Volcanic Gold Casino

Only one of the six reviewers who work regularly for this site holds an account with the Fortune Lounge group. They report positive experiences.

In the last year the Fortune Lounge group has aggressively expanded and taken over a substantial proportion of the the Microgaming only casino providers still on the market, including the BrightShare, WagerShare, RedReturns and the ReferBack groups of casino (listed by affiliate programs).

None of the groups that make up this super group of Microgaming casino have a spotless record when it comes to the discussion of player complaint and treatment of their affiliate partners, but some of the groups have a better record than others.

At the present time it's not clear exactly how this amalgamation of casino groups is going to function, whether the individual groups will continue to function autonomously and form their own policies regarding the discussion of player complaints or whether there will be one unified policy applied to all casinos in the group.

For the time being, while we will detail the player/affiliate issue with all groups within this amalgamation in one entry, we will continue to treat the groups individually until such time that we see evidence that they are sharing management policies.

While doing the background research for this review, we came across several instances wherein the Fortune Lounge casinos failed to respond to attempts made by various websites to mediate player disputes.

Volcanic Gold casino are part of the Fortune Lounge group of casinos.

When mediating disputes with the Fortune Lounge group we have found them very cooperative when it comes to providing certain types of evidence and unwilling to engage when other types of evidence are requested. As such they do not qualify for a Green status with regard to responding to complaints, but given that they will provide certain types of evidence they are beyond the standard for Amber status. As such we will take the middle ground between the two and state that the Fortune Lounge venues cannot achieve a Trustworthiness status of greater than 7.

It is worth noting that the Fortune Lounge management have openly stated that they will not discuss any complaints with Gambling Grumbles.

The Fortune Lounge group have been involved in the confiscation of player funds based on vague terms.

In late 2014 a situation came to light where an affiliate was found to be hacking into other sites and posting their gambling links on these sites without the owners knowledge or permission. This activity is clearly illegal and unethical. The majority of casinos that were receiving traffic from this affiliate closed the affiliate's accounts upon finding out what the affiliate was doing, however some casinos, whether via intent or insufficient security policies, continued to be listed on these sites for many months after the activity of this affiliate came to light. Many other brands managed to quickly take action to get themselves removed from the hacked sites (closing the affiliate account down and ensuring that new accounts could not be open).

For references see Fortune Lounge Group Player/Affiliate Issues

Only casinos carrying ThePOGG Deposit Guarantee Seal can score higher than 8/10.

To find out how our bonus ratings are calculated see Bonus Rating System.

Bonus;

100% up to €250.

Cashable - Can be withdrawn once the wagering requirement is complete.

Wagering Requirements;

• Slots - 40xbonus
• Blackjack - 400xbonus
• Roulette - 400xbonus
• Baccarat - 400xbonus
• Video Poker - 400xbonus
• Table Poker - 200xbonus

Adjustments to ratings;

• Maximum Bet Restriction (-1) - You are not allowed to wager 30% or more of the the bonus amount received.
• Bonuses on subsequent deposits (+1) - 2nd deposit 50% up to €300, 3rd deposit 75% up to €600

Game Weightings (already account for in Wagering Requirements)

• Slots Parlour Games [Keno & Scratch Card Games] 100%
• Table Poker Games, Casino War 20%
• Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker, Sic Bo, Wheel of Riches and all Roulettes 10%
• Video Poker Games, Craps, Baccarat and all Blackjacks except Classic Blackjack 10%
• Classic Blackjack & All Aces Video Poker 2%
• Lucky Darts 0%

Notes

Using Neteller our reviewer reports withdrawals paid within 4 days.

Minimum withdrawal – €50.

Maximum withdrawal – None listed.

Banking options available - Credit/Debit cards, Neteller, Skrill (Moneybookers), Bank Transfer, Instadebit, EntroPay, Click2Pay, ClickAndBuy, EZIPay, InstantDebit, EcoCard, UseMyWallet

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Volcanic Gold casino use Microgaming software for both their download and instant play casinos. Check out our Microgaming Software Review.

Game selections are as follows;

Email Testing Record

• December 2015 - No Reply
• November 2014 - No Response
• June 2014 - No Response
• December 2013 - No Response

VolcanicGold hold the following gambling licenses :

• Malta Gaming Authority - In our experience the MGA is the best regulatory authority in terms of the management of player complaints. Their complaints team is open and cooperative in the discussion of player issues and we've managed to resolve a number of credible player issues working with the MGA. You can find further information regarding this regulator's complaint policies. You can find further information regarding this regulator's complaint policies here.

The following countries are restricted from participation with Volcanic Gold casino – United Kingdom, USA

Contact Information;

Volcanic Gold does not accept players from the following countries: U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, U.S. Miscellaneous Pacific Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, United States.

Volcanic Gold casino do not publish the house edge (RTP) information for any of their slots games.

The Volcanic Gold comp point program awards points as follows;

• Slot games and unique games 1 credit 1 point
• Table games (not mentioned below) 5 credits 1 point
• Sic bo and all roulettes 10 credits 1 point
• Video poker games, craps, baccarat and all the blackjack games except Classic Blackjack 20 credits 1 point
• Classic Blackjack and All Aces Video Poker 100 credits 1 point

This is ten times better than the standard Playtech comp point system for Slots games, twice as good for some table games, the same for Sic Bo and Roulette and half as good for all other games.

The points can be redeemed at a rate of 1000 points to 1 credit and you need a minimum of 5000 credits to be redeemed.

As with all the Fortune Lounge group, Volcanic Gold casino should be avoided.