In-Depth PartyCasino Review with Ratings

Gaming Venue for Fans of Slots and Live Games

By the time you read this review, there may well be over 1,000 games to pick from. This is thanks to around 30 different software developers, including NetEnt, Microgaming, NYX Gaming and several other mega brands. Collectively, they have helped build a pretty versatile portfolio which will primarily appeal to fans of slots and live dealer games. The first are offered an amazing collection of video and classic slots consisting of old favourites, new, and exclusive titles.

Starburst, Bonanza, King Kong Cash, Vikings Go Berzerk, The Naked Gun, Immortal Romance and Foxin’ Wins are some of those which players keep betting on even though they’ve been around for a while. Don’t miss the opportunity to try titles you may be seeing for the first time, such as Glamour Puss, Melon Madness Deluxe and Full Moon Fever, and make sure to browse through an impressive collection of progressive jackpots many of which offer rewards worth close to or above £1 million.

On top of an incredible choice of slots, you’ll find about 35 table games and among them more than a dozen roulette variants. There’s your standard European, American and French games, two of which also played as Cash Back variants, and unique titles such as Luck O’ The Roulette, 100/1 Roulette, Lucky Star and Terminator Roulette with a progressive jackpot. Next you’ll find standard blackjack games as well as one called Charlie 7, The Terminator I’ll Be Back Blackjack, Hi-Lo Blackjack and a few variants offering Perfect Pairs and 21+3 side bets.

Choice of RNG poker is very small but there are a few more, highly engaging options within live casino. Modest collection of video poker games consists of single and multi-hand Tens Or Better, Joker Poker Deuces Wild, and an interesting Jacks Or Better title which lets you choose between modern and retro style. Finally, you’ll find a choice of about 40 so-called instant win games such as slingo, bingo, arcade games and scratch cards.

Evolution Gaming Delivers Live Casino Experience

PartyCasino is first and foremost about slots but still treats us to an amazing live offering provided in cooperation with none other than Evolution Gaming. The developer’s massive portfolio is represented with 90 live tables playing roulette, blackjack, poker and baccarat. Fans of roulette get to choose between standard game variants, unique options like Lightning Roulette, and native tables with croupiers speaking German, Greek, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or English. You’ll find more than 50 live blackjack tables, including recently introduced Infinite Blackjack with an unlimited number of seats, four optional side bets and the Six Card Charlie rule. There is the usual live baccarat range which includes Squeeze, No Commission and Dragon Tiger, as well as four live poker games.

Party On the Go

If you want to take the party on the road, the operator will offer you to play online or download a casino app from App Store (iPhone and iPad users) or via link available at PartyCasino website (Android owners). It’s quite common for the gaming assortment to shrink massively when you move from desktop to a smartphone, but I always hope to find an exception. PartyCasino, unfortunately, isn’t one. Its mobile portfolio is about half the size – slots have been butchered the most, but video poker games disappear entirely. I wish I could tell you how the app works but using the download link for Android didn’t work.

Wide Range of Stakes to Suit All Bankrolls

There aren’t actually many online casinos which specialise for either low or high-rollers; the majority tries to please everybody by offering games with small and large stakes side-by-side. PartyCasino has attempted to do the same, allowing you to play whichever kind of game you choose with betting limtis fitting your bankroll and preferences. When it comes to slots, that means you’ll be able to spin for just 9p while playing NetEnt’s Dead Or Alive, and invest as little as 10p with Starburst, The Wild 3, Joker Pro, Deco Diamonds and a number of other games. If lucky enough to have a bigger budget on your disposal, it is possible, though not advisable, to drop £400 per round in Butterfly Staxx or as much as £500 in 7’s To Burn and Monopoly On The money.

As far as table games are concerned, they all come with minimum bet of 10p. High-rollers are able to bet as much £10,000 on roulette, no more than £2,500 on blackjack, and a maximum of £5,000 on poker. Same type of games play live with limits of 20p – £10,000 at live roulette tables, 50p – £10,000 at live blackjack tables, 50p – £5,000 in live poker, and £2 – £25,000 in live baccarat. Poker fans can alternatively wager between 10p and £600 while playing video poker games.

PartyCasino Payout Rates and RTPs

Theoretical return to player rates, commonly known as RTPs and expressed as a percentage, tell you how much a game is expected to pay back over multiple rounds, and by multiple rounds I mean thousands of spins or hands dealt. It differs from one category to another but also between games of the same type. If you see that a game has a return of 98%, it means you should win £98 for £100 wagered. The RTP is always below 100% because the casino always has an advantage, but you are of course free to choose a variant which has higher return than others.

