Spinchester Casino

DISCLAIMER: Spinchester isn’t licensed by the UK Gambling Commission, and the same goes for every one of the Spinchester sister sites listed below. They have no legal permission to serve players in Britain, and we cover them here for information only.

With a name like Spinchester, you’d expect a casino built around Manchester. The name is clearly a nod to the city, but that’s as far as it goes. There’s no football, no Mancunian bee, no red brick and no rain anywhere on the site, and the only “Chester” you’ll meet is the casino’s mascot. He’s a grinning villain in a purple suit and gold waistcoat, and he’s the Joker in everything but name. A blonde sidekick in pigtails who looks a lot like Harley Quinn crowns him on the loyalty banner, and the casino’s logo is a grinning jester in purple and gold.

The theme goes deeper than the artwork, too. Spinchester’s loyalty programme has thirteen levels, and many of them are nods to Batman’s rogues’ gallery – you’ll work your way up through Ivy, Enigma, Frost and Faceoff before you reach the top level, which is simply called The Joker. It’s a slick-looking site with plenty going on, but is there more to it than its ‘borrowed’ villain? Let’s find out.

Spinchester Welcome Bonuses

Spinchester’s welcome package is advertised as 325% up to £3,000 with 225 free spins, plus 25% cashback, over your first three deposits. According to the bonuses page, the first deposit gets 200% up to £1,000 with 25 free spins, the second gets 125% up to £2,000 with 75 free spins, and the third gets 125 free spins without any matched deposit to go with it. The free spins come with no wagering requirements, which is a real plus, although winnings from them are capped at £50 on the first two deposits and £100 on the third.

The trouble is that the bonus terms don’t agree with the banners. They say that the first deposit bonus is 100% up to £1,000, not 200%, which would make the package 225% rather than 325%, and some versions of the site’s own registration button already say 225%. The cash bonuses have to be wagered 35 times, every deposit has to be at least £20, and you can’t withdraw more than £3,500 from the welcome cash bonuses in total. Deposits made with Skrill or Neteller don’t qualify, either.

Other Promotions

Once you’ve made three deposits, there’s a promotion for most days of the week. Monday brings 50 free spins if you deposited £50 or more the week before, Tuesday has a 20% reload worth up to £35 with the code POWER, and Wednesday’s Spin Surge gives you 30, 50 or 100 free spins for deposits of £20, £50 or £100 (even though the banner promises 180). Thursday’s Mystery Chester hides up to 100 free spins for you to find on the site, and there’s a 50% weekend reload worth up to £100 with the code BOOST50. The catch is that winnings from all of these have to be wagered 45 times and are capped at £50 or £100.

There’s also a daily Spin Chest with up to 30 free spins, a daily Bonus Wheel with up to 100 free spins, a Bonus Shop and regular tournaments. Every £25 you wager earns a loyalty point, and the thirteen loyalty levels are worth 6,010 free spins in total, along with up to 25% weekly cashback. Big spenders can skip the queue for the VIP Club, which runs from Bronze to Diamond, by making a first deposit of £1,000 or more.

What are the Pros and Cons of Spinchester Casino?

Featured Slots and Games

Spinchester’s lobby lists 4,585 games, and the Hot row gives you a good idea of what to expect. When we visited, it was led by BGaming’s Elvis Frog Trueways, followed by Thunder Diamonds Hold and Win, Bonanza Billion Merge Up+, Coin Win: Hold the Spin and Ultimate Coins 2, along with Belatra’s Book of Doom and Dahludan’s Fortune Bass. The top providers on the homepage are BetSoft, with 236 games, NetGame with 163 and Zillion with 75, and a Crack the Vault jackpot banner on the homepage shows more than £3.4 million up for grabs.

The live casino selection is much smaller, with 41 tables. Most of them come from LuckyStreak and Absolute Live Gaming, with a handful from Platipus, and the line-up covers the basics well enough, with plenty of roulette and blackjack and a few baccarat tables. There’s no Evolution or Pragmatic Play Live, though, so you won’t find the big game shows here, and unlike Flouz, Elarabet and ReveryPlay, Spinchester doesn’t have a sportsbook.

Withdrawal Options and Speed

You can deposit with a Visa, Mastercard or Maestro card, Google Pay, Apple Pay, a bank transfer or a long list of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, USDT, XRP, Cardano, TRON and BNB. Withdrawals are limited to bank transfers, cards and crypto. The banking page describes every withdrawal as “instant,” and the FAQ says that approved withdrawals are passed straight to the payment provider, but the terms say that bank transfers are processed within three banking days. The limits are on the tight side, too. You can withdraw up to £1,000 a day, £5,000 a week and £15,000 a month, wins above £15,000 can be paid in monthly instalments, and winnings from your first three deposits are capped at between 100 and 200 times what you deposited.

Customer Support and Licence

Support is available around the clock by live chat, and you can also email support@spinchester.com. The footer of the casino’s website says that Spinchester is owned and operated by a company registered in Cyprus, with its principal place of business in Nicosia, and that gambling services are provided by an unnamed parent company in Curaçao under an eGaming licence from the Government of Curaçao. Neither company is named, there’s no licence number, and the GCB seal in the footer doesn’t link to a certificate. We couldn’t find Spinchester in the Curaçao Gaming Authority’s register of online gaming licences, either. As such, we’re forced to consider it unlicensed.

Spinchester Casino – The Verdict

Spinchester has clearly had money spent on it. The Joker-inspired look is consistent from the mascot to the loyalty levels, the custom-built lobby is fast and easy to use, and there’s always a promotion of some kind on the go. But the more closely you look, the less it adds up. The advertised welcome bonus isn’t what you actually get under the terms, the reload offers are smaller than they sound, and withdrawals are capped at £1,000 a day. Above all, a casino that takes British players without a UK licence, without naming its operator and without a verifiable record for the licence it does claim to hold is one we’d steer well clear of, however well it’s dressed.