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Platinum Play Casino Overview

Platinum Play Casino is a part of the Fortune Lounge online casino group. This is a group of online casinos that use the Microgaming software (basically just a bunch of skins on the network). They are a well established company and have a player promise on their website:

Platinum Play is a member of the Fortune Lounge Group of Online Casinos. All casinos in the Fortune Lounge Group must adhere to our high standards and principles. When you play at a Fortune Lounge casino, you're assured of high levels of responsibility, security and service excellence.

This is our Player Promise - our guarantee to you.

They also extensively explain fairplay and security in many sections in their About Us:

The Fortune Lounge Group ensures that all our players are protected at all times, with the latest online security and encryption technology.
We are pro-active in identifying fraudulent activity and eradicating it to make Fortune Lounge casinos a safer place to play.

PlatinumPlay.com Software Interface/Usability

As already mentioned, Platinum Play uses the Microgaming casino software for their games. This is a popular poker and casino network, and you can only expect the best. Platinum Play does accept US players, but only from certain states. I was unable to obtain a list, so check with support before making a deposit just to be sure they accept players from your location.

There wasn't much to hate about Platinum Play, but nothing really stood out either. More or less everything was just so-so and I didn't run into any real problems. I used the download version from their website, but you can also play online if you wish. I never tried the online version but I don't think it includes all the games that the software does. (The download version contains over 155 games!)

The lobby opens with a cheesy flash animation (who wants to see that?) and brings you to “what's hot.” Just skip past this and click on “more games” on the left side to be taken to all the games they have to offer. The main lobby is broken into 7 categories; New Games, Favorites, Progressive Jackpots, Slots, Tables, Video Pokers, and Unique Games. You can press the tab on the left to expand whichever category you choose. A couple of good features at Platinum Play was the language filter. You can easily switch between 9 different languages right in the lobby. I also liked the favorites feature and it remembers which games you play, just to make it a little easier to locate them next time.

I also liked how it shows a picture and the rules for all games right in the lobby. For example here is what it shows when you highlight a table game (in this example Multi-Hand Bonus Blackjack):

This is also the same for slots, video poker, and other table games. Nice touch.

You will probably want to turn off that annoying music and background noise when you start playing. I guess the ambiance is suppose to make it more real, but I found it to be just plain annoying! So if you're like me you would search for the options button, which is actually displayed as

at the bottom of the lobby. There really isn't much to adjust besides the speed of the game, sound settings, and some autoplay functions (more on that below).

Speaking of adjusting the speed, the standard setting is very very slow. In fact, when I set it to fastest I still felt like it was lagging. This has to do with that monotone dealer voice, it takes him pretty long to say “Dealer has 14, Player has 15,” especially if you're playing 5 hands at once. I just disabled all sounds because I couldn't figure out how to turn off the dealer's voice by itself. This has its problems as well. It does speed it up more, but you have to be sure to check for soft hands because it will not display them correctly. If you have A3 it will just say 14 and not 4/14. Also there is no warning for strange bets.

The % button at the bottom of the table will bring up some weird statistics page showing how many hands were played, how long, hands per hour, largest wins, etc. It also has other tabs showing the percentages of the final hand the dealer when it has a 2-A showing. Pretty useless information is you ask me, kind of like the “last spin” display on roulette.

Platinum Play Casino Games, Variety, & Blackjack

Platinum Play is not shy about telling you they have 150+ games at their casino. This is a lot to chose from, although to be fair to other casinos most of these are slots. However they do have a ton of variety of Video Poker and Blackjacks. Of the games offered they have 100+ slots, 15+ Video Pokers, 20+ Blackjacks, Roulette, 3 Card Poker, War, Baccarat, Let 'Em Ride (Called Poker Ride), Pursuit, Craps, Keno and more.

Of the large number of blackjack games offered, there are many you should avoid. There are a lot of sucker bets you can fall into, and more and more casinos are starting to add these. For example, in multi-hand bonus blackjack, you can bet anywhere from $1 up to $25 on the side for every hand (up to 5 hands at once). By doing this you can win extra money if you get a special hand dealt to you. You will get 5:2 on your money if your two cards are suited, 25:1 if you get a blackjack with AJ suited in diamonds, clubs, or hearts, or 50:1 with the AJ of spades. This is a terrible sucker bet and you will lose money in the long run by betting on it.

I enjoyed playing the Gold series of table games for a few reasons. First, the most noticeable is the graphics. Everything is much more smooth and crisp, and just more appealing to the eyes. I wish that all of their tables were like this. These tables also have a few more options and show the rules right at the table (in the other games you have to press the “?” button in the upper left hand corner to view rules. Here you can just hover over “Game Rules” to be reminded.)

