Betway Casino Review

Betway Casino has been on the online casino scene since 2006, continually improving its offering, and building up a small army of dedicated fans. We decided to check out how well it accommodates Canadian players, as we don’t want the Brits stealing all the action.

The online gaming industry has become saturated with low-quality offerings as of late, so to review such a long-standing player along with everything they have to offer was a real treat.

Strap yourselves in while we get stuck into this full-length Betway online casino review!

For an online casino with such a long history, Betway has had more than enough time to iron out any kinks in the casino interface and user experience. During our tests, this really shone through.

Navigating both the website and the mobile apps was a seamless experience, and we were particularly impressed with how they have broken down their casino games into convenient categories.

From the sportsbook to the live casino games and virtual table games, everything performed exactly as we expected it to. No glitches, no confusion, no worries.

Another part of the user experience we were really impressed with was the customer support – more on that later!

Device Compatibility

Betway has fully optimized apps for both iOS and Android. Both iPhone and Android users in our office here at Betsquare had no problems using all of the features available at the casino through the apps.

I was able to download the Betway app directly through the Google Play Store and get stuck right into the large selection of Betway games. We also enjoyed using the mobile casino through a range of web browsers on our phones. All thumbs up in this department.

Sports Betting

The Sports Betting options available on this platform should be front and centre in any Betway Casino Review. Compared to competitors, Betway really excels in this area, and it’s all available to Canadian customers! Online gambling sites often have a completely missing or underdeveloped range of sports betting options, so this was something we were really happy to see.

You can use Canadian Dollars to place bets on a huge range of sports at the Betway Sportsbook:

• Hockey
• Basketball
• Football
• Tennis
• NHL
• NBA
• UFC
• Boxing
• Cricket
• Esports
• Much, much more!

Odds are easily switched between fractional, decimal, and American style, and the ability to place In-Play bets means you can get super close to the thrilling action.

We found the odds offered on this portion of the website pretty attractive – they match up well to their closest competitors and didn’t leave anything to be desired.

Slot Games

Your favourite casino games including slots are all present and correct at Betway. There’s truly something for all slots-lovers with a combination of traditional three-reel and five-reel slots, as well as fruit machines, and modern titles such as Game of Thrones and Tomb Raider.

We sampled a wide selection of their most popular slot games and were very impressed, check them out for yourself:

• Thunderstruck I and Thunderstruck II – 243 pay ways as well as a range of exciting scatters, Free Spins, and a Wild Storm bonus game. Super fun, super intense, and we seemed to get pretty lucky so we assume the payout percentage is great.
• Starburst – A five-reel, 10 payline game based on the much-loved Starburst Wilds. I loved this title and its cool retro feel, which came across seamlessly on the Betway iPhone app.
• 9 Masks of Fire – a whopping 20 paylines here, which had me on the edge of my seat as I stood the chance to win up to 7500x my stake through the Free Spins feature. You can get up to 30 free spins awarded to you at a time!
• 10,000 Wishes – A player favourite according to Betway, and despite its simplicity, we can see why. The huge fixed jackpot games stored inside make it possible to win up to 10,000x your stake. Pretty exciting!

Apart from these titles, there are a huge 400 other casino games to choose from. Although we couldn’t get through every single one of them, all the slot games we tried out were well-designed by top-of-the-line game developers and optimized well for whatever device we were using to play them.

Progressive Jackpot Games

A lot of the titles at Betway casino offer some pretty impressive progressive jackpots. Online gambling just wouldn’t be the same without these kinds of games, as they really up the thrill factor and keep you fully engaged.

Table Games

A full range of table games is on offer through the Betway casino website and Betway app. An astonishing number of variations of roulette, blackjack, and poker, some of which we hadn’t ever encountered before, means we were kept entertained for hours on end.

Live Dealer Games

Those who are looking for an experience that rivals a brick-and-mortar casino will be pleased to find a collection of high-quality live dealer games produced by high-end developers such as Evolution Gaming and Playtech.

