Lucky Nugget Casino Review

Updated March 25 2008

Visit Lucky Nugget Casino and you'll be instantly drawn into the Vegas look and feel and when playing at this casino you will experience all that Vegas has to offer, only in the comfort of your own home. The casino logo "Strike Gold at Lucky Nugget Online Casino" is really brought home by the jackpot ticker which is currently totalling over 7 million dollars, now that is something to get excited about!

Lucky Nugget Casino is a member of the elite Belle Rock Entertainment Group, powered by Microgaming and has been online since 1998, proving time and time again that they are definitely one of the better online casinos around. The one thing I have noticed is that even if you look around on the various industry forums, you will not find a single complaint about this casino or the group. This is one of the best indicators of a good group, when you search forums and they do not show up in any of the complaints sections. People complain easily and a lot, so not to be mentioned must mean that you are doing something right! Having played at this casino for a number of years now, I can tell you that they do a lot right.

Welcome Bonus and Promotional Offerings

Lucky Nugget Casino is currently offering a sign up bonus of $1000 and hour free play when you join at the casino. Terms and conditions specific to this offer are not listed on the website, which I would have expected, although the general terms and conditions do appear and of course, do apply, so please make sure you read them. In addition to this offer, Lucky Nugget is also offering new players a 100% match bonus up to $50 when you make a purchase of $50.

The casino also offers a variety of other promotions which are available to existing players, so make sure you look out for these in their promotional correspondence and newsletters.

Loyalty

The Lucky Nugget Casino Loyalty Program is run like most other casino loyalty programs whereby you get free cash back points on your game play. So, for every 10 credits you wager on any of your favourite games you'll earn between 1 and 3 Cash Back Points depending on the games you play at the casino. You need to collect 200 Cash Back Points to earn 1 Casino Credit and once you've accumulated these, they will be paid into your gaming account once a month, by the 10th of every month.

In addition, for every Cash Back Point you receive, you'll earn a Bonus Free Auction Point which can then be used to bid on items that interest you, and I can tell you that it will be a difficult choice!

Download and Registration

To get started, Lucky Nugget's software is available for download or you can play on the no download, Flash version of the casino. As usual, I recommend the download version because it has more games to offer and has a few more features when it comes to the casino bells and whistles. If you choose this option, you should be aware that the initial download only downloads the casino backbone and three standard games. It then downloads all the other games as you play. If you select a game that has not yet been downloaded, it will pause the current download to give you that game as quickly as possible. The result is that you generally don't have to wait very long to get the games you want. But any wait you do have to endure is really worthwhile as the Microgaming games are always superb and feature excellent graphics and smooth game play.

You will always have the option of playing either for fun on a guest account (this is a great way to try out the games) or for Real by registering a real casino account. This is quick and easy to do and you will only have to fill in a form with a few personal details, once this is done you'll be ready to get started by making your first deposit at the casino.

Banking

Lucky Nugget casino offers players a variety of deposit options including Credit Card, Firepay, eCheck, Neteller, Instacash, Click2Pay, Instadebit, Citadel, UseMyBank, Pay Spark, Pay Spark ATM, Moneybookers, and Delta Card. You can make deposits in US dollars, British Pounds or Euros and all transactions are safe, secure and monitored by an external auditing company as well as the internal Cash Check system.

I added a deposit of $100 to my existing balance of $200 which I had in my account from the previous time I'd played and then it was off to the casino to have some fun!

Games Offering

If you can think of a game, you will find it at Lucky Nugget Online Casino which offers over 150 games including table and card games, video poker, slots, progressives and more. As mentioned earlier, the games are powered by Microgaming on their Viper Software platform and really are awesome...and while the speed could be a little better at times, the games still run very well, and are very stable.

I've always loved slots and over 115 of Lucky Nugget's games are slots, so I decided to start with these this time around. With betting limits ranging from 1 cent up to $90 they really do cater to every pocket at this casino. I thought I'd have a crack at the $7.5 million right off the bat and started off with the Major Millions 5 reel progressive jackpot slot. I spent the better half of an hour on this game and had some thoroughly breath taking moments when the Major Millions symbols came dangerously close to lining up for a jackpot win but always just came short of that. I also played Secret Admirer, Thunderstruck and Hitman Video Slots.

While I could have spent all night just on the huge variety of slots available at Lucky Nugget Casino, for the purpose of this interview I was forced to move on to other games. My next selection was single hand Blackjack, although a variety of multi-hand games are available which are highly entertaining but do get expensive after a few hands, especially when you are playing higher limits. With nothing to write home about on the Blackjack tables I decided to play European Roulette, hoping that the better odds on this game would help me boost my balance...it did! In the first three rounds I won consistently and then decided to move on while I was ahead!

Next up were the Video Poker machines and if you're a Video Poker fan you will find all of the games you love available at this casino. I chose the regular Aces and Faces game and had so much fun playing. There are also a number of other games that I didn't get to try out like poker, craps, baccarat, keno and a variety of others which you are sure to enjoy.

Customer Support

Customer satisfaction is a number-one priority at Lucky Nugget Casino and their customer service teams are available 24/7 every day of the year via Live Chat, Phone and e-mail. Over all the years I've dealt with them, I've never had a bad experience when dealing with this casinos customer support, but instead have been very pleased with the levels of service I have received. E-mails are answered timeously and accurately and you will only ever receive friendly service when contacting this group via Live Chat and phone.

The Verdict

Lucky Nugget Casino is definitely one I would recommend, their commitment to providing their players with a great casino experience every time, coupled with great customer support and some great promotions make for a winning formula. Try it and see for yourself.

 

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