Joker8 Casino Review (2024)

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Joker8 is a brand new online casino with a very vintage theme – Cabaret. This is not a widely explored theme by other online gambling houses, and even if it were, few could do it justice like this particular one. When we opened its website we were presented with three appropriate mascots. They don’t have their own names, so we will just call them the Swing Dancer, the Singer and the Can Can dancer. All of them are hand drawn and a lot of attention has been put into making them look as life-like as possible.

We put so much focus on the themes of the casino, because in our view, a house which is dedicated to its themes has a lot more work put in it than the average casino website with a plain black background. This turned out to be true in the case of Joker8 as well. There are unique and rewarding bonuses, thousands of games to play and  a fair and friendly payment policy. The casino operates under license from the Curacao-based Antillephone, one of the most popular regulators in the world of online gambling nowadays. We should also mention that it is run by Rabidi N.V.. You might have already played in one of their houses, and might be able to attest as to their high quality, with this latest one not being an exception.

Overall, we can easily recommend Joker8, but let’s get into some more detail about what makes the house special:

Bonuses

There really is no shortage of bonuses you could get from this casino. Between three Welcome offers and a couple of Recurring promotions, as well as an excellent VIP Program, Joker8 really knows how to reward its players for cashing in! Here is an outline of the bonuses we just mentioned:

We would now like to take a closer look into each, starting with the Welcome Offerings. These are three different promotions, each tied to one of the mascots we previously mentioned. The player can pick one of them when making an account, and their first deposit will receive the corresponding bonus.

All three promotions have certain features in common, like for instance, their low minimum deposit requirement of just €20. This is about as much as we expected the casino to demand its players cash in, based on what the requirements are for similar bonuses.

Secondly, the wagering requirements for all three promotions are the same – 35x for any Bonus Cash and 40x for the winnings from the Free Spins, awarded by the casino. A wagering requriement simply represents the amount of times you need to play through a bonus in order to cash it out. It is a pretty much inseparable part of the vast majority of promotions you could receive from modern online casinos. The majority of times we see such requirements, they are generally between 30x and 40x, so we can say that this one is quite competitive with the rest of the peers of Joker8, especially since there is actually no cash out limit on any of the bonuses. With that in mind, here are the three promotions:

• The most well-rounded among them is the Swing Dancer Bonus. Picking this dancer will allow you to get 100% of whatever you cash in with the casino, up to a generous maximum of €500. There are also 200 Free Spins to go along with that sum of money.
• The Singer Welcome Package is a bit more complex. It consists of three bonuses, which you can claim over the course of three deposits. They net you 100% of your first deposit, up to €500, 75% up to €300 on your second and 50% up to €200 on the third time you cash in. There are no Free Spins, but the bonus can keep you engaged for a bit longer.
• Finally, the Can Can Dancer Bonus is perfect for high rollers. It grants you a one-time bonus of 50% of your deposit, up to a maximum of €1000. Pick it up if you are trying to cash in a significant amount of money!

After you have played through the previous promotions, you will be able to get access to the Recurring Bonuses of the house. These are special promotions you can redeem an indefinite amount of times, once weekly, on a specific day, or days. Here is what those entail:

• The Weekly Reload Bonus is a pretty simple promotion. Joker8 allows you to cash in €20 or more during any work day of the week to claim it, and awards you with 50 Free Spins for doing so. The Free Spins are for a different popular slot each week, so the bonus is always going to be fresh. Cashing out the winnings from the Free Spins is as simple as clearing the 40x wagering requirement we mentioned before.
• Secondly, the Weekend Reload Bonus is available on Saturdays or Sundays, once per week. The promotion allows you to get 50% of the funds you cash in as a bonus, up to a maximum of €700. If your deposit is equal to, or higher than, €50 you can can get an extra bundle of 50 Free Spins. The same wagering requirements of 35x and 40x apply here as well.
• There are two Cashback incentives. These allow you to recover the weekly losses from certain games. For example, the Weekly Cashback nets players up to 15% of their lost money from bets on Slots, up to €3000. The Live Cashback comes with a higher percentage – 25% of the losses you have suffered during any live dealer game throughout the week will be refunded. Nevertheless, it has a lower maximum bonus amount of €200. What makes these promotions so great is the fact that you can actually cash them out very easily, as they come with a simple 1x wagering requirement.

