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Melbet Casino Review (3 Hours Tested)
Melbet is a visually attractive black and yellow casino/sportsbook brought to you by the same people as Betwinner and 1xBet, for better or for worse. A common trait of all these operators is that they’ve been here since forever, that they offer all kinds of games that other establishments do not, and that the verification prior to withdrawal is a mare.
If you intend to deposit at Melbet, read Edward’s review until the end.
Melbet Casino
575% up to NZ$3,200 + 290 Free spins
- Nice design of the website
- Decent mobile web experience; mobile app too
- Lots of slots by lesser known developers
- Rich live casino section
| Wagering: | x40 |
| Payout time: | 0-14 Days |
| Deposit options: | Visa, Mastercard, Perfect Money, Jeton, Sticpay, AirTM, Skrill, Skrill 1-Tap, MiFinity, ecoPayz, Neteller, Paysafecard, and 43 cryptocurrencies |
| Payout options: | Bank transfer, Perfect Money, Jeton, Sticpay, AirTM, Skrill, Skrill 1-Tap, MiFinity, ecoPayz, Neteller, and 43 cryptocurrencies |
| Paying rate: | 96% | Providers: | Pragmatic Play, 3 Oaks Gaming, Spinomenal, Mancala, Betsoft, BGaming, Amatic, Tom Horn Gaming, Winspinity, Gambit, 7Mojos, NetEnt, Holle Games, MGA Games, Red Tiger, PG Soft, Evolution, Mascot Gaming, KA Gaming, NetGame Entertainment, NoLimit City, Eurasian Gaming, Slot Factory, SimplePlay, Mr Slotty, NGM Game, Belatra, Evoplay, Betixon, Platipus, DLV, 5 Men Gaming, G.Games, BF Games, OneTouch, AWG, Espresso Games, 14Win, TrueLab, Zeus Play, Red Rake Gaming, Arrow's Edge, Apollo Games, Aspect Gaming, LGD Gaming, Concept Gaming, PS, Spade Gaming, Gamediaworks, Genesis, Rival, Worldmatch, Swintt, Ortiz, Booming Games, Caleta, Inbet Games, Radi8, OnlyPlay, RubyPlay, Felix Gaming, Super Lotto Games, GoldenRace, Revolver Gaming, Triple Cherry, R.Franco Digital, GameArt, Quickspin, Kalamba Games, Fugaso, Thunderspin, Slot Matrix, Bunjox, Reevo, Vibra Gaming, Playson, Gaming Corps, Netgaming, Creative Gaming, Charismatic, Betsolutions, GameBeat, Endorphina, Zillion Games, Mega7, Altente Gaming, CQ9, Naga Games, Igrosoft, Turbo Games, Amigo Gaming, Boldplay, Funky Games, Bigpot Gaming, FastSpin, TaDa Gaming, TopSpin, AdvantPlay |
| Game types: | Video Poker, Bingo, Online Poker, Roulette, Baccarat, Craps, Lotto, Scratch Cards, Keno, Betting |
| Pokies games: | 2000+ |
| Live games: | 500+ |
| Mobile App: | Website |
| Minimum deposit: | NZD18 |
| Enstablished: | 2012 |
| Licence: | Curacao |
Melbet Casino Rating
Melbet Casino Pros and Cons
- Nice design of the website
- Decent mobile web experience; mobile app too
- Lots of slots by lesser known developers
- Rich live casino section
- Promotes bad games at every opportunity
- Impossible verification procedure if you’re a winner
- Popular pokie providers are largely absent
My Playing Experience at Melbet Casino
| Timing: | 3 hours |
| Registration: | 10 minutes |
| KYC: | Proof of ID, proof of address, lots more documents |
| Support: | Fast reply, trained |
| Playing time: | 3 hours |
| Deposit and withdrawal: | I deposited with Skrill |
Registration Process
Melbet really wants your phone number so this is the first registration method you’re offered. You can register using your phone number, email, Quick Registration again via phone number, or social media.
I chose email registration as I’m conscious about giving my phone number to companies I don’t trust. I don’t want to be called in the middle of the night by a crypto broker offering me a chance to get in on the bull run. I can buy crypto on my own, thank you very much.
How much I deposited and what bonus I got
The deposit options will only be made available to you after you have a registered account. Head to the cashier section and you’ll see a range of options. This is because deposit options are country-specific so you don’t see them as an unregistered customer.
I got Visa, Mastercard, Perfect Money, Jeton, Sticpay, AirTM, Skrill, Skrill 1-Tap, MiFinity, ecoPayz, Neteller, Paysafecard, and 43 cryptocurrencies. I deposited quickly using Skrill and the money was there isntantly.
