I opened a Casoola account on a Tuesday evening with £20 and a plan to stay for half an hour. Two hours later I had tried eleven slots, a blackjack table and a scratch card. The lobby has over 2,000 titles, and Pragmatic Play, Play'n GO, NetEnt and Evolution supplied most of the Casoola games I opened. I finished the night with £14.60, which I count as a cheap evening out.
Registration took me four minutes. Allow ten if you want to set limits and upload documents in the same sitting.
Expect an ID request before your first withdrawal. Casoola asked me for a passport photo and a recent utility bill, and approval took about six hours. Upload both at registration and you skip the wait.
Slots take up most of the lobby, and Casoola slots range from three-reel fruit machines to Megaways titles and progressive jackpots. I spent my first session on Book of Dead and Sweet Bonanza. Both ran without stutter on my phone over 4G, and 20p spins kept my £20 going for close to an hour.
Does the size of the library cause problems? One. Scrolling through 2,000 thumbnails takes patience, so I filtered by provider on my second night. Casoola slots online also have no autoplay button on UK accounts, which means you tap every spin yourself. Check the RTP in each game's info panel too: the Casoola online slots I opened ranged from 94% to 96.5%.
You find these slot types in the lobby:
If you are new to slots, start with low-volatility classics at 10p to 20p a spin. Progressive jackpot slots such as Mega Moolah can drain a £20 balance in minutes, so set your budget before you click.
Casoola casino games include the three table staples in several versions. Blackjack comes as Classic and Spanish 21. I played Classic at a £1 minimum, where naturals pay 3:2. Spanish 21 removes the tens from the deck, which changes basic strategy, so check a chart before you sit down.
2.7% against 5.26%: that gap in house edge is the reason I stuck to European roulette over American. European has a single zero, and American adds a second. I placed £2 outside bets on red and black and finished the session £4 up.
Baccarat suits you if you dislike making decisions. You back the banker or the player, and the hand closest to nine wins. Casoola offers Punto Banco, and the banker bet pays 0.95 to 1 after the 5% commission.
| Game | Variations | Strategic Depth |
|---|---|---|
| Blackjack | Classic, Spanish 21 | High |
| Roulette | European, American | Moderate |
| Baccarat | Punto Banco | Low |
These Casoola games run from blackjack, where your decisions change the result, to roulette, where luck decides every spin.
Evolution streams the live tables, and the video held at 1080p on my home broadband. Casoola's live lobby adds Lightning Roulette, Crazy Time and Monopoly Live to the standard blackjack, roulette and baccarat tables.
Seats fill up around 9pm on Fridays. I waited six minutes for a place at a £5 blackjack table, so try £10 tables or Sunday afternoons if you dislike queuing.
A £1 minimum bet gives a £20 balance about 20 rounds at best. Set a session limit before you take a seat.
Scratch cards start at 50p, and I bought one for £1. You scratch the panels or press Reveal All and see the result in seconds. Mine returned £2 on a matching pair.
Keno asks you to pick up to 10 numbers from 80, then draws 20. Results land in seconds, and stakes start at 10p, so a £20 balance covers a long session.
Bingo adds a social side. You buy tickets, mark numbers as the caller reads them out, and chat with other people in the room.
Demo mode lets you try most slots with play money. Casoola asked me to log in first, so you cannot open demos as a guest.
| Game Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Scratch Cards | Stakes from 50p, results in seconds. |
| Keno | Pick up to 10 numbers from 80, stakes from 10p. |
| Bingo | Ticket-based rooms with live chat. |
Casoola adds new instant-win titles each month. Two new scratch cards appeared during my three weeks of testing.