BETSAFE CASINO- review

Operations: Costa Rica
Owners: Safepay Malta Limited
Jurisdiction: Malta
Online Since: 2005
Casino type: Flash Casino
Web Site: www.betsafe.com
Betsafe: Self Critique

GENERAL NOTES:

BETSAFE is a NetEnt flash casino licensed & regulated in Malta by the Lotteries & Gaming Authority under the company Safepay Malta Limited.  Yet she is operated out of my home Country of Costa Rica (Pura Vida). The Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) is a public single regulatory body that is responsible for the governance of all forms of gaming in Malta.

BETSAFE emerged 4 years ago out of the Casino Culture formed here in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is and was a driving force all threw the adolescence of the online gambling scene starting in the 1990’s. Costa Rica is most famous for their Sports Betting Operations. It is a country that has been an integral part of the growth of online Casinos. From this well established background came Betsafe Casino. It has proven itself strong and resilient. She handles more than 5000 players at one time. But this is not as extensive as the Gx4 (Betsson, CasinoEuro & Cherry) group. She did not have the corporate backing Gx4 has enjoyed from the begining. So being the second biggest casino coming from a grass roots environment is something to be proud of.  I admire the company very much. Betsafe has a low profile in the market. The “strong and silent type” of company. I don’t know the owner personally but most likely he is relaxed. The Wold Bank has stated Costa Rica is the happiest country in the World. Based in Costa Rica I can appreciate taking life easy… smelling the flowers in the volcanic mountain valleys. There are beautiful Pacific Coast beaches to take advantage of.  The simple pleasures of life are accessible in Happy Costa Rica. Here we call it “Pura Vida”… pure life.
If you would click on the Alexa link above you would see Betsafe primarily targets the Scandinavian market. I find Alexa a good reference for the online penetration of any market, be it gaming or art.  Companies also can be compared to other companies in the same market. It also provides a lot of other good information about a company such as where their online traffic comes from. The following interesting data was supplied by Alexa (owned by Google):

Betsafe Casino  users come from these countries:

• 24.1% Sweden
• 14.1% Norway
• 13.0% Germany
• 11.8% Poland
• 8.9% Finland

It’s Simple- Enter & Play

The Casino has gone through a make over in 2008 with excellent results.  The homepage has a new exclusive design with lots of new features. It now sports a crisp burgundy colored skin with a larger game screen than most other NetEnt Casinos. Here are a few positive aspects worth noting:

• Super fast entry into slot games and registration.
• Nifty option to keep track of  bonus withdrawal requirements.
• Large game screen 19X13cm, standard is 16X12cm.
• Cute CASH BOMB slot game open at all time on the screen.
• Casino tournament screen visible next to the slot game menu.
• Open window showing Casino Tournaments & Jackpot data.

You enter the casino onto this screen. You have 3 options at this point. You may play for free, register as a new member or log in to play for real money once you are a member.

1. Play for free
2. Register (tutorial)
   
3. My Account... (tutorial) logging in once you are a member.

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Play For Free

This is the easiest. Click on the “Video Slot Games Tab” (checked below) to get the long list (circled) of available online slots to try out.

The screen above lets you chose the game you want to play. You can see the long list of slot games. Betsafe offers 36 of the current list of 40 NetEnt slot games available. Just pick and click.

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Click on the banner above to “freeplay” Champion of the Track, no download necessary, all Mac Compatible

We have selected one of the most popular new releases “Blood Suckers”. Betsafe will be glad to let you play for free as long as you need to. I have checked 3 places on the screen above. To the left is the Leader Board where the current Slot Tournament data is available. The center red check is the slot game list where other slot games are opened. The far right check is the tab to open your Bonus Info scratch sheet.

To Register

To register simple click on the registration tab.

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This tab is located at one or two places on the screen. Refer to Registering Tutorial- Betsafe for a detailed tutorial on registration and the form to be filed out, or register now: Register at Betsafe

MyAccount

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Be sure to check out the MyAccount Tutorial- Betsafe as well. This is the file you will be maintaining to keep track of your expenses and cash flow here at Betsafe. Very important! . Bonus Info scratch sheet is the pop-up screen (image to right. This helps you to keep track of Betsafes abundant bonuses and their withdrawl restrictions. Just click the square  “Bonus Info” in very bottom of the image . The screen appears totally independent of the game screen or square tab. In this way it can be located anywhere you like. The scratch pad is no bigger than 5cm x 5cm. I have spoken to Betsafe about  a “wide screen option” which they do not offer. Some times I like to have it full blown, like a BIG smile, from one side of the screen to the other. Betsafe Support assured me it is part of their make-over plans and will be uploaded shortly. So we need to look forward to that.  At the same time I need to mention that their game screen, even though is not expandable, is wider than other Net Entertainment Flash Casino Partners game screens. It is 19cm x 13cm. Other casino slot game screens are 16cm x 12cm. Betsafe has a great little perky Cash bomb slots game that sets down on the bottom right corner of the Casino screen. (see image left) you do not need to open it up. It downloads as you enter the casino. It is perhaps the simplest of slots. BUT it is a Progressive Jackpot slot. So you can keep it spinning while you play other games that require more attention. The Cash Bomb’s minimum bet is .01€ so not to worry placing it on Auto Spin. Play two games at the same time. Betsafe is primarily, as it’s name implies, a sports-betting house. They do very well at it I might add. It gives them enough strength to handle their poker and casino with security and professionalism. There are quite a few casinos with only games.  Many times the “only games” casinos are not as reliable as an establishment like Betsafe. So in my opinion the sports betting arm is an asset for us Mac Sloshing Slotters. It gives a platform off of which Slot Games are developed, launched and played. Another good thing to remember is that the Jackpot games such as Arabian Nights and Mega Joker do not have equal jackpot amounts in all the NetEnt casinos. If you are dead set on winning a Jackpot check out a few of your favorite games at your favorite NetEnt casinos to see who has the largest. In these casinos there is no problem coming and going even without registering. So it is very easy to do. Good Luck!  enter- Betsafe Casino

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SUPPORT

You are never very far away from help with the support team at Betsafe. Look for any one of a number of symbols to click and talk. Below I have checked a few symbols for you to recognize no matter what page you happen to be on.

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Customer Support; Betsafe Casino’s proclamation is to answer your questions by email within 15 minutes, otherwise credit you 10€ to your account. This guarantee is unique to the industry. Betsafe is well known for this extraordinary commitment. Check it out their… 15minute Support Guarantee. And I would like to add, the many times I have contacted support they have answered within only a few minutes.  Sort of disappointing actually. I could use the extra play money. Call BETSAFE on the following numbers:

More Interesting Pages: NON slot Games: Get the List. Official Terms and Conditions of joining and becoming a player. Your  first email after registering might be interesting for you to look over. Also expect promotional offers in the e-mail. If you are interested in bonuses a lot more will come via email directly to you. So keep this line open. .

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