren’t available for mobile play.

These are the two games that you can play on smartphones or tablets:

• New Joker Pro Touch
• Five Play Draw Multihand
• Deuces Wild Double Up
• Joker Pro
• Match Times Pay – Jacks or Better
• Ultimate X Triple Play (or Five or Ten Play)

Table Games – 26 (Four on Mobile)

Don’t get too excited to read about many table game options as this area encompasses 26 Blackjack, Roulette, and other games.

• Roulette Touch
• Roulette
• French Roulette
• Double Bonus Spin
• Three Wheel
• Roulette Advanced
• Roulette Mini
• Triple Bonus Spin
• European Roulette
• American Roulette
• Blackjack Classic
• Blackjack Classic Touch
• Blackjack Professional Series
• Double Exposure Blackjack Professional
• Blackjack
• Single Deck Blackjack Professional
• Blackjack Touch
• Pontoon Professional Series
• Blackjack
• Mini Blackjack
• Casino Hold ’em
• Texas Hold ’em Professional Series
• Red Dog Progressive
• Baccarat Professional Series
• Oasis Poker Professional Series
• Caribbean Stud Professional Series

Live Casino – 5

NetEnt and ComTrade Gaming provide the five-selection live dealer experience. The quantity is small, but the variety is decent.

• Live Blackjack
• Common Draw
• VIP
• The Palaces Live Roulette
• The Palaces Live Blackjack

Bingo

If you’re familiar with Palatial Leisure’s land-based bingo clubs, you would expect that its websites would be bingo crazy with all kinds of promotions and different themed rooms, but the company took a different approach with The Palaces, as it already has other dedicated bingo sites.

The focus is on the casino, so the bingo area is streamlined with three main sessions:

• Golden Scoop – £5,000 – .25 ticket
• Silver Scoop – £2,000 – .25 ticket
• Bronze Scoop – £2,000 – .25 ticket

You can play on the full site or mobile and pre-order games on either as well.

The scoop jackpot is awarded if bingo is in 43 numbers or less and the bingo lobby lists the schedule of upcoming games.

Banking Options

We always like to see a nice concise fully disclosed table of deposit and withdrawal options as well as any turnaround times and fees that may be associated. Megawins is set up to be auto adaptive (where everything changes depending on geography) including registration, the games that can be played (or not), the bonuses, and the ever important financial options.

Now, if you’re using Bitcoin, which we’re sure many of you will since this is primarily a Bitcoin casino, you’re all set. No fees are added, and Bitcoin can be used for deposits and withdrawals with ease. The minimum Bitcoin deposit is only one mBTC, and there are no minimum requirements for withdrawals.

We contacted Megawins Customer Service department to obtain accurate information regarding the other options available to players that don’t want to use Bitcoin, and we were told that they would vary as each player is provided with customized options.

The following are the methods they did confirm as being widely accepted, though. The customer service agent did note that the only method that has significant fees attached was the bank transfer.

Method	Minimum
Bitcoin	€20
Credit Cards	€20
Debit Cards	€20
Neteller	€20
Skrill	€20
Bank Transfer	€20 w/ Fees

Bonuses and Promotions

Because there isn’t a separate sportsbook or poker room, all bonuses apply to all players. However, some geographical restrictions vary depending on the type of award so, if you’re thinking of registering, we recommend verifying that you’re eligible for all of the value-adds that peak your interest.

110% Welcome Bonus

This is a one-time offer that applies to the first deposit made by a newly registered player. There’s a minimum deposit requirement of 40 mBTC or €25, and the maximum award is €150 or one BTC. Megawins does impose a hefty rollover mandate of 35 times on the bonus amount before anything can be cashed out.

50% 2nd Deposit Bonus

The same rollover requirement applies, but this award is only good for 50% of the deposited amount up to €150 or two BTC.

25% 3rd Deposit Bonus

You can see how it’s decreasing, but new players still do receive some reward on their first three deposits. This 3rd deposit bonus is for 25% of the amount put into the player’s account up to €150 or one BTC.

