188Bet Live Casino Review

188Bet Casino, launched in 2009, is the casino branch of the Asian sportsbook 188Bet which established a firm foothold on the UK market through sports clubs sponsorships and is operating locally. The company that runs the UK business is Annatar Limited, incorporated in the Isle of Man. Formerly the operations were run through Cube Limited. The sportsbook and the casino have a United Kingdom Gambling Commission licence. The real centre of operations of 188Bet is, of course, in Asia.

188Bet Casino offers a wide range of live dealer games, more than 50 of them, and they’re in two sections: 188Bet Games (provided by Evolution) and Euro Live Dealer (by NetEnt). these are two of the biggest live dealer game providers in the business, so you know you’re getting quality when you see their name on the lobby. Blackjack is the star of the show at 188bet, with around a dozen varieties, over 30 or so tables. There are 11 different versions of roulette. Baccarat is also featured prominently, and the other games are represented only by Casino Hold’em, Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Caribbean Stud Poker and Three Card Poker. Limits are usually in the range of ₤1,000 to ₤5,000, except in case of the Salon Prive games in the 188bet lobbies that go up to £10,000. One notable limitation of the NetEnt games at 188Bet Casino is that you can’t text chat with the dealer – which is is a bit of a disappointment. The new and innovative Salon Prive games that aren’t available everywhere yet, might just make up for it though!

Native dealer tables

All the tables are in English, except for Turkish and German Roulette. Weirdly they must target Germans and Turks who live abroad, as neither of these countries are actually allowed to bet at 188Bet. For the most part, 188Bet are only targeting United Kingdom and the list of restricted countries is long – so it’s no wonder they haven’t gone big on the native tables.

Private tables

188Bet isn’t offering private tables at the moment – unless you count Evolution’s Salon Prive tables where true high rollers can play 1 to 1 with the dealer in complete privacy. But as for tables with 188bet branding and exclusive offers, they have none of those at the time of writing.

Mobile platform

The 188Bet website is fully mobile optimized so it can be accessed from any mobile device without any download. Which is good as they currently don’t offer a dedicated app for either Android or iOS. Live dealer games can be played from any device in the web browser, and the experience doesn’t differ greatly between the mobile and desktop versions of the site.

All your standard payment options are supported at 188Bet, but the range is otherwise quite limited. Deposits can be made with Visa, MasterCard, Skrill or Neteller, and withdrawals can be made using the same methods – plus bank transfer and, like its 1997 all over again, by cheque. Withdrawals can be made up to 5 times per day, provided the previous transaction has been processed completely. Limits are quite large, as up to ₤20,000 can be received to credit card, ₤50,000 to Skrill, and ₤250,000 via bank transfer. Withdrawals are processed manually so they won’t be extremely fast, and KYC procedures apply so this may take some time as well.