888.com Casino Review

These days it seems as though you can’t visit an online casino without having to hear how they are simply the biggest and the best. Well, of all the ones out there, 888.com might actually be able to truthfully make those claims. Somewhat of an ancient in virtual terms this casino has been around since 1996. That’s over a decade! And in the 10 plus years since their debut, over 13 million people have downloaded their site’s software. That makes for some rather impressive membership rolls. 888.com knows their market and its short attention span. As such they work hard to maintain a world class advertising department that runs everything from high profile sports sponsorships to traditional media. One thing players will never have to worry about is the safety of their gaming environment. 888.com has racked up a few titles over the years, and they are a member of the Interactive Gaming Council as well as having achieved accreditation by eCOGRA. They hold a much esteemed place in the online community and have consistently maintained a solid reputation for integrity and discretion.

Knowing that 888.com has been around the virtual block a time or two means that it should come as no surprise that they deliver a very well oiled product. In fact the whole site is quite the well oiled machine when it comes to moving new players through all the necessary introductory processes and get them straight to the good stuff. Navigation is simple and straight forward, leaving nothing to guess work. It is true that a few new players may find the visual feel of the site to be as old as they are, but you have to look at the big picture. 888.com is officially the new retro!

A good software package can do a lot to make or break a casino. 888.com embraces this fact by using a custom package designed exclusively for their sole use. The more common approach to this problem is to go with one of the big brand name packages used by many of 888.com’s rivals. The advantage to a custom platform is that players are guaranteed a truly unique experience that no one else can replicate. At 888.com you won’t find enormous differences, but they are there. And, it is an added bonus that their custom package delivers the high quality games we have come to know and love. Players have access to all the live chat and other gaming options they could ever want, anything possible to better their overall experience.

One thing that we are always sure to do during our reviews is to attempt to access the site and the games using a Mac system. We say attempt because we usually don’t get very far. 888.com blew us away here when we found ourselves automatically redirected to our very own Mac site. Even more incredible was when we learned that there is a similar specialty site for Linux users as well. All of 888’s competition had better be paying attention, because this is what customers have been demanding. It is no longer possible for these casinos to just assume what type of system their customers will be running. They will instead have to be prepared for as many options as possible. The one hitch in our fun came when we discovered the lack of “Play for Free,” options on the Mac site. So, very disappointed we headed over to customer support to search for some answers. After a very few minutes a link was provided and we were on our way to some “Play for Free,” fun. We sincerely hope that this is simply a programming error that the site has not caught up with, because it would be a shame to ruin something so great by trying to cheat your customers out of a handful of free games.

Since there is always the chance you will need some assistance, 888.com offers a wide variety of customer service options. Players can choose from e-mail and freephone, or there is also the live chat function we described earlier. Which ever you choose you will be met with professional accurate help of the level you have come to expect from 888. One thing that we did not expect is that there is still no currency option available for this casino. All games and accounts are still only run using US dollars. Since this is a Gibraltar based company touting a world wide membership we really expected them to catch up on this option.

888.com offers a nice selection of promotions to tempt any user. We are especially fond of the automatic welcome bonus rather than the type you are required to claim. The casino also runs an in-house Player’s Club that is a good choice for any regular customer.

The fact that 888.com operates in dollars only might be a bit of a turn off for some players. We say don’t let that stop you. This is a really small issue in the grand scheme of things that doesn’t need to block you from one great casino experience. In fact we stand by our earlier statement that 888.com may well be the only online casino today that can claim the title of, “World’s Greatest Online Casino!”