At Pub Casino, players can kick things off with a 100% matched deposit bonus up to £100, effectively doubling your money on your first deposit. As ever, the value of this matched deposit offer is only skin-deep, however.
There are hefty 40x wagering requirements to contend with, and they left a sour taste for me. If you opt for the full £100 bonus, you’d need to wager £4,000 before any bonus winnings could be converted into withdrawable cash. While wagering requirements at this level are fairly common, they’re nonetheless highly restrictive and stop the bonus from being worth your time.
The average player is unlikely to be able to convert their bonus into cash within the 30-day time limit — and I absolutely do not recommend attempting it — meaning there is limited value in this offer for most people.
Granted, you can use the funds to get to grips with the site before wagering your own cash, but I feel this is an overly generous stance to take. Whenever I’m playing at a real money casino, the thrill I experience is in the risk and potential reward; cutting that from the experience makes playing at an online casino feel rather pointless to me, and heaven forbid you happen to land a big win while you’re playing with funds you can’t withdraw! Personally, I’d rather skip the bonus than risk that potential body blow.
Elsewhere, Pub Casino is rather light on offers for existing customers. For the average player, and for myself during the testing process, regular promotions offering rewards such as free spins and cashback are absent. These promos are available to regular players, however, and will appear in your personal bonus section from time to time. There’s no official VIP programme available at Pub Casino at the time of writing, but it appears that the most committed players are likely to pick up ad hoc rewards. While this is a very new site, I’d like to see some more deals offered to the masses soon.
It was a pleasant surprise to find the site’s monthly tournaments, however, giving players the chance to compete for big cash prizes. July’s Fishy Tournament offered a prize pool of £1,750 split between the top three positions on the leaderboard. To compete, players could play any eligible fish-themed games from the dropdown list and try to land the biggest multiplier win.
Finally, if you’re interested in taking advantage of the site’s sportsbook, there are some decent offers up for grabs. For example, punters could bag a boosted combo bet on every England match in the Women’s World Cup, along with the option for early payouts on all games if your team went two goals ahead.
I’ve got a personal preference for sites that combine casino and sports betting options, and specialised offers for both disciplines are often icing on the cake. It helps that sports betting promotions are generally more player-friendly than casino bonuses, especially when there are eye-watering 40x wagering requirements tethered to the latter.