I opted to not use the bonus as I just wanted to test the games real quick.
My Playing Experience
Although Melbet has an app I could download, and when I review casinos I usually download an app when available, this time I opted to use the mobile website to see how it goes.
Since Big Bass Splash has decent RTP here, I played that one, to see if I can catch that 5,000x fish that I’ve been chasing for a while. The game worked fine, so did every other pokie I tested, but I was just annoyed that the back button always took me to the main page and not to the pokies lobby. It’s a time wasting process to get back to pokies.
Other than those navigation issues that are prevalent across the site, I had no other problems. I like the design of the website, the black and dark yellow, really looks classy. I liked everything really.
Welcome Bonuses
The welcome casino package is up to 3,200 NZD plus 290 free spins.
- 50% bonus on your first deposit, up to 640 NZ + 30 FS
- 75% bonus on your second deposit, up to 640 NZD + 40 FS
- 100% bonus on your third deposit, up to 640 NZD + 50 FS
- 150% bonus on your fourth deposit, up to 640 NZD + 70 FS
- 200% bonus on your fifth deposit, up to 640 NZD + 100 FS
This sounds like a lot, but you’ll need to make quite a few deposits to get to the best one. If you can do that, you’re in for some serious dough. I’d advise depositing the minimum amount for the first few bonuses, and then take the last one with a 320 NZD deposit.
There’s quite a bit of fine print here so I invite you to carefully read what I wrote below. I also took a screenshot of the bonus terms and conditions so you can read further. Of course, the only official version at the time of reading is the one on Melbet’s website.
Key Bonus Terms and Conditions
- Minimum deposit is 18 NZD
- Maximum bet is 9 NZD
- Playthrough is 40x bonus within 7 days of activation
- All free spins are credited in Wild Bandito pokie by PG Soft
- Cryptocurrency deposits can’t get bonuses
- If you withdraw in the last 24h and then deposit, you can’t get the bonus
- You must verify your phone number or you can’t get free spins
Games you can play at Melbet Casino
In addition to sportsbook, pokies and live casino, the three staples of online gaming, there’s also so-called fast games, which are arcade games, and crash games. There are scratchies, and even live lotto if you want to try that.
There are heaps of different pokie providers as well as live casino providers, as you can see below.
Pokies at Melbet Casino
Careful with the Melbet casino lobby.
You’ll see the Popular slots and New slots, and these represent the pokies that Melbet wants to promote to you and have you play them. They aren’t necessarily good slots.
There are quality slots at Melbet, but you’ll have to find them yourself as they’ll never be at the top of the list by Melbet’s choice. You’d better be an experienced gambler and know exactly which pokie you want to play, otherwise you’ll rely on Melbet’s lists.
Here are the providers that are available, just to give you an overview of what games you can search. You can also search by provider:
Pragmatic Play, 3 Oaks Gaming, Spinomenal, Mancala, Betsoft, BGaming, Amatic, Tom Horn Gaming, Winspinity, Gambit, 7Mojos, NetEnt, Holle Games, MGA Games, Red Tiger, PG Soft, Evolution, Mascot Gaming, KA Gaming, NetGame Entertainment, NoLimit City, Eurasian Gaming, Slot Factory, SimplePlay, Mr Slotty, NGM Game, Belatra, Evoplay, Betixon, Platipus, DLV, 5 Men Gaming, G.Games, BF Games, OneTouch, AWG, Espresso Games, 14Win, TrueLab, Zeus Play, Red Rake Gaming, Arrow’s Edge, Apollo Games, Aspect Gaming, LGD Gaming, Concept Gaming, PS, Spade Gaming, Gamediaworks, Genesis, Rival, Worldmatch, Swintt, Ortiz, Booming Games, Caleta, Inbet Games, Radi8, OnlyPlay, RubyPlay, Felix Gaming, Super Lotto Games, GoldenRace, Revolver Gaming, Triple Cherry, R.Franco Digital, GameArt, Quickspin, Kalamba Games, Fugaso, Thunderspin, Slot Matrix, Bunjox, Reevo, Vibra Gaming, Playson, Gaming Corps, Netgaming, Creative Gaming, Charismatic, Betsolutions, GameBeat, Endorphina, Zillion Games, Mega7, Altente Gaming, CQ9, Naga Games, Igrosoft, Turbo Games, Amigo Gaming, BoldPlay, Funky Games, Bigpot Gaming, FastSpin, TaDa Gaming, TopSpin, AdvantPlay
Pokie RTP Test
I usually test a few Pragmatic Play titles as they’re configurable by the casino, and most keep them at a low RTP level, but Melbet did well in my test.
