Plush Casino

I stumbled on Plush whilst looking for some decent bonuses to play whilst I’ve been stuck in the house on lockdown here in the United Kingdom, and was attracted by their promise of a 200% match on my first deposit. I was surprised then when I realized that this was yet another Nektan casino, as they aren’t usually quite so generous with their first deposit bonuses!

Figured I would give the place a shot, and first impressions were average at best. I’ve been playing on my laptop over the last couple of weeks, and it's interesting to note that many sites, including this one, seem to no longer be optimized for users of regular laptops and PCs – the casino looks much better when viewed on my tablet! The industry has certainly come a long way considering it wasn’t all that long ago when many casinos were completely unplayable because of their reliance on Flash based games.

Despite the somewhat dated website, Plush seems to work reasonably well and all of the games, options, and settings are sensibly laid out and easy to find. I did have a little trouble making my first deposit as I wanted to find out whether I could claim the welcome bonus if I used Skrill, and could find no information on this anywhere on the site. In the end, I chose to ask Live Chat. You’d think this would be a simple question but for some reason, I was waiting several minutes for someone to check this … turns out its fine, which makes a nice change, as many casinos prohibit Skrill deposits for first deposit bonuses these days.

Getting my documents verified was quick and simple, taking less than 24 hours, and conveniently happening just a short while before I needed to request my first withdrawal. Unfortunately, the withdrawal process itself isn’t quite so snappy – three days from request to getting the funds in Skrill seems very slow these days, with many sites processing e-wallet requests in a matter of minutes. Still, there was little fuss and with the generous bonus I felt happy enough with my experience here.

Recently, I received a promotional email from Plush Casino, with a $5 no-deposit offer, a 200% first deposit bonus, plus 50 free spins on Starburst. The promotion indicated a minimum required deposit of only $10 to claim the Welcome bonus, with a wagering requirement of 30x the deposit + bonus amount, which is quite high, but that offer attracted me enough to find out more about the casino. The first stop I checked was here at Askgamblers, and I was quite happy that I wasn't restricted from signing up.

My next stop was the casino itself, checking through their Bonus Terms and their T&C, and again, I was quite happy not to find any restrictions on my country. However, not everything was well. Within their Bonus Terms, it was indicated that deposits made via Neteller are not eligible to claim the Welcome bonus, so that broke whatever happiness I had initially. More and more new casinos are now restricting deposits via Neteller in claiming their Welcome bonuses and free spins, apparently due to an overwhelming abuse by players, but I really cannot see or imagine what kind of abuse is being referred to. Worst of all, Neteller is the only method of depositing that I use since years before, so without this facility, I simply cannot claim any of the Welcome bonuses and free spins.

Nonetheless, for the sake of that $5 no-deposit free chip, I decided to sign up anyway, to enjoy the free $5 offer. No point in wasting it away as long as my country is not being restricted. So I filled up the registration form, clicked the submit button, and a pop-up message came up. Damn! Even without reading what the message was about, I already knew what it meant. Yep, my country was indeed restricted from playing at this Plush Casino, and once again, one more new casino has failed to update their country restriction list.

Ah well, no big loss for me, because the casino runs on a Nektan platform, and none of Nektan games has ever caught my interest. I just wish that all these new casinos could update their country restriction list and avoid players getting disappointed. Honestly speaking, I wasn't that disappointed with the restriction, but it certainly wasted some of my time and effort!