Velvet Slots Casino Review

Take it back to the fabulous 1950s at Velvet Slots where polka dots, pinafores and black hair pinned back are always in vogue. “A touch of class!” exclaims the site’s slogan, accompanied by a tasteful cocktail glass logo. The typefaces date from the same era, eliciting images of a time when audiences went to the cinema en masse and when gender roles were more traditionally defined.

In the last few years there’s been a 50s revival and it’s one that Velvet Slots have tapped into, the site having been established in 2014. As its name indicates, this is a site where you can play video slots of all kinds, but there’s also a casino to browse. It’s replete with scratch cards, instant games, roulette, poker and blackjack.

About Velvet Slots

Velvet Slots is operated by Cassava Enterprises Limited. The Gibraltar-based company operate loads of bingo sites and a good few casinos too. Velvet Slots offers the same games as you’ll find at most of the company’s bingo sites but without the bingo. If you can live without bingo in your life, there are plenty of other means of getting your kicks here, whether spinning the slots, scooping up bonus cash or cashing in your rewards. The site’s games have an average RTP of 95% and they have been independently tested to ensure honest payouts and fair play.

The site’s UK services are controlled by 88 UK Limited, a large gaming company who hold a license issued by the Great Britain Gambling Commission. Virtual Digital Services Limited are another company who are affiliated with the site; they’re responsible for overseeing its operations within the EU. 8Ball Games Limited are the final company to note. They’re the brand owner and are responsible for dreaming up the Velvet Slots name. Whoever’s in charge of web design could do with studying the site’s branding a little more closely: it’s interchangeably referred to as ‘Velvet’ and ‘Velvets’ at various points on the site.

Velvet Smooth Banking

Velvet Slots uses 128-bit encryption to ensure that customer data, including sensitive payment information, remains secure while being transmitted. As a Cassava Enterprises site, there is a fair selection of deposit options, particularly if you’re a UK-based player. One of the drawbacks to the site being owned by this company is that it’s missing a banking page, which is less than helpful.

The payment provider logos displayed in the site’s footer show that you can deposit funds into your playing account using PayPal, Paysafecard, Neteller, Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, Entropay and possibly bank transfer. Withdrawal requests take 48 hours to be processed. Velvet Slots doesn’t state how long the respective payment methods take to clear after this. This site has one of the smallest FAQs ever created.

Velvety Bonuses

There’s a 100% welcome bonus when you sign up at Velvet Slots, though this is limited to £25. Still, there are daily promotions too. You’ll be alerted to these by email but expect them to include cashback, deposit bonuses and other deals. There’s not much else happening at Velvet Slots in terms of promotions, unless you count the site’s loyalty scheme. You’ll earn points for every £2 you wager on slots. Once you’ve collected enough points you can swap these for bonus cash.

There are two other prospective bonuses that you might be eligible for once you’re playing regularly at Velvet Slots. Firstly, there are cash drops that are dispensed periodically, with loyal players in line to receive the most. Look out for cash deposits appearing in your playing account as and when Velvet Slots happen to be feeling benevolent. There’s also the odd prize draw which may feature such prizes as a television, tablet or thousands of pounds in cash.

Become a Velvet VIP

In addition to operating a loyalty scheme, Velvet Slots has a VIP programme. While all players automatically earn loyalty points, the VIP programme is by invitation only. Naturally, the more you wager, the more likely you are to get that call. Once you’re inducted into the programme you can expect a birthday bonus, weekly VIP promo, weekly loyalty bonus, invitations to exclusive VIP events and more. There are three tiers to the programme, originally named 1 Star, 2 Stars and 3 Stars.

Cash Slots

There’s some serious cash to be won from playing the slots at Velvet Slots. If you need convincing, just check out those progressive jackpots displayed in the right hand sidebar. While the value of these will vary, Millionaire Genie’s jackpot should exceed £1 million, in keeping with its name, with the likes of Fluffy Favourites and Shaman’s Dream also dispensing big bucks. If you’ve played any of Cassava Enterprises’ other sites you’ll instantly recognise these games.

The Gibraltar gaming company are firm believers in sticking with what they know and what they know is that Starburst, Rainbow Riches, Fluffy Too and Sugar Train have been very successful for them. Hover over the ‘i’ button accompanying each thumbnail and a short summary of each game is displayed. Like the rest of the site, these have clearly been a rush job, and many of the descriptions are full of typos. On a brighter note, there are some excellent slots to be played here including South Park, Jack and the Beanstalk and Blood Suckers.

Middling Casino

Although Velvet Slots purports to have a fully stocked casino, it’s more of medium stocked one. There are a few table games here, but nothing to get too excited about. Take your pick from European Roulette, Automatic Live Roulette, Sidebet Blackjack, Deuces Wild and Three Card Poker. Aside from that there are a few fun looking instant games such as Captain Keno and Asteroids and that’s your lot. In fairness, the site doesn’t hide its intentions: it’s called Velvet Slots for a reason.

Velvet Slots Conclusion

There’s nothing majorly wrong with Velvet Slots but this site doesn’t really deserve your custom. It just all feels so half-hearted and lacklustre. Riddled with errors and inconsistencies, Velvet Slots was clearly assembled very quickly with little thought put into its theme, games or fine print. You’ll find the same games at many of Cassava Enterprises’ other sites, most of which look better than Velvet Slots. And that’s just one gaming operator: the web is awash with online casinos, many of which have been created with more care and competence than this mediocre effort.

Credit where credit’s due though: there are some good slots to be played here; about 20% of all the games on Velvet Slots can be regarded as excellent, with another 20% that are pretty good. The rest are middling to poor. What else is wrong with Velvet Slots? It doesn’t have a banking page and its welcome bonus isn’t very exciting. Still, if you miss the 1950s so much that you’d give anything to be transported to that bygone age, Velvet Slots might – might – be up your street.