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Littlewoods
Casino Review
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About
Littlewoods Online Casino is a property of Littlewoods Gaming, which is a division of London Stock Exchange-listed Sportech
PLC. Littlewoods claim to fame is their premiere football pools, which were
started in 1923. For over eighty years, Littlewoods has been in the gambling
business, and now serves approximately 1.5 million customers through the
ambitious reach of Sportech PLC. The gaming group has paid out to over 60
million winning bettors - 100 of which were made into millionaires. Littlewoods
Online Casino was launched in August of 2002, with licensing credentials from
the government of Netherlands Antilles. ECash Direct provides all financial
processing software and services - all of which are performed via Littlewood
Casino servers housed on the Lesser Antilles island of Curacao. Littlewoods
Casino is managed by LWL Management N.V. All games are
powered by Cryptologic's subsidiary software developer, Wagerlogic, and are
regulated by the UK Gambling Commission and Liverpool City Council. (Littlewood
Gaming's Headquarters are in Liverpool). Their contact details are Sportech PLC,
Sportech House, Enterprise Way, Wavertree Technology Park, Liverpool L13 1FB,
Telephone; 0151 288 3500, Email: enquiries@sportechplc.com.
Littlewoods is one of the most widely branded
gaming groups in the UK, and now operates a highly successful online bingo room
(launched in January, 2006), an online poker room (launched in 2003),
Littlewoods Football Pools, Setters Football Pools, World Cup Games and
Littlewoods GameOn. Fixed odds betting, lottery scratch cards, casino games,
poker, bingo and football pools are all catered to by Littlewoods Gaming. In
addition to being endorsed by GamCare, Littlewoods Gaming is a founder
contributor to the Responsibility in Gambling Trust and a member of the Remote
Gambling Association, Business in Sport & Leisure, Association of British
Bookmakers and the Pools Promoters Association.
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Casino SoftwareAs previously mentioned, Littlewoods Casino uses
a gaming platform powered by Cryptologic's premiere software developer,
Wagerlogic. With Cryptologic, players are getting the highest level of security
features being used to protect financial transactions and personal information.
Integrated with ECash Direct, players have direct access to print-formatted
ECash statements listing all transactions identified by operational codes.
Previous monthly statements are also available for viewing and printing.
Littlewoods platform is custom made with a
Tournaments menu, which lists all completed, cancelled, upcoming and current
tournaments available for players to join. Doing so is quite simple, and only
requires payment of any corresponding tournament fees. Private table setup is
also enabled by the software platform. For multi-player online casino games like
Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, Let it Ride, Stud and 3 Card Poker, players can
create private tables at which only invited friends can participate and play.
This is a very popular feature for close friends and relatives of different
households.
The software itself is marked by sharp and
realistic graphics, and is enabled at its best when downloaded. Littlewoods only
offers a downloadable version of their software platform - either through direct
links on LittlewoodsCasino.com or via a free mail-delivered CD, which is also
available at their website.
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Bonuses & PromotionsThe play-through requirements are what's best
about Littlewoods Casino Bonuses. At only 25x, players would be hard pressed to
find lower wager requirements at casinos of the same stature. Game exclusions for meeting the play-through
include Baccarat, Craps and Roulette, which is still better than some casinos
with even higher play-through requirements. The welcome bonus for new players
awards up to £50 free on a 100% match scale, and up to £25 free every month
thereafter. To meet the play-through on the welcome bonus, players will need to
gamble a total of £1,250 before becoming eligible for cashing out. To meet the
play-through on the reload bonus, one will need to wager £625 over the course of
one month. Keep in mind the play-through requirement for reload bonuses must be
met before the end of the current calendar month which the bonus was awarded. In
other words, make your deposits early in the month to get all of your required
gambling in.
Players residing in Canada, Hungary, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Denmark, Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, Israel, Portugal, Singapore and China
are not eligible for any free cash bonuses due to widespread bonus abuse by
players residing in these countries. These players will, however, be eligible to
participate in tournaments and receive other promotions. Players simply need to
make a minimum single deposit of £25 to be eligible to receive the bonus. Those
players using Neteller to make deposits must contact customer support at
support@littlewoodscasino.com immediately after making the initial deposit to
claim their sign-up welcome bonus. All players are automatically entered into
the Player's Loyalty Club, which awards one to three comp points (depending on
the casino game) for every £10 staked.