Players in certain countries like Germany will also have access to different Special Game Features. They reward you with vouchers of €10 whenever a certain event takes place in a certain game. Let’s go over what these bonuses are:

• The Gold Blackjack Fridays grant you the voucher when you land an initial K+Q combination in your hand and hit. The winnings from the voucher are 3x its value.
• Next, there are the Game Show Thurdsays, which allow players on Crazy time, Crazy Coin Flip and a couple of other popular shows to clear a special objective during the game. The €10 voucher they can win as result can be used in the Bonus round of the game and allows you to win as much as €20, or 2x its size.
• There is another bonus for Crazy time. If the player hits all the bonus rounds on the fourth day of the week, they will get the €10 voucher via the Crazy Time Thursdays bonus. The voucher has a cash out limit of 2x, and can be used on any game show by Evolution, the premier developer of such experiences.

Finally, we would like to mention the VIP program of the casino, called Cabaret World. It allows you to collect Coins while playing. They are earned when you deposit, wager money or even when you take part in certain Tournaments. Collecting enough will bring your account to the next level. There are thirty levels in total, with a special reward for reaching each one of them. And every ten levels, you can unlock one of the other mascots, besides the one you picked at the start.

The perks to getting higher levels include unlocking said mascots and earning Stages, special backdrops for them to perform in. This is purely cosmetic of course, but there are also more tangible benefits to getting higher account levels. This includes improving your account’s VIP status, which unlocks higher withdrawal limits and the Weekly Cashback Bonus. To be clear, the rest of the bonuses we mentioned so far are available for everyone. However, you need to have a VIP status of at least level three to be able to get the promotion.

License

We are happy to report that Joker8 is licensed with the Antillephone, one of the four regulatory bodies in Curacao. Here is the casino claiming as much on its website:

We checked with the register of the regulator to make sure it was telling the truth:

This is the license issued to Rabidi N.V. to run the casino. It operates under said license, which means that you would be guaranteed the protections you would generally expect from Antillephone license holders. Here is what those are:

• How can you be sure that a game is actually fair? Only by playing at licensed houses! This is because the casinos which are subject to Antillephone regulation submit their games for audits. The audits are performed by impartial professionals, picked by the regulator in such a way as to prevent a conflict of interest. They review the random number generators which produce the outcomes of bets, and ensure there is no bias in them. That way you can know you are playing actual games of chance!
• When you play with licensed casinos, your data is stored safely. This is important because houses need to collect a lot of personal info about who you are, where you live and all manner of details about your payments. And that leaking can cause a lot of damager. Regulated casinos need to encrypt that information with some of the toughest security protocols they have access to, in order to ensure it cannot fall into the wrong hands!
• Finally, there are also rules about how casinos should combat gambling addiction. They need to offer players with sufficient information on what that kind of addiction can look like and what they can do to seek help. Beyond that, they need to offer self exclusion options, like the ability to set custom deposit limits or even close down your account unilaterally. This makes online gambling safer and more fun for everyone.

Joker8 is able to offer these protections and that is great, but let’s get back to our review. Here are the languages the website of the casino is visible in:

Languages: English, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Greek, Italian, Turkish;

And here is a list of the countries from where you will not be able to open an account and play:

Restricted Countries: Australia, Austria, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Burundi, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Central African Republic, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Cuba, Curacao, Cote d’ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Egypt, France and French Territories, Gibraltar, Guinea, Guyana, Guinea-Bissau, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Myanmar, Moldova, North Korea, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Yemen, Ukraine (including the territory of Crimea), United Kingdom, United States of America, Vatican City, Venezuela, Zimbabwe;

Finally, we would like to mention that we have covered many more houses by the prolific operator behind this one. Here are the reviews of the most recent among them, if you are interested in checking them out to see how they stack up against Joker8:

More Casinos by Rabidi N.V.:

• Spinanga
• Crown Play
• LunuBet

Deposit and Withdrawal

A full list of the payment methods and currencies you could use with this casino is available below:

Currencies: Euro (EUR), Norwegian Krone (NOK), Indian Rupee (INR), New Zealand Dollar (NZD), Canadian Dollar (CAD), US Dollar (USD), Brazilian Real (BRL), Swiss Franc (CHF), Japanese Yen (JPY), Tether (USDT), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), USD Coin (USDC), Binance Coin (BNB), Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB)

This is not a bad amount, and there are credit cards, the CashToCode e-voucher and two e-wallets to use, as well as the ability to cash in via crypto. Other houses have been able to offer a larger variety, though.

