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 branded slots like
Cluedo and Monopoly 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.