The latest audit by iTech Labs (September 2018), accessible as a PartyCasino payout report on the site, provides the following RTP data: 95.93% for slots, 91.98% for classic slots, 97.31% for roulette, 98.02% for blackjack, 136.79% for table poker and 96.31% for video poker. I dug a bit deeper to check payout percentages for individual games and identify those with the highest and the lowest return.

The average RTP on slots is in the range of 95% – 96%, so anything above is considered to be good. At PartyCasino, you’ll want to play Jackpot 6000 (98.9%), Rainbow Riches Pick ‘n’ Mix (98%) and Starmania (97.87%), and keep an eye on your bankroll while spinning the reels of Mega Moolah (88.12%). All featured Blackjack games have RTPs over 99% (based on the player playing the optimum strategy) and are in line with the typical average of about 99.50%. Your best bet, in this sense, is the one placed in Charlie 7 Blackjack (99.60%), Hi-Lo (99.59%) and Perfect Pairs (99.59%).

The RTP of Roulette games is also mostly in line with industry average, with European Roulette offering a return of 97.30% and American Roulette going as low as 92.11%. When it comes to other table games, PartyCasino’s RTPs differ quite a bit; Craps offer a return of only 83.33% and Baccarat Combi only 95.07%. The best choice is DJ Wild Stud Poker with an RTP of 98.98%. It isn’t uncommon to find video poker variations with RTPs in excess of 99% and PartyCasino offers Jacks Or Better with a return as high as 99.54%.

PartyCasino Software

Once upon a time, online casinos were all painted in red and black, making it easy to recognise you’ve landed on a gambling website. Nowadays, purples, blues and pinks seem to be in fashion, and PartyCasino, although launched a long time ago, applies the same colour scheme. The menu at the top of the page offers instant access to categories, with featured games, exclusives, top releases, new titles and several other categories displayed just below. Other useful links are placed at the very bottom, along with Contact Us button which lists available contact options and an overview of frequently asked questions.

The website may not be the fastest loading one but is at least pretty easy to navigate. Games are grouped in categories according to type as well as themes, though filtering options are a bit limited considering the number of featured slots. Players wishing to access PartyCasino’s offering can do so either via their mobile or desktop web browsers or by downloading the casino software.

Finding something to play is quite easy unless you are looking for a particular kind of slot or one provided by a particular developer; this is where additional filtering options would come in handy. A good portion of the available games were supplied by NetEnt, one of the industry leaders. The company has produced hundreds of slots, table games, video poker and specialties with top-quality graphics, engaging gameplay and creative features. NetEnt has succeeded even where it’s major competitor Microgaming failed, creating a live gaming portfolio frequently presented next to that of Evolution Gaming.

PartyCasino may have opted not to include the latter in its offering, but it made sure to provide a good number of slots. Other top developers found at PartyCasino include Yggdrasil and Realistic Games. Due to my download issue, I was only able to access them online, but hopefully you’ll get to choose. The customer support agent has informed me they haven’t lately had such complaints so it may be a random issue.

The PartyCasino website is not the most modern looking gaming site I’ve seen but it’s still visually pleasing enough and quite easy to navigate. Additional filtering options would help, especially when it comes to slots. As far as software goes, I’m confident you’ll be as happy with the choice of contributors as I was.

Who’s Running the Party?

PartyCasino is one of the brands owned by GVC Holdings PLC, one of the largest sports betting and gaming groups in the world. Headquartered in the Isle of Man, the Group has acquired licenses in more than 20 countries and has its shares traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Interesting Facts About GVC Holdings

The company was founded in 2004 in Luxembourg as Gaming VC Holdings. In 2016 GVC acquired bwin, Party Digital Entertainment and two years later also the Ladbrokes Coral Group, thus becoming the largest high street bookmaker in the UK. Nowadays the group boasts more than 20 gaming brands, 900+ games offered online and over 3,500 Ladbrokes and Coral betting shops. Bets are accepted in 21 languages and 19 currencies.

GVC Holdings has a number of licences in various jurisdictions, including Alderney, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Columbia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Malta, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Romania, Republic of Georgia, Spain, UK and USA (New Jersey and Nevada). In addition to its consumer-facing brands, the Group provides B2B services to operators such as MGM Resorts International (US), state owned Danske Spil and French betting operator PMU. It’s a proud winner of reputable industry awards, such as Casino Operator, Poker Operator, and Operator of the Year at the EGR Awards in 2018.

Customer Support Standing by 24/7

The well-trained and courteous support team is there to help 24 hours a day, every single day of the week. You can send them an email, use web-based form to ask for assistance, call an international phone number or one of 26 country-specific toll-free numbers. Appropriately impressed by the latter, I won’t forget to mention there is also live chat option which is usually the fastest way to get an answer or resolve an issue. I had an enjoyable exchange with Katerina who did her best to resolve my download issue.