The minimum deposit amount of €10 is pretty hard to beat, however! There are no fees either, but the player will have to cover any third party fees which might apply to their transactions, by payment providers, crypto miners and so on.

Now, let’s take a look at the withdrawal methods which are available with the house:

You can cash out using pretty much the same range of options, with CashToCode being replaced with bank transfers. Of course, this payment method does not actually allow for withdrawals, so that’s only natural.

Before you cash out, you need to wager all of your deposits at least once. That is a common AML policy, which is in force here as well. The minimum withdrawal is very low – again, sitting at €10. Unfortunately, the €500 maximum amount you can cash out is a bit on the low side too. It scales with the account level, but the initial amount could very well have been a bit higher.

Furthermore, the casino has a somewhat long processing time for cash out requests and can reportedly take up to three days to clear them. There are no fees though, except for the already mentioned third party charges.

There is a penalty for inactivity, which you can take a look at below:

This is common with casinos nowadays, and is not out of place here either.

Games and Game Suppliers

Finally, we would like to show you a list of the Suppliers we saw on the Joker8 website:

Game providers: PragmaticPlay, Play’n GO, Evolution, NetEnt, Quickspin, Playtech, Push Gaming, Spinomenal, Red Tiger Gaming, Elysium Studios, Nolimit City, Yggdrasil, Relax Gaming, Wazdan, Thunderkick, Gamomat, Merkur, Red Rake, Betsoft, Iron Dog Studio, Gamebeat, 1x2gaming, Gaming Corps, Swintt, CT Interactive, Platipus, Felix Gaming, PariPlay, Fugaso, Hacksaw, Smartsoft Gaming, Mascot, Play Pearls, Leap-Gaming, Oryx, Caleta, Kiron, Salsa Technology, Felt Gaming, Ezugi, BetGames.tv, Spribe, Amatic, Ggames, Pocket Games Soft, Belatra, Mr Slotty, Zillion, ELK, Atmosfera, High 5 Games, Apollo Games, Nucleus, KA Gaming, Slotmill, Booming Games, Stakelogic, 3 Oaks, Kalamba, Fazi, RubyPlay, Betsolutions, Habanero, Blueprint, Vibra Gaming, Skillzz Gaming, Revolver Gaming, Spinmatic, Playson, OneTouch, AvatarUX, Spade Gaming, Gamzix, Reevo, Endorphina, BGaming, Other;

There are well over 50 of them, and the casino can offer thousands of games as result. Here is what those games are:

• Slots: From massive names in the slots genre like Mustang Gold, Big Bass Bonanza, Gates of Olympus, Book of Dead, Wolf’s Gold and Elvis Frog, to lesser known games, there are virtually endless slots you can play. For ease of navigation, Joker8 has spread them over a couple of different categories. For instance, these categories include Bonus buy games, as well as Megaways and other popular mechanics. Interestingly enough there is a category for Cabaret-themed slots, which you can delve into if you are a big lover of the overall themes of the house!
• Table Games: Virtual and live dealer versions of popular table games like Baccarat, Poker, Blackjack, Roulettes and more are both available with the casino, for players seeking a classic, and classy, experience.
• Game Shows: As we mentioned before, there are a lot of televised casino experiences sourced from Evolution gaming: Crazy Time, Gonzo’s Treasure Hunt, Crazy Coin Flip and so on, including titles from other studios like Sweet Bonanza Candyland and more.
• Instant Games: This section of the casino’s catalog features all of the Crash games you would expect to find, like Big Bass Crash, Aviator and so on.

Conclusion

Overall, Joker8 is a worthy addition in the Rabidi N.V. catalog. It lives up to our expectations of what an online casino should look like and what it should offer to its players. As we said at the start, Joker8 can easily receive our recommendation, on account of its excellent level of services!