My Honest VipGame Review (Tested With A Real Deposit)

There are tons of cryptocurrency-friendly casinos that appear on the market every month. Most of these new casinos just copy the functionalities of other platforms. They offer the same games and promotions to their users. Today I am going to review VipGame casino, which has been operating in the cryptocurrency gambling industry for quite some time.

It looks like this casino has several interesting features that can offer a unique and exciting gaming experience. As always, I will make a real money deposit, I will play for a while, and I will also try to dig as much in detail as possible. I will also have a few conversations with the support team and do my best to receive some rewards through the promotions offered.

✔️ Is VipGame legit? (5/5)

VipGame casino does not have many reviews or feedback from real users. It works under the Curacao license, which is one of the most famous authorities for crypto gambling websites.

The casino has opened its bitcointalk thread in 2020, so I presume that this is the year when the website went live. Nowadays, the thread looks dead, but VipGame is still active on Twitter and other social media networks. There are no reports of scamming or any other problems, and it seems that the casino is legit.

I have also successfully received my cashout with no delays, so this section of VipGame review gets the maximum of five out of five points available.

🎲 Games and providers (4/5)

VipGame offers several in-house games that are identified with the ‘Original’ title. I am not a big fan of these small games, but many crypto holders find them attractive. For me, these games are boring, as you need to repeat the same actions over and over again. There are also no bonus rounds or jackpots, so the whole process is tedious.

When playing slot games, users also have very limited actions. The only thing players can do is to press the spin button. But the array of winning lines, graphics, and different bonus features make slot games more exciting.

There are several big slot game providers presented on VipGame. Some of them include Pragmatic, Nolimit, and GameArt, but after playing for three days here I definitely felt the lack of slot titles.

For live casino fans, the selection is good. You can choose live dealer games from Evolution, Ezugi and Pragmatic studios. GameArt is not offering any live casino as far as I know, so it is weird to see this provider in the live lobby list.

The game selection of VipGame is fine for in-house and live casino lovers. Nevertheless, it might be too narrow for slot players. I give this section of the review four points and I hope to see more slot providers added in the future.

🎰 Slots RTP (5/5)

You will find the RTP rates for every game published on VipGame casino. This information is located in the lobby right below the game thumbnail next to the name and provider titles.

The Return to Player numbers is good to know when choosing a slot game to play. The transparency in this matter also shows the fair approach of the casino. I give this section of VipGame review the maximum number of points.

💰 Payment methods (2/5)

VipGame is a pure crypto casino, so you won’t find any traditional payment methods here. Right now, it supports six different crypto assets for deposits and withdrawals: Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, Tron, Dogecoin, and Litecoin.

Let’s check what is the situation with the withdrawal limits and fees.

For Bitcoin, the minimum withdrawal amount is 0.0007 BTC, which is around 30 USD at current rates.

To receive a cashout in Bitcoin, you will have to pay a fee of 0.0002 BTC, which is around 10 USD.

It is obvious that the fee is too high. I was able to make a deposit with a 1.16 USD fee the same day. What is more important, the casino is not using the whole fee amount to send your withdrawal.

After requesting a cashout I have checked the information on blockchain and realized that VipGame has spent only 0.0000113 BTC to send me the transaction. This is 17 times less compared to the fee that was actually deducted.

This is the situation that I hate the most. Casinos deduct money from their customers and do not use it to send the transaction. In my case, VipGame has just deducted around 9 USD extra and appropriated money that does not belong to them.

If you decide to play here using Tether, be prepared to pay 30 USD for requesting a cashout.

There is also one additional restriction connected to the withdrawal procedure. VipGame will allow you to make only 8 cashouts per day. I am not sure why they have this rule in place taking into account that the casino is actually earning money on each withdrawal.

One positive thing about the payments is that you don’t have to wager your deposited amount before requesting a cashout.

I have made a 0.005 BTC deposit for testing purposes.

The deposit will be credited to your balance only after receiving two network confirmations.

After a while, the transaction became visible on my player’s account.

This section of the VipGame review gets only two points from me. The issue with the high withdrawal fees is really pissing me off. The most frightening thing is that the same approach is being used by multiple gambling brands and no one actually cares.

I urge all crypto players to notice these things and speak about them in public. This situation is abnormal. Casinos already have a mathematical advantage against players, so it is doubly unfair to deduct and take a piece of the fees paid by the user to withdraw their funds.

🚀 Welcome bonuses (0/5)

There are no welcome bonuses available for new VipGame depositors, which was confirmed by the support agent.

This section gets zero points. The absence of a welcome bonus is a common situation in the crypto gambling space, but I think that these casinos are losing tons of clients. Don’t forget that pretty much every gambling website is offering games from the same providers. The welcome bonus is a nice chance to outstand and get the attention of potential customers.