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Games & PayoutsThere are over eighty Cryptologic casino games
available on the downloadable software platform at Littlewoods Casino, including
20-line slots and UK style pub fruit machines (bonus boards, features and
nudges). New games are released throughout the year, which players can opt to
download at any time. Marvel Slots, which are one of the most popular series of
games to hit the internet, feature themed story-line entertainment with jackpot
payouts of £50,000 (not even counting the potential for progressive jackpot
winnings). Speaking of progressive jackpots, there is always at least £1 million
in accumulated jackpots available through the Wagerlogic network of progressive
games. Littlewoods is also known for offering larger than average betting limits
and low table minimums for all of their games.
Small screen shot game previews are available
on the Littlewoods Casino Website for most of the games. Of more interest
however, is the comprehensive games guide which divulges all game rules and game
specific peculiarities. All games are played according to the gaming authority
rules of the Atlantic City Gambling Commission. For each game, the premise is
described, as well as the game summary, how to play, payoffs, type of bets (when
relevant), betting limits, references (blackjack especially) and numeric
keyboard shortcuts.
In terms of payouts, the RNG imbedded in
Littlewoods server software platform has been deemed fair, random and efficient.
It is monitored and tested on a repeated basis according to regulatory standards
imposed by the government of Netherlands Antilles. The UK Gambling Commission
and, where appropriate, the Liverpool City Council, strictly regulate the
operations at Littlewoods Casino. Advertised payouts on Littlewoods Casinos are
for 97% and better, which does exceed the odds of Las Vegas. Players should
contact Customer Support for specific payouts on games and obtaining payout
reports.
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Online Cashier
Littlewoods Online Casino
cashier processes all financial transactions through
ECash Direct software. All deposits and withdrawals are
made in real-time and are protected by Cryptologic's
securitized software platform. Using 128-bit encryption
and Secure Socket Firewalls, this type of eCash
processing is the safest available method of
transferring funds on the Web, and is the same standard
that leading financial institutions use for their online
operations. All real-money account holders are given a
self-chosen username and password protected ECash Direct
account. 100% of customer balances are maintained by
cash or cash equivalent and are available for immediate
withdrawal, pending PIN verification (which is sent via
first-class mail to account holders the day after making
a first-time deposit). There is also a possibility of
additional identity verification measures. Deposits are
accepted via NETeller, Switch/Solo Maestro Cards (MasterCard), VISA
Electron (not available in Australia, US and Canada), and VISA (Delta).
A secure and
transparent gaming platform, players have controlled access to ECash Direct
statements through the online cashier. Available as current and monthly
statements, ECash Direct statements list all the particulars of financial
transactions a player has made with the cashier, and can be downloaded and
printed for one's personal records.
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Gaming Policies
The terms and conditions at
Littlewoods Online Casino
constitute a legal binding contract between the player
and LWL Management N.V., ECash Direct Ltd. and
WagerLogic. In other words, each player is bound by all
powers asserted by any of the three aforementioned
service providers, which are set forth in the Terms and
Conditions available for perusal at
LittlewoodsCasino.com. Although we have deemed the T&C's
to be fair and in accordance with regulations imposed by
the UK Gambling Commission and Netherlands, Antilles,
all players should read the terms and conditions posted
on the Littlewoods Casino website in their entirety
before opening an account. By clicking "Agree" when
downloading the software, a player agrees to the
Exclusions and Limitations of Liability, and is bound by
UK and Netherlands law in the rare event of a court
dispute. All UK residents must be at least eighteen
years of age to gamble at Littlewoods Casino.
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Casino Customer
Service
Instant Support is the policy at Littlewoods Casino. With a 24-hour email reply
guarantee (which we can safely say they live up to), Littlewoods makes good on
their policy. Cordial, knowledgeable and aware of the creed that customer
service should always be a top priority of any business, the Littlewoods support
team, which is made up of several departments, including ECash, technical
support, feedback and general support, is available twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week (including holiday) and can be reached via toll-free telephone
and email. Existing account holders are requested to include their account
number in the subject line of the email to facilitate a quick solution.
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Awards
Littlewoods Casino uses software by Wagerlogic (Cryptologic), which has won numerous
awards over the years, including GOM's Silver Award for Top Casino Software in
2003 and 2004 and Gold Awards in 2005 and 2006. Littlewoods was also voted into
the top eight for Best UK Online Casino of the Year by over ten thousand voters
participating in the 2006 UK Gambling Awards.
Visit Littlewoods Casino for more information.
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