BGO Live Casino Review

BGO Live Casino is yet another relatively new entrant to the market, with some funky branding and unique no playthrough requirement deposit offers. Formed in 2012, it is mostly focused on the European market and aims to provide ‘the best casino, bingo and slot products under one brand’ – a laudable aim at least.

With a live casino powered exclusively by Playtech and a questionable marketing angle involving a blinged out dwarf we’re not exactly sure where they are headed. Their game selection is alright though.

To be honest, not the best live casino selection – but far from the worst. With a solid, if unspectacular, 37 tables available, BGO just about scrapes a pass mark from us. Covering all the casino classics (blackjack, poker, baccarat and roulette) as well as hi-lo. Supposedly they also host a sic-bo table too, but we tried to access it several times on a variety of devices, with no success. All powered by Playtech, the live lobby works smoothly and allows you to get into game with minimal fuss.

Playtech also offer a unique feature, which is the ability to play multi table live casino games. So you can enjoy two different casino games, or up to three tables of the same game – on one screen! For those of you who take your betting real serious, this might just be the option for you.

You’d think it would lag or be performance intensive too, but not so. It worked fine all the platforms we tested it on. This is definitely the most interesting thing about BGO’s live casino collection and is certainly worth trying.

Localisation/Native Tables

The only localised table BGO offers is Russian roulette. Not that kind – we’re pretty sure you can’t play that online anywhere to be honest. What we mean is, live casino roulette with a Russian speaking croupier. Obviously running Playtech software they were never going to have as many native tables as, say, Evolution Gaming – but to just have the one is a little disappointing.

As far as we could see there were no language options for the site anywhere – only the standard UK English is available. Whilst hardly uncommon in the online casino game, this definitely isn’t a plus point for BGO either.

Private Tables

BGO host two private tables – one in blackjack and one in roulette. To be honest, where some casinos go all out with the branding on their private tables, BGO’s look pretty similar to Playtech’s standard tables. But hey, the time to time exclusive offers and house rules easily make up for that.

Mobile

BGO has a dedicated mobile app for both iOS and Android devices, available (for free) in the Apple and Play stores respectively. The same great no playthrough deposit bonus is available on mobile, as well as their entire live casino collection. The mobile website ran smoothly, even on an older device, and the Playtech live casino lobby was nicely adapted for a smaller screen experience.

The only hang up we found was that there was no search function once in the live lobby, but the filter options should be good enough for you to find your favourite games fairly quickly regardless!

BGO’s FAQ stated that the following payment methods are available: Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Maestro, Skrill, Neteller and PAY.com. There are also a few more, depending on your location. So it might be wise to check yourself when you sign up if a better, local option for you is represented here. PayPal is the only one that stands out here, as not all casinos offer this hugely popular e-wallet.

So far so standard – however BGO does charge, and quite a bit, for any deposits below £500 and all withdrawals. For deposits it’s set at 2.5% and for withdrawals it’s a flat fee of £2.50. Not a huge amount, but considering many online casinos will do them for free. Ewallets are still instant transfers (after a max 24 hour processing period) though, which is good.