Finlandia Casino Review

While it may share a name with one of the world’s most popular brands of vodka, Finlandia Casino is one online gaming site that won’t leave you with a sore head thanks to its hugely impressive range of video slots, jackpot titles, table games and instant-win scratch cards.

Available to play in Finnish and Swedish, the site is a geo-focused online casino that holds both an online gaming license from the government of Malta and an international business license from Costa Rica. The site is powered by a variety of different software providers including NetEnt, Betsoft and the up-and-coming Yggdrasil Gaming, meaning both players with an existing casino favourite and those looking to try something new will fall in love with the selection of titles on offer.

Though the site is about as trustworthy as they come in terms of its credentials, due to online gambling restrictions in China, Malta and the US, players from these countries are not currently permitted to play at Finlandia Casino. Similarly, the site is not available to players based in the UK.

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On visiting Finlandia Casino, players will immediately notice that the gaming lobby is broken down into a smaller-than-average four sub-categories, namely slot machines, jackpots, table games and scratch cards. This is hugely misleading, however, as if you scratch beneath the surface you’ll actually find that Finlandia Casino is home to one of the largest selections of games imaginable.

Indeed, clicking the video slots menu will reveal 24 titles on a page, but it is only when you notice that there are a whopping 22 pages available that the choice of games will really start to sink in. In total, Finlandia Casino boasts an unbelievable 527 slot machines – a number that is greater than the total game offering at many online casinos – and you’ll find all the biggest names among them.

With the site adding new titles to its roster on an almost weekly basis, recent additions like Jimi Hendrix get pride of place on the first page, but delve a little deeper and you’ll find other top titles like Koi Princess, Piggy Riches and Starburst to name but a few. Fortunately, you don’t have to navigate through the whole list manually as there’s a handy search bar at the top left of the screen and players can also filter titles by their release date and popularity to find the games they’re after.

Under the jackpot tab, you’ll also find a range of the industry’s leading progressive titles, with an equally impressive 42 games on offer. These big money slots range from titles linked to well-known prize pools like Mega Moolah, Mega Fortune, Major Millions and Hall of Gods, but also include some smaller progressive titles you may not have heard of like Treasure Room and Bell of Fortune.

Moving on to table games – which confusingly also includes several video poker titles – you’ll find a selection of 58 different options including Punto Banco, Baccarat and Casino War in addition to the usual staples of Blackjack, Roulette and Casino Hold’em. Interestingly, Finlandia Casino also offers players a live Roulette table, but no other games are currently broadcast by the site in real time.

Rounding out the site’s game selection is the scratch cards tab, which offers eight different instant win scratchers and bonus Keno, which is also linked to a progressive prize pool at Finlandia Casino.

Mobile Magic

While large areas of Finland and Sweden are shrouded in darkness for large parts of the year – leaving residents to enjoy online gambling from the comfort of their own homes – should you wish to access Finlandia Casino while out and about you’ll be pleased to know that a mobile version of the site is also available. Accessible via iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets and most other mobile devices with internet compatibility, the mobile site is built for instant play, meaning no download is necessary and players can log-in via their normal account to start gambling on the go.

Risk-Free Payments

As a fully licensed and regulated online casino, players at Finlandia Casino can deposit and withdraw on the site safe in the knowledge that their funds will always be secure and their banking details will never be compromised. With payment methods including credit and debit cards, eWallets, online cash cards and direct bank transfers, there are a wide range of options available and most benefit from extremely efficient cashout times. Indeed, although all withdrawals are subject to a 24 hour payment pending period, eWallet transfers are usually instantaneous and even card withdrawals and direct bank transfers are often processed within two working days and never take more than five.

Patriot Games

New players at Finlandia Casino will be able to instantly benefit from a generous welcome offer that includes a total bonus of €300 spread over your first three deposits. Though the bonus percentage being paid varies across each of these deposits, with each transaction you make, you’ll benefit from a maximum of €100 in free cash to make your €300 total.

Beyond that, players will get to take advantage of a number of seasonal promotions, with the current offer being based around the performance of the Finnish men’s national team at this year’s ice hockey world championships. For every match the team win in Russia, you’ll get 10 free spins on some of the site’s most popular slots, while should they go on to lift the title, you’ll be refunded your first deposit up to a total of €300.

Outdated Support

The one major issue we have with Finlandia Casino is their refusal to modernise what is a fairly basic support system. Though operators are technically available seven days a week between the hours of 10:00 and 00:00, you can only contact them via email – which is a fairly long-winded process when you only have a minor query that needs answering.

Thankfully, the site does include a relatively detailed Q&A section to assist you with some of the more common problems that have been experienced by players in the past, but given Finlandia Casino is a relatively new operation, it’s pretty surprising that a live help feature hasn’t been added to improve the customer experience.

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They say that you should never judge a book by its cover; and that certainly rings true at Finlandia Casino, where a fairly minimalist site masks what is actually an incredibly extensive selection of games.

Though the bulk of the casino’s titles come in the form of video slots, it is still a hugely impressive feat to host upwards of 500 games in this category alone and – with the exception of a more expansive live casino – the site’s all-round offering is actually pretty well-balanced too.

The one black mark for Finlandia Casino comes in the form of its lacklustre customer support service, but should the site rectify this issue by adding a live help feature at some point in the near future, they’ll certainly be able to stand toe-to-toe with any of the bigger operators out there.