Vera Casino

Vera Casino Review

There are plenty of songs named after women, and the same holds true for online casinos! And while the songs are almost always bangers, the same can’t really be said about online casinos. A lot of them end up coming off as very lazy and uninspired, with just a pretty name that hopes to attract players’ attention.

Does Vera Casino fall into that same trap, or is it a rare exception that’s just as pretty as all the girls with its name? Well, that’s what we’re here to find out! We have thoroughly examined and analyzed every little slice of Vera Casino, including its bonuses, games, payment options, safety features and many more. After that, we compiled all our findings in this overly long, yet meticulous review.

What secrets did our research uncover? Let’s find out!

Bonuses

Before we get into Vera Casino’s promotions, it’s important to point out that the site does not accept Australian dollars – in fact, it doesn’t accept any flat currencies! This is a crypto casino, meaning that you’ll only be able to deposit and withdraw in coins like Bitcoin. Upon deposit, all cash is converted into US$, but that’s only for the purposes of betting and does not represent actual dollars that you can withdraw.

As such, the site itself tends to use USDT when talking about deposits and withdrawals and $ when it talks about betting. We have attempted to preserve the terminology here as presented, so if you get confused, this is probably the reason for the inconsistency!

Welcome Bonus – 125% Match up to 1,000 USDT

Welcome bonuses of crypto casinos generally tend to be really, really good, so it can be a bit disappointing to some that the bonus of Vera Casino is merely “pretty good”. Still, we aren’t ones to complain that a bonus isn’t what we wanted, and instead prefer to focus on what it is.

When you first deposit at Vera Casino, you’ll receive a 125% match up to 1,000 USDT. That’s it! You won’t get any free spins at this stage, so what you see is what you get. Keep in mind that you’ll need to deposit at least 20 USDT in order to trigger the bonus, which means that if you deposit the minimum, you’ll only get an extra 25 USDT to play with. As we said, it’s not much.

Keep in mind that to trigger the bonus, you need to go to Profile > My Bonuses > Available and then subscribe to it BEFORE you make your first deposit! After you receive it, you’ll need to wager it x40 times, which is fairly standard for most crypto casinos.

Additional Welcome Bonuses

Like most online casinos, Vera Casino won’t let you get away with just a single bonus, oh no! You’ll be able to grab a grand total of four additional bonuses (besides the first one described above) for the next four times you deposit. Keep in mind that these bonuses, just like the first deposit one, will still need to be activated through your profile BEFORE you make the deposit, not after or during! It can be a bit confusing because some casinos will let you activate bonuses during your deposit process, but here, if you don’t think ahead you lose.

In any case, here’s what you’ll be receiving for each of those four bonuses:

Keep in mind that you don’t need to claim all of them, you can opt in or out as you see fit. However, each bonus will correspond to each of your first five deposits – which means that if you make your third deposit without a bonus, your fourth will still bring you the 150 free spins rather than the 150% match. So keep that in mind!

As for requirements, these four bonuses have the same fine text as the first one. You’ll need to make a deposit of at least 20 USDT and then wager the bonus x40 times, including the free spins winnings. However, the big thing that ruins the entire welcome package for us is that you’ll only have 72 hours to complete all the wagering requirements, which, at x40, is going to be pretty impossible.

Games

But the most important thing about an online casino aren’t its bonuses, but its games – and Vera Casino offers a lot… Sort of. See, the site is almost entirely focused on pokies and pokie-like experiences. You’ll find not only ‘one-armed bandits’, but also titles with a Bonus Buy feature and a few skill-based pokies.

While there are table games and live casino titles, they’re quite hidden and you’ll need to go out of your way to look for them (we’ll get into that a bit more when we’re talking about the live section). On top of that, you won’t find any lotteries, bingo games, or sports betting here. So if you’re not primarily a fan of pokies, we really don’t think you’ll find much to enjoy here.

Pokies

The pokies section of Vera Casino is certainly one of our favorite parts of it as a whole… But it’s still not without its flaws. The place is a complete mess, with very few ways to filter out games in order to find what you want. It’s clear that the target audience here seems to be gamblers who already know exactly what they want and can look for it using the search bar, since it certainly won’t be recommended to them organically.

With that said, the good news is that there are, indeed, thousands upon thousands of games, most of which from really high-quality providers like Pragmatic Play and Big Time Gaming. If you’re a total newbie then you’ll probably be very confused about all this, but if you’re willing to experiment for a while, we trust you’ll find plenty to enjoy here.

Live casino

Our initial assumption was simply that Vera Casino did not have any live games – and can you blame us? The site doesn’t have a live section at all! There are plenty of categories in its solitary game section, and yet only one indicates the presence of any live games at all: “Game Show”, which does, indeed, contain a couple of live dealer game shows.

Upon closer inspection, we found out that the site has plenty of live games from providers like XProgaming, Vivogaming and Microgaming Live… They’re just hidden. It’s a perplexing, frustrating decision which really left us scratching our heads. Live dealer games are one of the most popular casino offerings, so why would the casino hide such a great selling point?

Ultimately, the people who have it worst won’t be the experienced players who know how to find everything, but the newbies who might skip out on a potentially fantastic experience because they simply didn’t know it exists.

Deposits & Withdrawals

As we’ve already established, Vera Casino is a crypto casino. This means that it doesn’t accept any traditional payment methods at all – you won’t be able to deposit using your card, your e-wallet, any pre-paid vouchers, or by sending an envelope with cash via carrier pigeon. The only transactions it will consider are tied directly to cryptocurrencies.

