Platinum Play Casino

Platinum Play is a New Zealander friendly online casino based on the Microgaming game platform. Designed in a soothing white color palette, the casino is pleasant for the eyes and features a pleasant visual appeal to it. Besides, it is fully compatible with all major iOS/Android smartphones and other mobile devices, making it a truly comfortable playing experience. Users may rest assured that Platinum Play is a 100% legal and fair gambling site, which is properly licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority and is certified by the eCOGRA Seal of Approval. The most convincing thing is that pokie fans will enjoy here almost the full collection of Microgaming’s pokies developed by that provider so far, including millionaire-maker progressive games.

General description

Design-wise, the major distinction of the online casino from its peers is a neat, sleek design with very little graphics, animated pictures and banners. This is especially useful for mobile users who have many restrictions imposed by small screen sizes.

Another prominent feature is availability of two gaming formats: a browser instant-play version and a downloadable client that must be installed on a computer or laptop. Offering two alternatives at a time is of rare occurrence these days and players who prefer downloading apps will certainly appreciate this feature. To start playing for real money or fun credits, a user needs to create an account first. This is a fairly quick procedure because the casino does not request any scanned ID’s or utility bills to verify the player’s identity. Nevertheless, these checks are imminent when you first withdraw money, due to which some delays are possible.

Deposit options are nearly the same as used in other online casinos that accept New Zealanders. You can transfer money to your account using around a dozen options like bank cards, ewallets, vouchers and direct bank transfer. Applying their own trademarked tools CashCheck and PlayCheck, the casino stores a full history of transactions that would help users monitor their online presence in the casino. Withdrawing money is not a challenge, unless the withdrawal request exceeds €10,000 per day (or NZ$ equivalent). There is a provision preventing fresh users from withdrawing the sums of money that are five time bigger than lifetime deposits.

The casino specifies all money-related figures in Euro (€), that is why the same method of writing money amounts is used in this review. But this does not mean the casino fails to accept New Zealand dollars. In fact, you can use this fiat currency for all transactions without any exchange charges.

Bonuses

The welcome bonus offer comprises 3 deposit bonuses, up to €800 in total. Each bonus is granted automatically upon depositing €10 and if you want to ignore a bonus, you need to contact the customer support to go back from it. Each bonus is subject to x50 playthrough (bonus only). The package has the following bonuses:

1. 100% match up to €400;
2. 100% match up to €200;
3. 100% match up to €300.

The casino runs monthly and weekly deposit bonuses, free spins and some other types of bonuses. Besides, registered players earn comp points for making real money stakes on pokies and other games – there are no excluded games but not all of them contribute equally, for example, €1 wagered on pokies adds 1 point and to get the same of points on blackjack, you need to wager €20.

In conclusion, the bonus program used in Platinum Play is good. It could have been a bit more diversified but it will hardly disappoint you, especially referring to wagering requirements, which are of low to medium size, compared to other gambling sites.

Online pokies

The casino’s offer is represented by pokies from Microgaming. Important note: a non-registered player (or the one who has not entered the account) will see only a small portion of the games and will be unable to play in the casino. To see the entire suite, one needs to create an account and/or log in. The entire package of pokies is displayed on one page, without separation into types, themes or features, and progressive pokies have a dedicated page.

A registered gambler will enjoy numerous interesting titles from the leading vendor, including Avalon, Thunderstruck, Immortal Romance, Game of Thrones, Tomb Raider, many branded pokies such as Terminator, Jurassic Park, Playboy and Battlestar Galactica and popular pokie lineups. Microgaming releases 2 to 4 games every month and the casino includes these new titles to their offer as soon as they are available.

As of writing, the total pool of progressive pokies in Platinum Play was around $13 million. The games on offer encompass the entire Microgaming collection developed as of yet. These include a signature Mega Moolah series, Cash Splash, Major Millions, Treasure Nile, Tunzamunni, Fruit Fiesta and others.

Mobile casino

The mobile casino version is supported by major Android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows Phone devices. The casino content is available any time via browser play or through an app (downloadable from iTunes or directly from the casino site). The mobile game diversity is not as impressive as in desktop and laptop computers but the developer has ported more than a half of their games (and growing) into an HTML5 platform. Mobile gamblers benefit from the same bonuses, regular and special promos and comp points as they would do playing the desktop Platinum Play version.