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Betfred Casino Review

One of the most trusted online casinos is the Betfred online casino.  This Internet casino is owned and operated by a large offline sportsbook company that has been accepting sports wagers in the United Kingdom long before there was even an Internet.  This iMac compatible online casino runs on the Playtech software platform, which is regrettably not available for casino players from the United States.  First time depositors will be eligible for a $500 welcome bonus, loyal players can earn up to sixteen hundred Euros in bonuses every month.  There is a good selection of casino games to play at the Betfred online casino, including slots, video poker and most of your favourite table games.  Some of the table games can be dealt from a live dealer for those who prefer the human to human contact of a regular casino.

Welcome Bonus
You will be eligible for a $500 welcome bonus based on your first three deposits.  The first deposit will be matched 100% while the second and third deposit is matched 50%.  The first two bonuses are capped at $200 and the third bonus is capped at $100.  All the bonuses are play bonuses and require you to play twenty-five times your deposit plus your bonus.  This works out to fifty times your bonus on your first deposit and seventy-five times your bonus on your second deposit.
    This bonus will reduce the house edge by 0.20% to 2% depending on the casino game you are playing.  Slots, Caribbean Stud, Let it Ride, Three Card Poker, Casino Holdem, Wild Viking, Tequila Poker and Sicbo's house edge will be reduced by the full 2% when playing with a bonus.  Other table games such as Blackjack, Craps, Casino War and Red Dog will require additional play to fulfill your bonus requirement.  Roulette and Baccarat are the only two casino games that can't be used towards your bonus play.

How the welcome bonus works for different games
Slots: ($100 bonus x 50)/100% = $5000 Play Through x (95.4%) = $4770 + $100 bonus = $4870/$5000 = 97.4% pay out with bonus

Video Poker: ($100 bonus x 50)/20% = $25,000 Play Through x (98.9%) = $24725 + $100 bonus = $24825/$25000 = 99.3% pay out with bonus

Betfred Casino Games

There is a great selection of video poker games, table games and slot machines in the flash casino at the Betfred website.  If you download the software you will be able to choose from an even larger selection of casino games.  You can work off your bonus with all of the casino games except for Roulette and Baccarat.  The house can be decreased by as much as 2% with a Betfred welcome bonus.  The house edge for the majority of casino games ranges from 3% to 0.3% after the bonus is taken into account.

Slots
There are some really fun slot machines at the Betfred online casino.  You can play bonus slots, 3-reel slots, progressives and multi-line slots here.  The most popular slots are the Dennis Rodman slots, the Haunted House, the Silver Bullet, Wall Street Fever and the Safecracker slots.  The top progressive jackpots can be won at the Beach Life and the Gold Rally slots which both have reach over a $1,000,000 lately.  The total for all progressive slot jackpots is currently exceeding four million dollars.
    The average pay out ratio is 95.4% which works out to a 4.6% house edge.  The house edge will be decreased to 2.6% with the bonus.  Playing with a bonus you could expect to lose about 2.6 cents for every dollar that you wager.

Video Poker
You can play many different video poker games at the Betfred Casino.  The video poker variations include, Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Aces and Faces, Joker Poker, Two Way Royals and 10's or Better.  Pay out ratio varies slightly but averages out at 98.9%.  That works out to a 1.1% house edge, which can be reduced even more by playing with a bonus.  The house edge can be reduced to 0.6% with a bonus, which works out to a loss of 0.6 cents for every dollar wagered at the video poker machines.  An average wager of $166.66 per hand will result in an expected loss of a $1 per poker hand played.

Table Games
There are 22 different tables to play at the Betfred Casino.  There are four tables with live dealers which deals out Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette and Sicbo.  Some of the other table games include Pontoon, Casino War, Let Them Ride, Casino Hold'em, Tequila Poker and Red Dog.  Pay out ratio vary greatly depending on the casino game you are playing.  Bonus play through requirements range from 50 times the bonus to 500 times the bonus.  Note: Playing Roulette or Baccarat will not count towards your bonus.

Deposit Options

Credit cards, Debit cards, Cashier's check, Bank wire, MyCitadel, Moneybookers, NETeller

Editor's Note

The management and ownership group for the Betfred Casino has been accepting wagers for many years.  The Internet wasn't even in existence when they started accepting sports bets in the UK.  You should never have any concerns with the integrity of the ownership and the support team.  This is by far the most trusted casino running on Playtech software.
    Note: Casinos running on Playtech software usually gets flagged by some over eager computer protection software, because of a small three second promotional ad shows up after you have closed the casino lobby.

Betting Limits

Slots: $0.05 - $15.50
Video Poker: $0.10 - $62.50
Three card poker: $1 - $100
Roulette $1 - $15
Blackjack: $1 - $100
Craps: $1 - $100
Caribbean stud poker: $1 - $100
Red Dog: $1 - $100
Let them ride: $1 - $100
Baccarat: $1 - $100
Casino War: $1 - $100
Pai Gow Poker: $1 - $100
Sic Bo: $1 -$100