My Honest Thunderpick Review (Tested With Real Deposit)

Thunderpick is a pretty old and established gambling platform focusing on esports betting. It appears that this website is now also providing casino games and global sports betting options. The fact that Thunderpick is a pure crypto-focused service convinced me to put this website to the test.

In this Thunderpick review, I will make my first deposit, I will receive a welcome bonus, and I will try to get as many rewards in promos as possible. I will also test customer support by asking several questions and capturing my whole experience with screenshots. As usual, the whole experiment will be sponsored from my own pocket, meaning that the review will be honest and unbiased.

✔️ Is Thunderpick legit? (5/5)

Thunderpick is licensed by Curacao’s gambling authorities, which is a common thing for crypto-related websites. Curacao license is easy to get, cheap to maintain, and it allows casinos to operate in most countries, except those where gambling is strictly regulated.

The license itself will not protect you from impropriate management behaviors. All the Terms and Conditions include the rule that your account can basically be locked without any reason. So, when you analyze the trustworthiness of a gambling platform, you also need to check what real people say about the brand.

I was not able to find any serious cases or unresolved issues of Thunderpick. There were several claims from US and UK players, but according to the T&Cs those players are not allowed to gamble at this website, so it seems like those guys were having issues when passing the KYC verification. This section of the review gets the maximum number of points from me.

🎲 Games and providers (5/5)

In this review, I will be focusing on casino games and promotions. While Thunderpick also offers sports betting I am not a huge fan of it. I might place several bets from time to time and I was also helping to operate a big crypto betting website, but for now, let’s check out the casino side of the platform.

There are more than 40 different slot providers present on the platform. These providers include the most popular, such as Pragmatic, Play’n Go, Quickspin, and GameArt.

If you like to play live dealer games, then you will also find all popular live casino developers here, such as Evolution, Pragmatic Play Live, and Ezugi.

This section of the Thunderpick review gets five out of five points. The game selection is solid both for slots and live casino players.

🎰 Slots RTP (5/5)

When it comes to RTP, you will easily find the rates for every game at Thunderpick. Just hover your mouse over the Information button on the thumbnail and you will see the values.

This section of the review deserves the maximum number of points again. It is essential to know the Return to Player number, especially when the casino’s bonuses have wagering requirements attached.

💰 Payment methods (4/5)

As I already mentioned before, Thunderpick is operating with crypto payments only. You can make deposits and withdraw your funds using Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Binance Coin, Tron, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, and Tether.

I will use Bitcoin for testing Thunderpick’s platform. The minimum deposit amount for BTC is 0.00011. All the crypto assets that you deposit will be converted to Thundercoins.

Here you can see the withdrawal limits. The minimum withdrawal amount is around 10 EUR for every coin. Cashouts are processed free of charge.

I have decided to double-check if the withdrawals are free, and this information was confirmed by the support agent.

Every balance deposited to Thunderpick’s website should be wagered at least one time before the withdrawal option becomes available. This is a standard requirement among all crypto gambling platforms.

I have made my first deposit in Bitcoin.

The transaction was immediately processed by the system.

It was also reflected in the history and it got the “Pending” status.

After a while, once my Bitcoin transaction was confirmed by the network, it became visible on my balance.

There is one thing that I would like to point out for you, which is connected to the withdrawal process. Here is the amount that the system was showing to me before requesting the withdrawal.

And here is the actual BTC amount that was sent to my wallet.

As you can see, the numbers are different. It looks like Thunderpick recalculates the price of the cryptocurrency right before the payment confirmation. In my case, it took 4 minutes to confirm the withdrawal, which might be the reason behind the slight difference in the numbers.

This is not a huge problem. However, I would like to know the final balance that I will receive in my crypto wallet before processing the withdrawal request. There should be no surprises when it comes to money operations.

I deduct one point to this section of Thunderpick’s review for this lack of transparency related to the final cashout amount. Otherwise, the payments are smooth, clear, and free of charge.

🚀 Welcome bonuses (4/5)

There are two separate first deposit bonus offers mentioned on Thunderpick’s website:

• 5% first deposit bonus with wagering requirements x2
• 100% first deposit bonus with wagering requirements x30

Unfortunately, there is no explanation on how to claim the 100% bonus. The steps are described for the 5% bonus only.

I decided to ask for more information on the 100% first deposit bonus from the customer support team.

