Virgin Casino - Independent Online Casino Review

Virgin Casino is one of several online products branded with Richard Branson's famous moniker and is part of a suite of online gaming sites that includes Bingo, Poker, Casino and Games. The casino itself uses Wagerworks casino platform - Wagerworks are owned themselves by IGT, famous for their Las Vegas gaming machines - and runs using Flash technology which menas there is no download required to play. This is also good news for Apple Mac users as a web browser is all that is needed to play at Virgin.

Like most big brand UK online casinos, Virgin has a strong banking backend that ensures cashouts to debit and credit cards are normally back in the player's bank within two working days. Support is also present for the popular Neteller eWallet service, with cashouts to Neteller generally happening within 24 hours. One restriction - which is common to most UK licenced gambling sites - is that a player can only wihdraw using the method they deposited with. UK punters should also be aware that when using Maestro or Mastercard, you must sign up to play in UK Pounds or Euros (not dollars) if you want your card to work. Switch and Visa users do not need to worry about this.

The games at Virgin casino are very strong, thanks mainly to the links with IGT, and many will recognise the branded Cluedo and Monopoly slots which offer jackpots often exceeding £1,500,000. There are other popular Vegas style slots present too - in our casino review we checked out Cleopatra, Cleopatra II (very high variance!), Wolf Run and Elvis Multistike, the latter being a superb and very original 3-tier slot. It is true to say however that Virgin casinos slot range is less than at the Microgaming powered casinos such as 32Red Casino or the popular Ladbrokes Casino, but the quality of the games goes some way to accounting for this. Plus there are new games arriving at Virgin all the time.

For Blackjack players and card game enthusiasts, while the choice of variations isn't huge they are all here, they look good and they play well. Of course, Roulette is present as are several versions of Video Poker including the not-often-found Phantom Belle video poker games.

The advantage of being Flash with no hefty download required, plus the good support, fast cashouts and of course a solid high-profile brand name has rightfully given Virgin Casino a reputation as one of the best UK online casinos.