Sports Welcome Bonuses

New Canadian players can take advantage of Betway’s generous Sports Betting bonus. If you opt-in as a new customer and make a deposit within 7 days of opening your account, you will get your first deposit 100% matched up to $200.

Bear in mind there is a wagering requirement of 10x before you can withdraw these bonuses, and not all sports betting contributes to these requirements the same – so make sure you read the fine print.

Casino Welcome Bonus

The casino welcome bonuses seem pretty sweet for new Canadian customers at Betway. Once you opt-in, you can get up to $1000 in bonus money paid out on your first 3 deposits.

Your 1st deposit will be matched 100% up to $250, your 2nd deposit will be matched 25% up to $250, and your 3rd deposit will be matched 50% up to $500.

As long as you select the Casino Welcome Offer from the checklist during registration, your bonus cash will be applied automatically to your account when you make your first 3 deposits within 7 days of your new Account being registered.

In terms of the wagering requirements attached to this offer – they stack up well to competitors at first glance but fall a little short of being impressive when you look into the fine print.

A reasonable 50x wagering requirement means you will have to stake at least 50x the bonus granted before you can withdraw it as if it were regular money.

One thing to watch out for though – only Slots and Parlor games contribute 100% to these wagering requirements. All other game types contribute between a measly 0% and 8%. It’s important to note that we don’t view this entirely negatively. In our experience, very few online casinos ever make it totally viable to withdraw money gained through their bonus features. We much prefer to look at bonus money as an awesome way to extend your play through essentially free bets.

If you look at the offer through this lens – it’s not so bad at all. When we tried it out on our own fresh account, we received the bonus money without any hassle and were able to use it to extend our play considerably. And a great time we had, too – the selection of different casino games and the quality of the games available at Betway is up there with the best of the best.

Live Casino Welcome Bonus

The Live Casino bonus has the potential to give you a load of free cash to play with on live dealer games at Betway Casino. This offer largely mirrors the regular casino welcome bonus in that the maximum bonus amount is $1000 over your first 3 deposits.

Your 1st deposit will be matched 100% up to $250, your 2nd deposit will be matched 25% up to $250, and your 3rd deposit will be matched 50% up to $500.

The wagering requirements are almost identical to the regular casino welcome bonus, too, so make sure to read the fine print before opting in.

Other Bonuses and Promotions

Betway has a number of other bonuses and promotions for new and existing customers to entice you in, and keep you hooked on the exciting gameplay:

• eSports Welcome Offer – Betway is big on eSports and was one of the first online casinos to offer betting on the biggest eSports events. This welcome offer is available to new customers and will match your first deposit 100% up to $200. Terms apply.
• Vegas Welcome Bonus – If you select this bonus when registering your new account, you can get up to 200 x $1 free spins on the popular Blazing Mammoth title. All you need to do is sign up for the offer, make a deposit, and wager it on one of the Vegas casino games within 24 hours. You will then automatically be granted an equal amount of bonus spins on Blazing Mammoth. Terms Apply.

For such a premium casino, you would expect a premium number of payment methods to be on offer, and Betway certainly delivers on this front.

Visa and Mastercard cards, Interac, Neosurf, PaySafe Card, MuchBetter, ecoPayz, ecoVoucher, flexepin, iDebit, InstaDebit, echeck Canada, and many more payment methods make it super easy to get money onto the platform from your bank account and get stuck into the gaming experience. We didn’t have any trouble making a direct bank transfer either.

Before you make your first deposit and get stuck into the casino games or table games, don’t forget to opt-in to some of the attractive deposit bonuses on offer.

When using our Canadian debit and credit cards, we had absolutely no problems at all making swift deposits and withdrawals at Betway Casino.

There’s really not much more to it than that! For such a well-regulated online casino, it would be extremely rare to experience any problems in this area, but if you do, the customer support team will be more than happy to help you out.

Betway is a brand managed by Maltese registered company Betway Limited under the company number C39710. The company is licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority under the license number MGA/B2C/130/2006. In the UK, Betway is licensed by the UK Gambling Commission.

