PHOENICIAN REVIEW

Phoenician Review

Phoenician Casino is owned and operated by the Phoenician Gaming Group Ltd.  They are fairly new to the online casino world but they have drawn on their extensive experience with land based casinos. Phoenician casino is a very well funded casino.

They have drawn on their extensive experience with land based casinos and recruited the very best web development team to bring you Phoenician Casino.

Software

Phoenician Casino offers a download version of Realtime Gaming software. Realtime Gaming has the fastest software on the market. You can play 400 hands per hour, meaning that you can fulfill your wagering requirements extremely fast, without having to risk high bets. The graphics are very good. Not a lot of bells and whistles. I enjoy turning up the sound and listening to the sound of the chips clicking whenever I win.

Connectivity is always fast. Phoenician has an extensive web server infrastructure set up in Canada, Costa Rica, England, the United States and various parts of Europe and Asia all of which are geared towards optimum player experience.

House Edge

The house advantage for blackjack at Phoenician Casino is 0.62.

Number of decks : 4*
Soft17: Dealer hits
Double allow: Any 2 cards
Double after split: Yes
Player can resplit to: 3 hands
Surrender: No
Hole card: European NH*

*The actual number of decks is somewhere between 2 and 6.

Phoenician Casino basic strategy

Phoenician Casino also offers Caribbean 21 blackjack, Face Up 21, MatchPlay 21, Pontoon Blackjack and Super 21 but I wouldn't recommend these games as the odds are not as good.

Bonus

The Phoenician offers a 50% first-deposit bonus to a maximum of $500. Deposit $1000 and received a $500 bonus.

The wagering requirement is 5 times your initial deposit amount, which is one of the lowest wagering requirements in the online casino industry. Please note that this bonus is for wagering purposes only and cannot be withdrawn.

The bonuses are instant with a coupon code. Phoenician also offers occasional ongoing promotions that are very good.

Phoenician offers a couple of handy feature that make bonus play easier. Their system automatically tracks your wagering requirements.  Also, before you deposit, if you plug in the coupon bonus code, the system shows you all the terms and condition on the coupon code. This feature adds to my comfort level and saves me from scanning the small print of the original offer to make sure I understand it correctly.

Phoenician is one of the few casinos that allows you to play roulette as part of your wager requirements.

This casino casino has a comp program that caters to High Rollers. Once you have made bets totaling $10,000 you automatically become a Phoenician Premier player and receive cash rewards based on your betting turnover by game.

• Blackjack and craps 0.20%
• Roulette and Baccarat 0.25%
• All other games 0.40%

Payments

Phoenician casino appears to be one of the best funded casinos on the market. They are making a strong point of paying everyone very fast and have no limit on withdrawal amounts. I received payment for my last 2 withdrawals into my Neteller account in 2 and 1 business days respectfully, even though one of the payments was for $2,900.

All Realtime Gaming casinos require you to send in a security form prior to processing withdrawals.  I find this a bit of a pain, especially if it slows down your first payment, but once you have done it once it is easy for all the other casinos.

New: Instant online payments on Neteller. Phoenician Casino has just started paying instantly for people that have deposited using Neteller. And when they mean instant, they really mean it. Your withdrawal will be in your account in minutes. Also, you won't have to provide the fax back security form for a Neteller deposit/withdrawal. Phoenician becomes the first Realtime Gaming casino to not require the fax back.

Banking

Phoenician Casino accepts Visa, Mastercard, NETeller , Neteller instacash, ACH, Western Union, PrePaid ATM, Bank Wires Financial transactions are processed through Pay On Time Limited (UK).

The casino's banking software works very well and displays very good account history.

Customer Support

Overall Rating

The world famous Phoenician Casino offers a great game that is fast with a good high bonus.  Their new instant Neteller payments are great. This process should aleviate doubts that some people have about online casinos. I hope instant payments become the norm soon.

If you are looking for a casino to play all the time then Phoenician would be good for you. I strongly recommend that you give Phoenician a try.

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