Playboy Casino Review

When you say the name Playboy all sorts of fun images start dancing through your head. It is a name that has just come to mean fun in an adult sort of way. Playboy has put their own personal stamp on a variety of products and ventures that span several industries and several countries. Their famous founder, the one and only Hef, has created and empire out of virtually nothing. Now they are hoping to continue their winning streak with their very first online casino. They are hoping to tempt you with the Playboy brand of fun in a whole new world.

We know that they may claim to be the “web’s sexiest casino,” but what we don’t know is how far they take that stance. Playboy is known for their classy fun, but too much could be a roadblock to female players rather than an enticement. We poked around in all the corners and the most risqué thing that we found was the Bunny who met us on the welcome page. In fact, we were very disappointed because other than a few logos scattered here and there the site was really plain in design. Not, what we would expect from the over the top Playboy brand. One nice thing about this is that the lack of distracting graphics and animations make navigation a snap. The casino as whole is well laid out and very easy to understand.

When we got to the actual games at Playboy Casino we started to feel as though we had scene all this before. As this naturally made us very curious we started digging and found out that the Playboy Casino is not in fact run by Playboy. Yes, they are one of the members of this partnership, but the real power for the site is provided by Ladbrokes. Ladbrokes is a fan favorite in the UK and their presence means that players will never have the first concern about a secure playing environment. Ladbrokes brings more than just their great reputation to the table, they also come equipped with some very powerful software. Playboy Casino has the benefit of using the Microgaming Viper software package to deliver the 95 games on their casino floor. You do need to note that Viper only operates in a downloading format, so you will have software to install if you want to play. However the rich games that lands you are more than worth the time to install. The only problem we had with this whole set-up is that every thing was just starting to feel a little too much like playing at Ladbrokes. Pasting a new logo over an old one does not a new game make. We would just like to see them take the time to offer something really different and fun for this new casino. If not then why bother with a whole new site? You could just add the Playboy room on to the existing Ladbrokes Casino.

So what makes Playboy different? After all, there has to be at least a few key things that set them apart from their parent site. Well they don’t have freephone for UK customers for one thing. This is a big difference from the main Ladbrokes site although not a very positive one. There is still a phone number just note the rates before you dial. Also e-mail help is available 24 hours a day and we found that most questions can be answered promptly and accurately through that channel. In the promotions department Playboy comes through as the out and out winner. Their new player promotion was double that which we found at Ladbrokes and very tempting all the way around. It is even more tempting if you happen to be one of those players that makes a healthy deposit your first time around. We think that Playboy is trying to direct their casino to the high rollers. There are several factors that point us to this belief, but the welcome bonus kind of cements the deal.

When we looked through the Help guide on the site we were informed that Mac users are supported by the sites very small section of Instant Play games. The only requirement is that they need to be running a newer version of the Apple operating system. This is great, but no matter what they say it doesn’t work. We tried everything we could think of and were never met with any success. Even after dragging customer support into the mess there was no resolution to the problem. So really the only thing that their Instant Play games are good for are to offer you access to the fun no matter what Windows based computer you happen to be sitting behind at the moment.

It all comes down to the fact that the very best thing that the Playboy Casino has going for it are the games. And that is not a bad thing at all! We would like to see them do more to differentiate themselves from the main Ladbrokes site, but we really think that they will get there. If a hefty new player bonus sounded tempting to you then you might just want to give the “web’s sexiest casino,’ a first hand look.