25 No Deposit Free Spins

25 free spins are awarded after an initial deposit of at least €25 is made. Free spins need to be used within 24 hours after they’re issued and, as they are considered to be a no deposit bonus, they have a 40 times rollover requirement on the winnings and the maximum payout is €30 or 50 mBTC.

Slots Cashback Money

To qualify, you need to have lost but only €.10 or .10mBTC, so that’s not too bad, right? The cashback offer is 15% on your losses and is applied automatically. There’s more good news, though, to offset your not so good loss, as the cashback award only has a five-times play through requirement.

Lottery

Click the lottery menu item from the left side list to see if a new drawing is coming up. It’s a €1,000 monthly payout reward.

Monthly Slots Tournament

12 times a year players can get in on the €3,000 prize pool simply by playing their favorite slot games. The top prize is €1,000, and the other nine top-ten payouts include €500, €300, €250, €200, €175, €125, €100, €75 and 150 free spins pro, and €60 and 150 free spins pro. There’s a leaderboard posted in the tournament area so you can scope out your competition.

VIP Program

The Mega Points program is a seven-tier loyalty club where players have automatically opted into the first tier without any status point prerequisites. Mega points that are earned, move players up the levels of the program and points can be exchanged for money. Once you get to the top tier, the Zen Master status which takes 25,000 points, you get three days of 15% cash back as well as 100% deposit match until you’ve reached a bonus maximum of one Bitcoin. There is a dedicated hostess listed in the VIP area for specific program questions or assistance.

Customer Support

• Customer Support department availability – Live Chat only

Because of the lack of deposit and withdrawal options front and center, we did have the opportunity to use Megawins’ live chat customer support service. The site doesn’t list an email address or phone number, so its clients do need to rely on the chat function.

Customer service is provided by SoftSwiss, the company responsible for the operations and technology end of things and, although the agent was knowledgeable and extremely friendly, it took nearly two hours to receive a reply.

Now, we will say that if you use the chat and it happens to be backed up like it apparently was when we accessed it; you do get an option to leave your email address. That way, your answer can be sent to you, so you don’t need to stare at your computer screen afraid to walk away and miss the reply you’ve been anxiously awaiting. It seems odd, though, that a live chat that is supposed to be instantly answered would take hours to come through with a response.

We’d much rather just have an email address, so we know what we’re in for and don’t expect an answer within a few minutes.

Summary

We would have to have hundreds of reviews to accurately provide you with a list of services that Megawins provides to you, specifically. Everything is customized according to location.

Unfortunately, players from the US, UK, and Spain are prohibited from wagering any real money on megawins.com. Other regions vary regarding financial options, bonuses, and specific game titles available for play, as well as whether or not a live casino is available or not.

The slots area, even if you’re being offered the smallest catalog of games, is quite impressive. We’re fans of using multiple software providers so that players have a better selection and aren’t tied to just one type of game, like it or not.

Bitcoin is an excellent funding alternative for online gaming, and it’s a credit to Megawins that it opted to focus on Bitcoin but still allow for other players to come aboard if they haven’t embraced the cryptocurrency phenomenon.

Bonuses are not the greatest. The 35 to 40 times rollover detracts from otherwise decent offers, but we do like that tournaments and some alternative promotions are also available.

If you’re a slot or video poker player, you’ll probably enjoy the quantity and quality of service provided. Table game players aren’t quite as catered to, but poker players who are fine not being in a dedicated live poker room, also have quite a few options at their disposal.

Verdict

Megawins is a great casino for slot and video poker players. The focus on Bitcoin for financial transactions makes it easier for players to fund their accounts, regardless of their location, and there are plenty of other options to appease non-Bitcoin users as well. The bonus programs are lacking, but if you’re looking for a good simple go to for casino game play with a straightforward, simple, and upscale website to use, you may want to give Megawins a try.

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