Always check the RTP of the game you’re playing in the game’s Info screen. If you can’t see the RTP and it isn’t a game you know, err on the side of caution and consider the pokie to have a lousy payout rate.
| Game | Developer | RTP at Melbet | Maximum RTP setting |
| Big Bass Bonanza | Pragmatic Play | 95.67% | 96.71% |
| Magic of the Ring | Wazdan | 96.47% | 96.47% |
| Big Bass Mission Fishin’ | Pragmatic Play | 94.50% | 96.71% |
| Gates of Olympus | Pragmatic Play | 94.50% | 96.50% |
| Le Bandit | Hacksaw Gaming | 96.34% | 96.34% |
Live Dealer Games
The lineup of live dealer games at Melbet is impressive. Much better than the pokies section, I must say. Here, you got the two top developers in Evolution and Pragmatic Play while Playtech and Ezugi are absent, and there are a bunch of smaller proviers: Winfinity, Vivo Gaming, VTV Bet, 7Mojos, Absolute Live Gaming, SA Gaming, Lucky Streak, XPG, Asia Gaming, Atmosfera, GrazGame, Super Spade Games, LiveG 24, ElCasino
This is a really stunning offer with almost 150 baccarat games, just to give you a plastic example of how rich this live casino is. You’ll be spoiled for choice and will be able to explore innovative live casino games by smaller developers of play the most popular titles by Evo and Prag.
Payment Methods
Deposit
Visa, Mastercard, Perfect Money, Jeton, Sticpay, AirTM, Skrill, Skrill 1-Tap, MiFinity, ecoPayz, Neteller, Paysafecard, and 43 cryptocurrencies
Withdrawal
Bank transfer, Perfect Money, Jeton, Sticpay, AirTM, Skrill, Skrill 1-Tap, MiFinity, ecoPayz, Neteller, and 43 cryptocurrencies
Melbet and its two sister brands will accept any payment method know to man, so whatever you have will usually be available and you’ll be able to make your deposit. There are lots of cryptocurrencies too, I think even more than BC.game accepts.
Does Melbet use NZD natively?
No. They use EUR even if they display NZD to you. They do currency conversion behind the scenes. Telltale sign is the minimum deposit of 18 NZD to get the bonuses; that’s a converted equivalent of 10 EUR, mate. That’s why the number is not round.
Customer Support
The customer support service is usually preoccupied with dealing with angry customers who can’t get their withdrawal processed. For other queries they’re quite helpful and knowledgeable. Definitely highly trained. There’s also phone support so you can give them a ring.
Melbet Casino Company Information and Licencing
The website www.melbet.com is operated by Pelican Entertainment B.V. (registration number 134359, registered at Dr. Henri Fergusonweg 1, Curaçao, CW) as a License holder (Antillephone license No 8048/JAZ2020-060). Edric Ltd (registration number HE 446653, registered at Demosthenes Severis 23, office 11, 1080, Nicosia, Cyprus) and Faren Ltd (registration number HE 446654, registered at Dimosthenes Severis, 23, office 11, 1080, Nicosia, Cyprus) act as payment agents on behalf of Pelican Entertainment B.V.
This doesn’t mean much, it just means that Melbet runs on an Antillephone sublicence and hasn’t yet bothered to switch to the new Gaming Control Board (GCB) licence, and probably never will.
There’s no player protection if things go bad.
How other players rate Melbet Casino
Let me put it this way. A positive review of Melbet is when you manage to get your money after 48 hours and after exchanging 15 emails with the customer support back and forth and sending them screenshots. That’s a good experience with this operator.
The others are horror stories, each in their own right, with a unique way that Melbet didn’t pay them.
I’ve tried to make sense of them and see are there any markets that Melbet exploits, but it seems problems are universal: Australia, Brazil, Ghana, India, Bangladesh. The last two are most commonly represented in reviews as these are the major markets for Melbet – and also known targets for many brands that scam people out of their money.
I haven’t found any New Zealand player reviews.
Is Melbet Casino legit or a scam?
It’s possible to get paid by Melbet. Some players get their money. However, with most, the principle is always the same – do whatever you can to not pay them. Delay the verification process as much as you can, ask for impossible verification documents, ask for screenshots of the transaction in hope that the customer didn’t make any, delay the process until the customer gives up. Melbet is not here to do business in the usual way, it’s here to make money by stealing withdrawals.