On checking, we found the licenses to be active and valid, leaving us satisfied that Betway’s gaming operations were fair and transparent.

In addition, holding these kinds of licenses ensures that Betway is making considerable efforts to prevent crime, corruption, money laundering, underage play, and the exploitation of vulnerable players.

eCogra Accreditation

Betway Casino maintains eCogra accreditation which is also a great indication that games are fair, and customer deposits are safe. Keeping this accreditation requires Betway to be regularly monitored by an external organization which ensures that their gaming and business practices are safe and fair. Thumbs up from us!

Problem Gambling

Betway is clear that gambling is a form of entertainment that should always be fun. As the saying goes – “When the fun stops, stop”. Gambling can never be a way to sustainably make money, nor should it serve as a distraction from other parts of your life that you are unhappy with.

Betway has set up a number of ways for people to limit their online play if they find that they are spending more time and/or money than they would like to on gambling sites:

• Deposit Limits – Setting a budget that is in accordance with how much you know you can afford to spend on entertainment such as gambling sites can help you to limit your spending.
• Session Reminders – If you find that you often lose track of how much time you are spending gambling online, you can set up Session Reminder pop ups on Betway to remind you how long you’ve been playing.
• Pausing your Account – You can take a break from gambling at Betway by pausing your account for 24 hours or up to 6 weeks. This can be a good time to take stock of your online play and decide if you would like to change your gambling behaviours.
• Closing your Account – If you would like to take some time away from gambling, Betway makes it easy to close your account.
• Self-Exclusion – Excluding yourself from the Betway website as well as all other sites managed by Betway Limited can help you to remove the temptation to gamble. This option prevents you from creating a new account or logging back in for between 6 months and 5 years.

All of these measures can be implemented easily through the main navigation menu on the casino website. If you can’t find a particular option, you are more than welcome to get in touch with Betway Customer Service who will be more than happy to assist you.

Underage Gambling

Betway takes a range of steps to ensure that underage players cannot play at their casino. This can include requesting customers submit a copy of their photographic identification documents such as a passport or driver’s license in order to verify their age and identity. All new players at Betway casino have to undergo an Electronic Age Verification Check when they register their accounts.

In Canada, the legal gambling age varies according to which territory you are in – it’s set at either 18, such as in Montreal, Alberta, and Ottawa, or 19, such as in Toronto, Vancouver, and Ontario. These age restrictions also apply to online casinos, so make sure you check up on your local laws before opening an account at an online casino such as Betway.

We found the customer support at Betway to be great, and we didn’t experience any lengthy delays or receive any half-hearted misinformation which we have experienced on other online casinos from time to time.

There’s an extremely in-depth Help Guide built into the site which covered a huge amount of the questions we had about deposits, withdrawals, and gameplay.

When these help articles didn’t cover it, we also found a Live Chat option nestled away in the navigation menus. While this was a little hard to find at first, when we did make use of it, replies were prompt and contained accurate information.

If you want to reach the Live Chat facility, the best way we found was to click ‘No’ at the bottom of a help article when it asks you if the article was helpful.

It’s safe to say that Betway Casino basically blew us away. For a company that has so valiantly stood the test of time, it should come as no surprise really.

The range of high-quality games on offer, in addition to the extremely well-designed Sportsbook means Betway is truly a one-stop shop for all your online gaming needs. Being regulated by both the Malta Gaming Authority and the UK Gambling Commission means we also felt confident that all of the games were fair, and our money was in safe hands.

We found the Betway Casino Bonus Programme to be pretty generous when viewed as a way to extend your play for free. If you’re hoping to eventually withdraw your bonuses though, there are probably a couple of better options out there.

Customer support was as helpful at Betway Casino Canada as it is on other versions of the site, and any queries we had were dealt with helpfully and efficiently (not that we ran into many problems in the first place).

Overall, this online gambling experience is one you definitely don’t want to miss if you are a Canadian customer looking for a new online gaming home.