Winward Casino

Winward is a licensed and regulated online casino with a comprehensive bonus program, excellent suite of pokies and approachable 24/7 customer support. If you are looking for tournaments, you will be in right place, since the casino holds a mind-bending $500k pokie tournament once a week, in addition to some other events that are abundant there!

General description

The casino is played in a web browser or, alternatively, a downloadable casino application is also offered. There is a bunch of HTML5 pokies in the casino collection, which are designed especially for iOS/Android mobile users. Payment methods are not that versatile, yet they will probably suffice for players of New Zealand as they include credit/debit cards, ATM checks, electronic checks, bank transfer and even Bitcoin. Support options are live chat and email; besides, you can try to find a solution to a casino-related issue on the detailed FAQ page.

Maximum limits for withdrawal vary and apply based on the user’s VIP tier at the casino. There are six VIP levels listed in ascending order from lowest to highest: Basic, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Titanium and Master; each having a specific entry point, for example, 1000 comp points are needed to advance from Basic to Silver level. New users have a fairly tight $500 weekly limit, while Master members enjoy no cashout limits at all.

Bonuses

• after a qualifying $25 deposit, a new user is eligible to claim the 200% first deposit bonus which is part of the welcome package that consists of five deposit bonuses. The wagering requirement for all the five bonuses is x75
• every weekend, the casino runs a superb tournament with an eye-watering 500k prize pool that is distributed among 15 leaders. To participate in the tournament, the player must deposit a $1000 buy-in. Further to that, the casino has two more tournaments with guaranteed $15k and $250k prize pools
• the casino accepts Bitcoin as a payment method, and awards the players who use the cryptocurrency with the special 400% match bonus on the first three Bitcoin deposits
• every day, you can claim a bonus that is specific for that day
• there are also irregular pokie tournaments with large prizes, some of them awarding tickets to a monthly raffle.

Online pokies

The online casino offers 400+ classic and video pokies delivered by Pragmatic Play, Net Entertainment, Microgaming, Octopus Gaming and iSoftBet. Hovering over any pokie in the lobby indicates its volatility, which is the rate of winning shown by a specific pokie; for example, high-volatility pokies tend to feature fewer but larger payouts. Similarly, low-volatility pokies award frequent but smaller wins. The pokie assortment is regularly updated with new releases, which are clearly marked with the “New” tag on them.