OnlineCasino.de Review

While we’ve already seen the good and the bad of regionally-focused online casinos in the form of Scandinavian sites and those dedicated solely to UK-based players, we’ve not yet run the rule over how a German-facing site goes about providing a unique gaming experience for its customers.

Having only opened recently, OnlineCasino.de is one such site aiming to offer a custom-built playing experience to German residents courtesy of an immersive and fully legal casino client. Powered by Microgaming and Oryx Gaming, OnlineCasino.de serves up a wide range of slot machines, table games and video pokers to give German users the full range of gaming options.

Proudly declaring itself “Die Nr. 1 In Deutschland”, OnlineCasino.de is the country’s first fully legal online gaming destination and is officially licensed by the Ministry of the Interior and Federal Affairs/Division of Gambling in the state of Schleswig Holstein. This makes it a safe and trustworthy place to play, with players always assured they will be protected under German law.

Operating out of Bautzen, Saxony, the site is advertised in a number of German papers and on national television, with prompt payment of winnings guaranteed by the state. All in all, this makes the site the perfect place to play for customers seeking full security and increased peace of mind.

German Efficiency

In terms of the games on offer at OnlineCasino.de, players will find a good selection of the best video slots, jackpots, table games and video pokers available on the site. The full range includes well over 100 titles from two main providers, with slots undoubtedly being the site’s strongest suit.

Dealing with OnlineCasino.de’s selection of slots first, players will find all manner of 3 and 5-reel titles from Microgaming and Oryx Gaming available, with the likes of Book of Aztec, Pharao’s Riches and Savanna moon all present and correct. The site also offers plenty of choice for fans of classic slot machines, with Break Da Bank Again, Booming Seven and Bells On Fire all featuring too.

OnlineCasino.de also features three jackpot slot titles that players outside of Germany may not be familiar with. These include Deutschland Jackpot, Absolute Fruit and Lotto Is My Motto, and while this line-up may lack the “star power” found at bigger international online casinos, it does at least offer players a shot at winning life-changing prize money for just a few cents per spin.

Beyond the site’s selection of slots, players at OnlineCasino.de will find a small but detailed line-up of table games that covers all of the main casino bases. Featuring European Classic Multi-Hand Blackjack, Vegas Strip Single Deck Blackjack, European, American and French Roulette, Baccarat and Casino Hold’em, this selection offers just enough to keep casino players interested.

The site’s full line-up of titles is rounded out by the presence of seven video poker titles including Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild and Aces and Faces, while there are also a couple of Bingo and Keno titles as well as specialist games like Lucky Row, Perfect Score and the Thrill Bill Scratchcard. All in all, this makes for a pretty varied game selection that should cater for most types of online player.

Navigating OnlineCasino.de is easy thanks to the presence of filters that allow you to sort games by alphabetical order, popularity and software provider. Titles can also be searched for manually using a handy search bar, while you can also mark your favourite games for easy access.

Mobile Options

Given all of the games on offer at OnlineCasino.de are download-free and available for instant play, it should come as no great surprise that a mobile version of the site affords players the opportunity to access many of these titles on the move. Playable on iPad, iPhone, Android Smartphone and tablet and virtually any device with an HMTL5 browser, these games have been optimised for a touch-screen interface and feature enhanced mobile functionality. This makes gaming on the go easy at OnlineCasino.de and means you’ll never be wanting for choice.

No Payment Surprises

As a fully licensed and regulated German site, players at OnlineCasino.de can access a wide range of payment processing options safe in the knowledge that their money is in good hands. Featuring no restrictive small print, players can move funds to and from the site using Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Skrill, GiroPay and Sofortüberweisung, making it incredibly simple to manage your transactions. As mentioned earlier, prompt payment of winnings is guaranteed by the state of Schleswig Holstein, meaning you’ll never have to worry about lengthy payment processing periods.

Willkommen in Deutschland

The main welcome bonus at OnlineCasino.de comes in the form of a deposit match stretched across your first three transactions. Initially, players can benefit from a 200% match up to €100, with subsequent deposits yielding a 100% match up to €200 and finally a 50% match up to €150. This generous offer means players can essentially get their hands on a maximum of €650 in free cash and is further supplemented by the presence of ongoing weekly and monthly promotions including a 125% reload bonus and all manner of points and cash back offers on selected slot titles.

Support Options Unclear

Should they wish to contact support for help, players at OnlineCasino.de can do so courtesy of two main options, namely contact phone number or direct email. Despite the details for both these methods being clearly listed on the casino’s homepage, further information regarding them is not so obvious, with no service hours provided and no mention of whether or not telephone support is toll-free.

This, coupled with the lack of a live help facility makes it quite difficult to know exactly what you’re going to get at OnlineCasino.de and means the site drops a few points in our estimation due to its unclear labelling – something that you’d think could easily be rectified.

Somewhere in the Middle

At the start of this review, we talked about the outstanding example Scandinavian-focused casino sites have set and how many UK-only gambling destinations have failed to live up to these lofty standards. The question here, therefore, is how well has a predominantly German-facing online casino performed with these two example providing the benchmarks at both ends of the spectrum?

The answer, unfortunately, is that OnlineCasino.de sits somewhere in between these two extremes, with a generous welcome package and efficient payment processing largely cancelled out by a limited overall game offering and unclear customer support options. Certainly, the design of the site and its trusted reputation mean that it’s a solid choice for German-based players, but for those residing outside of the country there’s little that would make you choose the site over other options.

All in all, this makes OnlineCasino.de a specialist site that lacks the cross-country appeal of bigger online gambling operations, resulting in a fairly middling score of 6/10 in our final reckoning.