📢 Promotions (3/5)

First of all, there is one interesting feature that I have never seen before on any gambling website. You can select the currency in which you want to receive your rewards.

Now, let’s check the list of promotions and rewards available for regular players. The daily race is a small competition that has a 230 USD prize pool and only one in-house game participating: 3-Card game.

The next section is called “Challenges”. There were no active challenges at the time of testing the casino, so I will show you the history of finished challenges. Most of the past events were organized in Pragmatic slots with the goal of hitting some specific multiplier.

These two promotions are limited to certain games and are not that attractive to most players. So right now, let’s move to the loyalty section, which should reward you for every gambling activity that you perform on the website.

There are four loyalty bonuses offered by VipGame:

• Level up rewards
• Bet rebate (or rakeback)
• Weekly bonuses
• Loss back (or cashback)

The first level-up reward will be credited to you on level 10. Spoiler: I was not able to get to this level after wagering 1.5k USD. The first nine levels will not give you any rewards. I find this structure weird.

How to get points to level up? Those are calculated based on the house edge of the games you play.

The rakeback is also calculated as a portion of the house edge. The rakeback percent gets higher with every new level. You start with a 2% rakeback and can get up to 10% on the last 80^th level.

The Weekly bonus is connected to the number of deposits that you make. This is another sort of weekly rakeback that can only be claimed if a certain amount of money is deposited. This bonus is only activated once the user reaches level 10.

The Cashback bonus is also connected to the deposited amount and it’s paid once a month. You have to reach the 15^th level to activate it.

After placing bets for 1556 USD I have managed to reach the 9^th level.

To reach the 10^th level and get a 4.13 USD reward I would have had to wager around 2k USD in total.

I was playing slot games with an average RTP of 96%. Let’s make some calculations to find out what percent of the house edge the casino is giving back in level-up rewards.

• 2000 x 4% = 80 USD
• 4.13 / 80 x 100% = 5.16%

So, the level-up reward will give you around 5% of the house edge back.

This is the amount of rakeback I received in bet rebate after wagering 1556 USD. According to the rules, it should be 2% of the house edge, which is true.

According to my calculations, you will be getting around 7% of the house edge back on starting levels. The more you play, the better will be the percentage of the total rakeback. With a maximum of 10% on the final level, the biggest total rakeback will be around 15%.

You will also start getting extra bonuses on a weekly and monthly basis later on. I like the overall idea of this loyalty program, but it could be designed in a better way. It would be nice to get level-up rewards on each level, not every 10 levels. Yes, those rewards might be smaller, but they would stimulate me to play more.

I give this section of the VipGame review three points out of five. This casino has designed not the most rewarding loyalty system, but it has a variety of four bonuses that are combining different mechanics. Altogether it has the potential to become an exciting adventure starting from level 15.

🔎 KYC and anonymity (3/5)

According to the Terms and Conditions, VipGame reserves the right to request a KYC verification at any time.

The support agent told me that the KYC verification is only requested if there is a money laundering suspicion.

Here I have to deduct two points. This is the same situation as for most other Curacao licensed casinos. While customer support states that KYC is a rare case, there is still a possibility that your account may be locked for verification.

👨‍💻 Customer support (5/5)

The live chat support at VipGame is quick, straightforward, and helpful. To be honest, I did not have a lot of extra questions this time. All of the website promotions and features are well described in the knowledge base. But every question I asked was answered decently.

⚡ Speed of withdrawals (4/5)

After playing for a while and wagering around 1.5k USD I have managed to keep my balance on the same level. I have requested a cashout to my Bitcoin wallet.

Here it is noted in the transactions’ history.

Three minutes later the withdrawal was released and I was able to see it in the blockchain.

Unfortunately, there is one rule in T&C that does not allow me to put the maximum amount of points in this section of VipGame review. It says that in some cases your withdrawal has to be manually confirmed. In this case the cashout process might take up to a few days.

I hope that this is not something that happens often on VipGame and most of the withdrawals are being sent as fast as mine. I deduct one point for this rule and advice the casino’s management to revise their position in this matter.

🌐 Is VPN allowed? (5/5)

The support has confirmed that VPN can be used to play at VipGame. I also did not find any restrictions in the casino’s T&C.

🏁 Final verdict (3.6/5)

The biggest disadvantage of VipGame is their high withdrawal fees that are even not being used to send the actual transactions. The casino might become one of the top crypto gambling websites if it fixes the issues with the fees, adds more slot games to the arsenal, and offers some welcome bonus to grab the attention of newcomers.

Right now I would advise picking another casino with a more reasonable policy regarding the withdrawal fees. I do understand that it might be too expensive to process Bitcoin and Ethereum transactions during the high-fee times, but this issue should not be used by the casinos to earn extra money. There should be a fair way of splitting the costs between the entity and the client, this is how fair businesses usually solve the problem.