There are also many progressive games you can play if you're looking to score that huge jackpot. 15 different slot machines, 2 video pokers, Poker Ride, Roulette, Triple 7 Blackjack, and Cyberstud Poker. I have used the term “sucker bet” a lot, and this could be considered that as well. It's just another bet the casino tried to get you to make with horrible odds to hit. But if you do hit, you're in a for a big treat. For example, in Poker Ride, a royal flush normally pays 1000:1 (which is horrible odds I might add!) but if you place a $1 bet on the progressive each hand you could win $170,000+ if you happen to hit.

Platinum Play Casino is the place for variety, and it is the same with Video Poker. There are progressive machines that will give you a nice payday for a Royal Flush in diamonds or four of a kind jacks with a wild card for a kicker. Pretty rare but the jackpot usually is $25,000+ (make sure to always max bet!) There are many other games some with wild cards, some with jackpots, and almost all of them offer 50 – 100 hands at a time. One feature I liked is the auto hold which will automatically hold the smartest draw. This makes using autoplay very easy if you want to try it. And please, turn off that tempting “Double or Nothing” feature. You have a chance to double your winnings on any pull, but what they don't tell you is sometimes you have a 0% chance to do so.

At table games you can bet $1 - $200 per hand, and they also have high stakes tables you can load to bet up to $1000. Slots (and video pokers) start at $.01 and it varies on their max bet, from $.50 up to $5.

Platinum Play Casino Bonus & Other Promotions

At PlatinumPlay you will find a $300 FREE no deposit bonus! You do not have to deposit a dime in order to participate in this amazing promotion. Just create a real money account, then go through the maze to find the $300 free. This is what support had told me to access this $300 free:

Once you have successfully logged in, you will receive a message asking you to make a deposit, please close this by clicking NO. Next the message of the day will load, please close this window. On your Home Page will be a button that says, Return to Free Play, please click in this. On the following page that loads you will a tutorial with a $50 balance. To access your $300 simply click on your favorite game type on the left, and then click on Play Now.

There are some catches though, like you can only use the money to play certain games (Slots, 3 Card Poker, 3 types of Blackjack, and 4 video pokers). Here are all the details:

a.Partial US (No Michigan, not sure on other states; they couldn’t supply me with a list)
b.Can ONLY play games they have listed for this promotion (listed above).
c.In order to cash out winnings with free money, you must make a minimum deposit of $20, then you would need to wager 30x your winnings. So if you won $100, you would need to deposit at least $20, then wager $3000 before cashing out.
d.You can play any game to meet the wager requirements (different games have a different % towards wager requirements)
e.The max amount you can win with the $300 bonus is $150.

If you do happen to run good, you can then play any game to meet the wager requirements of 30x playthrough. The catch here however is certain games have much less of a reward. For example, slots count 100% towards the requirement, but Blackjack only counts 2%! That means you have to wager 50x as much playing BJ (which is why it says 1500x in the at a glance section). Video Poker is 10%, so 300x. This is a loooooong grind playing blackjack, but it's free money so I can't complain.

Also at Platinum Play they offer a 10% up to $100 first deposit bonus for new members. However, you can only take advantage of this bonus by depositing with EcoCard, Neteller, or Click2Pay. All other methods will not award the 10% bonus. You do not have to enter a bonus code when depositing, but after you have made a deposit with one of those methods go to the website under Promotions – Claim Your Bonus. Here you will enter your account number and one of the following promotional codes: Neteller Bonus use NETeller100, EcoCard Bonus use EcoCard100, Click2Pay Bonus use Click2Pay100. This has the same playthrough requirements as the no deposit bonus.

Platinum Play is a member of the Fortune Lounge, and by playing for real money you will earn loyalty points for their Player's Club program. This program is the same for every casino website that is a part of it. It is basically a network reward program for many different online casino sites. Here are the details:

Each and every bet played will add Fortune Points to your Players Club points balance. These Fortune Points are redeemed into free casino credits which are deposited into your favorite Fortune Lounge casino account by login into the Players Club website.

Players earn 1 Fortune Point for every 1 casino credit played on Slot Games.
Players earn 1 Fortune Point for every 5 casino credits played on non Slot Games

Calculations are carried out twice a day in order to establish the points earned for the preceding 7 days.

The more you play the higher your level is raised. There are some great benefits, including reload bonuses and other promotions.

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