How to choose an online casino?
Most players are susceptible to emotions. Unfortunately, there are still two main reasons for choosing a particular casino by the majority of players: aggressive marketing and large bonuses. We encourage you to think before making a deposit and list the most important, in our opinion, "pitfalls".
1. Geographical factor. The issue is particularly pressing for United Kingdom. Many foreign online casinos do not accept British. But that's not the problem. The policy towards UK may change several times a year. Some places may register the player, especially if VPN is used, and then refuse to pay the winnings. In General, before making a deposit, find out by all means whether a citizen of your country can play legally in a particular online casino.
2. Deposit and bet currency. Double conversion losses (on deposit and withdrawal) can exceed 10%, destroying winnings. This is especially true for hryvnia conversion. Play only for the currency which you earn.
3. Hidden fees:
• can be up to 4% in many casinos when depositing or withdrawing to e-wallets;
* Fees for insufficient game activity – 10%, and in some places may be 20%.
Do not replenish your account until you find out the details in the support service.
4. Quality of technical support. Most casinos do not disclose certain information. More precisely, it can be written in one paragraph in 20-page "rulebook". For example, about longer periods of withdrawal of large amounts. Information can often only be provided by the support. Whether the support works well can be assessed by three criteria:
• chat response time in the evening Prime time (should not be more than a minute);
* round-the-clock chat availability;
* there should never be a "look in the rules" response from employees.
You should not register in a casino without a chat on the site. This is the first obvious point. If there is a chat, take the time to communicate with at least two support employees. Leave the casino if you can't get qualified answers, answers from different support members contradict each other, or the response time exceeds 10 minutes.
5. And finally, the most hidden, but the most dangerous "pitfall" - the wager on the bonus. Not the bonus amount and not the percentage, but the requirement for the bets turnover. You can read about how casinos make money on customers' ignorance in the "Bonuses" section. But in short: you should not register for a bonus if its wager exceeds x35.
How is the Doc Casino rating formed?
As already mentioned, our list includes the most reliable and worthy gambling establishments. The conditions for players are approximately the same across the board. Below is an approximate list of factors that affect the casino position in the Doc Casino rating.
- License
- Player reviews
- Geographical factor
- Interface in English
- Currency and Deposit methods
- Number of software manufacturers
- Bonus policy
As for the last point, Doc Casino has its own proprietary approach.
Casino with no deposit bonus
We took on a difficult task, but it is necessary - to look for no deposit bonuses in casinos. This method of attracting new players is not widely used. Not surprising, because "No Deposits" are unprofitable for casinos. This is the secret factor that affects the establishment position in our list.
No Deposit bonuses help beginners understand the principles of playing for real money. And experienced gamblers can earn up to $200 per month on "No Deposit" accounts.
Other criteria for evaluating online casinos
- 1. License. Doc Casino includes only licensed casinos in the rating. The license purpose is not only in financial guarantees. More importantly, a license indicates: the casino uses certified software with an official return percentage.
- 2. Reviews on third-party resources. This also affects whether we include casino in the list. In addition, visitors to our site can leave their own reviews.
- 3. Geographical factor. The rating does not include casinos that do not accept UK.
- 4. Language. Also, establishments with only an English-language interface are not included.
- 5. Currency. We try to include casinos that accept hryvnia or the hryvnia with a minimum (up to 2%) conversion fee.
- 6. Number of providers. This is an important factor. New manufacturers often offer video slots with a better design and a better payout percentage.
- 7. Bonuses. In evaluating the bonus policy, Doc Casino is guided not by the size of deposit bonuses, but by how profitable bonuses and promotions can potentially be for players.
Doc Casino recommendations for choosing games in online casinos
Slot machines
Video slots are played by 80% of casino visitors. When choosing a slot machine, players, in addition to the game theme they are interested in, take into account the return to the player (RTP – Return to Player) and volatility. This is not entirely correct, since both parameters are too broad.
It is much more correct to consider more detailed characteristics:
- 1. Frequency of payments (hit rate). Ranges from 20 to 80%.
- 2. The average ratio of the bet/payment amount.
- 3. Presence / absence of a bonus game.
- 4. Probability of losing the bonus game. Ranges from 1: 150 to 1: 12 (every 8th round).
- 5. Distribution of winnings between the bonus game and the main game.
- 6. The duration of the bonus game and its levels.
All these things dictate the requirements for the money supply and the time to play. For example, you can play Starburst slot machine from Netent without having a lot of money and time. Jack and Beanstalk slots of the same manufacturer have the opposite requirements.
Roulette
The main rule here is not to play by numbers, trying to track sectors. Online casinos don't have physics, unlike offline casinos. There are three secrets to winning on roulette on the Internet:
- 1. Choose French roulette with a casino margin of only 1.35%.
- 2. Play only on equal chances.
- 3. Play at a fast pace.
The best roulette in the world is Netent French roulette. It has a huge range of bets: from 10 cents to several thousand dollars and instant stop of the spin.
Note. You can try to guess the sectors on roulette tables with live dealers. Provider - Evolution Game.
Blackjack
Dynamic aggressive game. Emotions are no less than with the best gambling slots. A game that requires skill. You can only play it after learning the basic strategy. There are two types of blackjack in online casinos with a casino advantage of only about 0.35%.
1. Playson's Blackjack Surrender (with a half-bet surrender rule).
2. Blackjack Single Deck by different providers (single-deck).
It is important that the games have very different basic strategies. But both are available for free.
Poker
Casinos offer 5-6 types of poker. But you should play only one - Oasis Poker Professional from Evoplay. The game is available in about 30 casinos on the UK segment of the Internet. If you know the strategy, you have an advantage against the casino of more than 1%. This information is not fiction. This poker was "solved" in the early 2000s. Why do casinos choose to host this game? The strategy is not publicly available.
Baccarat
A card game in which nothing depends on the player. The draw is automatic. Many players find baccarat boring. However, there is a way to warm up the excitement – Baccarat Squeeze LIVE (baccarat-Swizz with a live dealer) from Evolution Gaming. The point is that the dealer does not open the cards instantly, but, in the gamblers' slang, "pulls" or"squeezes" the card, showing it to the player in parts.
Bingo and keno
If you buy tickets for TV lotteries, then you have a direct route to casino lottery games. Why? The return rate in TV lotteries is 50%. But in bingo and keno – it is 92-93%. These games are the usual lotteries with balls. Most of the casino lottery games were made by the Microgaming.