You may be interested to know that PartyCasino is quite active on Twitter so this may be another way to get in touch. But before you choose any of these, check to see if the provided FAQ list includes the information you’re looking for. Players are offered to select a category which best fits their query and in return the website displays a list of relevant subjects. It provides information about account access and verification, deposits and withdrawals, bonuses and promotions, responsible gaming and more.

A Gaming Experience Safe as Houses

If I tell you that the casino is operating under the watchful eyes of the UK Gambling Commission and the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner, I probably needn’t say any more. Seasoned online players will know these regulatory bodies do whatever they can to ensure players are treated fairly and their personal details kept safe. In an unlikely event that you encounter an issue, feel free to submit a complaint at complaints@partycasino.com. In case that doesn’t take care of the problem, you can request Alternative Dispute Resolution and get in touch with an independent third-party mediator via eCOGRA.

PartyCasino is aware that games of chance may be become a problem rather than a form of entertainment and addresses the issue appropriately. Players are offered to launch the Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen used for detecting gambling disorders to help them decide whether they need to ask for a formal evaluation of their gambling behaviour. They are also able to set their own daily, weekly or monthly deposit limits and use the self-exclusion tool to set time-out periods lasting 1 day, 1 week, 1 month or indefinitely. If thinking about self-exclusion, consider registering with GAMSTOP. PartyCasino also provides links to other organisation willing and capable to help out, namely GamCare, GamblingTherapy and BeGambleAware. Parents are recommended to block gaming sites from minors by using child protection software such as Cyber Patrol, CYBERsitter and K9 Web Protection.

Worthy of Bonus Points?

The parents of PartyCasino must have thrown a big party having claimed three titles at EGR Operator Awards 2018. One of the sister sites, partypoker, won EGR Poker Operator of the Year (for the second year in a row), while GVC Holdings won the Casino Operator and Operator of the Year award. PartyCasino may not be among awarded GVC sites but it does have a few advantages worth mentioning- such as its Cashback scheme, with cashback calculated based on placed wagers and paid without any strings attached, and an invite-only VIP program with perks such as increased monthly withdrawal limits of up to £100,000, tailored gifts and rewards. Shouldn’t forget to mention exclusive games I’ve not seen elsewhere.

• Awards.1/3
• Promotions.1/3
• Special Games.2/2
• Loyalty Scheme.1/1
• Extras.0/1
• Bonus Points.5

Three EGR awards deserve a bonus point, even if it’s the operator and a sister site which have won them. Exclusive games, such as those mentioned earlier, along with Win Genie, Jackaroo Jack, Mega Bars and a few more, are what sets this venue apart from zillion others and should be appreciated. PartyCasino has a limited number of promotional offers but I’ve given them a point for a different way of rewarding loyalty and giving back cash free of wagering requirements, as well as the VIP program with quite tangible benefits. Feel free to compare available special deals with bonuses offered elsewhere.

Conclusion: An Old-timer That Still Delivers

As I wrap up this PartyCasino review, the first note is that you have to respect a gaming site which manages to (successfully) operate for more than 20 years. Online gaming scene is highly competitive and new alternatives appear almost on daily basis, so continuously recruiting new players and keeping the existing ones from wandering off is no easy task. PartyCasino manages to do it thanks to a huge gaming library filled with products from established leaders, rising stars and its own family members, as well as clearly demonstrated focus on players. Attentive, multi-lingual support agents are available 24/7, promotional deals tailored to individual players, there are about 30 different deposit options to choose from (including PayPal), and the environment is made as safe as can be, dispelling any potential doubts with the help of several reputable industry regulators and service providers.

Can this party improve? Yes, it can, by keeping up with new and old competitors which are just as eager to build their player base. The advantage of being around for so long is that one can accumulate a huge amount of customer feed-back and get very clear pointers as to what needs to change – such as speed of the website, fixing issues like download problems, and adding user-friendly functionalities, for example filtering options, which will make the experience all the more satisfying. Expanding the offering of table games could also help enlist new members and prevent current clients from looking for a better alternative, and same could be achieved by shortening the withdrawal processing period of 1-2 days.

FAQ

As always, I did my best to make this review as exhaustive as possible. If there are any information you believe should have been included but weren’t, please send an email to contact@online-casinos.com. Before you do, check if the missing information has already been provided below.

How does Cashback scheme work?

Cashback is calculated on the amount wagered and differs depending on what you play. The casino will pay back 0.50% of bets placed on jackpots slots, 0.25% of bets on other slots and Instant Wins, 0.10% of Roulette bets, and 0.05% of bets on blackjack, video poker and table games.