With that said, most casinos of that kind tend to offer a very wide variety of cryptos for both deposit and withdrawal. We’ve seen casinos with dozens of different coins, some of which barely used by anyone, yet still available for the sake of convenience. Vera Casino offers a grand total of five different currencies. Many of the more popular coins, like Dogecoin, Ripple, or Solara, aren’t available on this site.

While it’s true that most players will certainly prefer to deposit with Bitcoin or Tether, so these smaller coins won’t affect the majority of gamblers, it’s still unfortunate to see a crypto casino barely supporting any crypto coins.

Withdrawal time

If there’s one good thing about cryptocurrencies, it’s that most of them are fairly fast – and certainly much faster than banks! Even the big slowpokes (looking straight at you, Bitcoin) really won’t take more than an hour at the very most in order to fully finish processing both deposits and withdrawals.

With that said, though, withdrawals at Vera Casino aren’t automatic, and they still require a human element to approve and initiate a transaction. Which means that there may be a delay of a couple of days until you can receive your payment – but rest assured, once it’s been dispatched it’ll be with you very quickly!

VIP Program

As far as we’ve been able to tell, Vera Casino does not currently offer any kind of VIP program to its players. However, while you can’t collect coins or increase your level, there is still a little bit something that existing players can take advantage of – namely, a 10% weekly cashback.

Here’s how this works: every Monday, you’ll be able to reach out to the casino support and request a 10% rebate on all of your losses. The time covered by this cashback is unlimited, and so is the maximum amount you can receive during a single cashback. Obviously, if you’ve requested a cashback before, you’ll only receive the amount you lost from that date onward.

The formula is simple – take all of your losses during the eligible period, subtract all of the winnings from them, then multiply by 10% – that’s the amount of cashback you’ll receive when you make your Monday request. Keep in mind that your cashback will need to be wagered once, but after that can be withdrawn, giving you at least a bit of your money back even if you had a big string of bad luck.

Tournaments

What’s a casino without its big collection of tournaments? Vera Casino is smart enough to realize that it’ll lose a lot of players if it doesn’t offer this rather simple feature, and so have provided an entire cornucopia of different tourneys for hungry players to take part in!

Despite there being a “coming soon” label on the button leading to the tournaments section, as far as we can tell, that page is already well-functional and hosting a number of tournaments – most finished, but there was one that was active at the time of this writing. While it’s a bit unfortunate that we don’t have more of a choice when it comes to tournaments, this problem is resolved by the fact that the tourneys come and go very quickly. So if you don’t like a particular one, just wait a week or two and you’ll be able to participate in another.

Really, the only negative thing we can consider about this section is that it really doesn’t seem to have a fixed schedule. Granted, we did say that tournaments come in frequently, and they do. But there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason behind when they do, they’re not weekly or bi-weekly as far as we can tell. So if you find yourself in a situation where there aren’t any tournaments available, you might be stuck waiting for them with no end date in sight.

Verification

If you want to withdraw from an online casino, you need to get yourself verified – that’s just what the law says. Granted, a lot of crypto casinos (which aren’t bound by the same regulations that require verification due to not working with any financial institutions) don’t perform a verification, but in all honesty, this is rather silly and only puts the client at risk. Verification may be annoying, but it’s undeniable that the process keeps everyone (including players) safe. Which is probably why Vera Casino requires it.

So… What does verification even mean, anyway? Put simply, it means that you’ll need to present a few documents before you can withdraw any of your winnings. That will include something that proves your identity (like your ID card or passport) and something that proves your address (like a bank statement or utility bill), but may also include additional documents per the casino’s discretion.

Once those documents have been examined, and the information on them has been deemed to be accurate to the one you provided at sign-up, your account will be verified and you can finally withdraw!

Is Vera Casino Legit & safe?

It can honestly be very difficult to determine whether an online casino is safe and legitimate – doubly so a crypto casino, which doesn’t work with any traditional financial institutions. With that said, Vera Casino has certainly gone through a lot of efforts to appear legitimate to its players.

They currently have a license issued by the Curacao Gaming Authority which authorizes them to operate in a number of different countries, including Australia. While Curacao is considered a “weak” license (as it does not protect players from scams, merely penalizes the casino if scams are reported), it’s fairly standard for casinos operating in Australia to have these types of certificates.

Customer support

If you’re experiencing an issue related to the casino (for example, your deposit not being reflected, or certain games not allowing you to bet on them), or simply have questions about things we haven’t touched upon in our review, it’s best to reach out to Vera Casino’s support team and ask directly.

The best way to do so is via Telegram, as they have an account with the service where you can ask questions and receive immediate assistance. There is no traditional live chat available on-site, so if you’d rather not use Telegram, your only other options are to e-mail them. You can do that directly through the site (by submitting a ticket) or by e-mailing them through your inbox.

Mobile casino

It’s practically suicide for a modern online casino to release without a mobile function, but that goes double for crypto casinos, which are much more intrinsically tied to mobile (there are many crypto wallet services that are only accessible as apps on your phone and not on desktop). As you can imagine, Vera Casino’s creators aren’t stupid enough to neglect such an essential element.

While the mobile version isn’t anything particularly special, we can’t really say it’s bad or will not do the trick. We did have some disagreements with the user interface on a smaller screen, but beyond that, you’ll be able to do everything you can do on desktop: place bets, make deposits (and withdrawals), collect bonuses, and, of course, enjoy games and tournaments!