According to the agent’s statement, the 100% bonus is not something that you can get directly. You need to search for the bonus code on forums and affiliate websites. But what is the reason for publishing this offer on the promotions page and making it visible to everyone?

The support agent could just simply tell me the code. If I were just an ordinary client, I could just close the website right away after this refusal. A 100% bonus with 30x wagering is not an extremely special or profitable offer to be hidden from users.

As there was no other choice, I decided to take the 5% welcome offer with only a 2x wagering requirement.

I have also decided to double-check the wagering conditions with the support team.

The calculations shared by the support agent did not match the information present on the bonus page. It says that I only need to wager the deposited amount two times to play it through.

After sending a link to the bonus description the support agent confirmed that the previous calculation was mistaken.

The wagering progress can be tracked on the withdrawal page. It will tell you how many more bets you need to place in order to activate the withdrawals.

I find the 5% welcome offer a pretty decent one. You just need to wager out your deposit 2x times, which is easy to accomplish. This section of Thunderpick’s review gets four points. I deduct one point for the confusing 100% deposit offer which I was not able to use, but the information about it was still visible for me. I guess there should be no serious issues to open both bonuses for everyone.

📢 Promotions (1/5)

Thunderpick offers players a loyalty level-based program. You can track your progress using the dashboard, which shows your rank, points, and other stats.

You will earn one RP point for every Thundercoin you bet. The rate is the following: 1 USD = 100 coins. It means that a one dollar bet will give you 100 RP points.

So, what is the essence of the level-up process? You will get giveaway tickets after every new level. There are four different giveaways: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Diamond.

After playing for a while, I have received my first tickets for the Bronze and Silver raffles. As you can see, the prizes are very low here: only one 5 USD prize for the Bronze raffle and one 10 USD prize for the Silver one.

It is obvious that your chances to win those prizes are ridiculously low.

After completing my wagering requirements for the 1st deposit bonus, I have reached the Gold 4 level. I have participated in every raffle that was available for me but I did not win anything.

There is another promotion that you can participate in, which is a weekly race.

Different gambling activities credit a different number of points towards the race. Pre-match bets bring in the largest number of points.

After wagering around 500 USD in slots I was able to reach the #293 place in the race. It will be extremely hard to get into the top 100 if you are not a highroller.

There are some other promotions listed on the website, such as Reload bonuses or Monthly Gift Cards, but none of these were offered to me during the testing period.

For this section of the Thunderpick review, I can only credit one point towards the overall rating. The weekly race’s prizes are unreachable for average players or guys that are playing casino games instead of sports betting.

The loyalty program is weak. You only get miserable chances to win small prizes via giveaways. I have received zero rewards during the whole experiment after wagering 500 USD in slot bets.

🔎 KYC and anonymity (3/5)

The support agent told me that the KYC process is not usually initiated upon the first withdrawal.

The Terms and Conditions provide similar information as other Curacao-licensed brands. You may be asked to pass the KYC verification at any time according to the rules.

This section of the review gets three points, the same as all other licensed crypto gambling websites.

👨‍💻 Customer support (3/5)

The live support is easy to reach, but its quality is not optimal. The agent has provided me wrong information about the 5% deposit bonus. The speed of the support agent is also average: another agent spent 16 minutes to find and provide an answer for a simple question.

The support service needs an improvement for sure. It looks like it is filled with rookies that do not know how bonuses and website features actually work. I deduct two points from this section of this Thunderpick review.

⚡ Speed of withdrawals (5/5)

I have requested my withdrawal right after clearing the 5% deposit bonus.

After requesting a withdrawal, it became visible in the transaction’s history.

Four minutes later, the payment was released to my Bitcoin wallet.

The withdrawal process is almost instant and deserves the maximum number of points. I give this section of the review five points out of five.

🌐 Is VPN allowed? (0/5)

The usage of VPN is forbidden at Thunderpick. This section of the review does not get any points, unfortunately.

🏁 Final verdict (3.5/5)

Thunderpick might be a good choice for crypto gambling if you just like to play casino games or place bets but do not expect any additional rewards. The cashouts are fast and free of charge, which is the most important thing for this segment of players.

The 5% first deposit bonus is definitively worth taking, but don’t expect to receive other prizes through other promotions. Thunderpick might become a better option once they start to use their level-up program in a different way. Players like to receive personal and guaranteed prizes rather than tickets for raffles with miserable prizes.