Mr.Play

The author's opinion about Mr.Play

… and that’s when I knew that I had found my favorite UK casino. It took some soul searching but Mr Play proved itself too many sings and I am not one to avoid or mistake the signs. For a predominantly UK casino, Mr Play does not feel like one, and this is what struck me first. But then I actually started paying close attention to the games and bonuses, and all the rest, and figured that this was actually not a UK casino by design, but a global one that is only limited by its license. Oh well… but then Mr Play actually kept on giving and giving, and then it dawned on me that this may be the ultimate UK casino, and it can fair pretty well against Curacao and Malta licenses entities. And that is a big reason to trust and play here, as I did, and have not really considered anything else ever since.

David Johnson, online casino expert

Mr.Play has been around since 2017, meaning that, at the time of writing, the casino is more than five years old. Since it first started up, there have been thousands of other houses. So can we say that Mr.Play has stood the test of time, or has it been outshined?

Answering this question is the goal of the review below. However, it will not be easy to do so – there are lots of advantages and cons to this house. Among the advantages are the tight regulation, its impressive amount of bonuses and its tons of games. Also, sports betting is available too, with a couple of bonuses dedicated to it even. On the other hand, the payment policies of the casino could really stand to be better, and more transparent.

So let's take a look at every important aspect of this casino – from its promotions, through its licenses and payment policies, to the games themselves, here is all you need to know about Mr.Play:

Bonuses

Welcome Bonus

Up to $200 Bonus + 100 spins

As we mentioned, there are both bonused dedicated to helping out players who love casino games get a boost in funds and Spins, and ones tied to the sports betting. There are also two alternative Welcome bonuses, which you will have to pick from. Let's take a look at these two first:

• The Casino Welcome Bonus is a pretty generous bundle of Bonus cash and Free Spins. Once you cash in the minimum deposit required – $10, you can claim the promotion. As far as bonus entry costs go, this is fairly low – most other houses require you to come up with $20 at least if you want to be using any bonus. The amount of cash you get for that deposit is equal to 100% of the funds you have cashed in, up to a maximum of $200. There are also 20 Free Spins which you will receive immediately. 80 more Spins will be credited to your account in the next 4 days, in daily batches of 20 Spins. There is a wagering requirement of 35x to be met before you can withdraw the bonus. This kind of requirements are pretty common with casinos these days. We would say that the majority of deposit bonuses have them. They represent the amount of times a player is expected to turn over a certain bonus before they can withdraw it. Most of the deposit incentives with casinos these days have a requirement somewhere in the 30x to 40x range, so, as you can see, Mr.Play is perfectly competitive here! Where the promotion falls off is the low maximum cash out of $500. This means that all you can win with the promotional money and the Free Spins is no more than $500, and anything over that will be written off. Usually, cash out limits are between 5x and 10x the bonus – this one adds up to just 2.5x that!
• Secondly, the Sports Welcome Bonus is a pretty solid alternative to the promotion we just mentioned. It also requires the same entry cost, and it also grants the player 100% of what they cashed in on their first deposit as bonus credits. The maximum you can get is $200, once again. There is a different wagering requirement and you need to turn the bonus over just 5x. That is because sports-based promotions usually have their desired rollovers around 5x to 10x, but there are rules about what games you need to bet them on. In the particular case, the games you bet on need to have odds of 1.5 or higher, or they will not contribute to the requirement. We are happy to say that there is no cash out limit for this promotion, and you can profit an indeterminate amount from it!

Next, Mr.Play has a lot of bonuses which can be claimed over and over. Here are its recurring Casino Promotions:

• The Daily Spin Frenzy is a pretty interesting bonus. It awards you with a different amount of Free Spins based on the amount of money you have wagered the previous day. $100 nets you 10 Spins, $500 or more – 25, and if you wager $1000, you can get the highest bundle of 50 Spins! This promotion does not require you to place deposits to get the bonus, only to have covered the wagering amount we mentioned. Speaking of wagering, the turnover requirement for the bonus is 35x, which is reasonable. There is also a cash-out limit of $100. Given the fact you can get the bonus over and over, without needing to cash in, though, we can not really complain about it.
• There are two bonuses with Mr.Play, which are mentioned in its Terms and Conditions, but not the Bonuses page. This means the casino could have stopped offering them, but we believe it is worth mentioning the promotions in the case it starts handing them out again. These are the Daily Deposit Bonus and the Cashback Bonus. All we know about them is the maximum amount you can get with each, $200, their wagering requirements of 35x and the lack of a cash out limit for both. Also, per the Terms of Mr.Play, the Daily bonus is only available on the first deposit you make for a given day. The Cashback bonus is a way for you to recover losses from casino games – but we have no information about what percentage of said losses you can get back.

Let's also examine the Sports Bonuses which you can get as a client of the bookie:

• The 77% Boost Bonus is available for any player who makes use of the multibet feature. It rewards you for placing several subsequent bets, and grants you up to 77% of the winnings you can realize. Placing bets on 4 games in sequence and being correct on each awards you a 4% boost. This percentage grows, up till 77% at 14 bets won in sequence. The games need to have odds of 1.5 or more for them to count! The maximum winnings from the promotion are $11 000 and any money which comes from the bonus is treated as your own funds, meaning it is free from wagering requirements
• If you have placed several bets on an ongoing game and it seems that you might lose most of them, the casino lets you cash out before the end of the match with the Early Cash out bonus. Once again, money won from these early cash outs is treated as your own funds, so it is not subject to any restrictions.

There is also the Loyalty bonus of the casino, which we would like to mention. This is a system of rewards for players who stick with Mr.Play. The more you wager, the higher your account tier gets. The higher that gets, the better bonuses you will be able to claim. Now, we would like to give you some specific examples of what this entails, but for some reason, the casino is very secretive about its VIP bonuses. It provides no information on them anywhere on the website.

License

One of our favorite aspects of this casino is the fact it is licensed in Malta and the UK. This is stated in the following excerpt from its website:

Mr.Play claims that it has a license by the Malta Gaming Association (MGA) and the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). We checked with the registers of both of these bodies, and the claims were correct. First, we headed to the MGA website and found the license of the casino operator behind Mr.Play – Aspire Global International LTD:

On the same page, there is a list of the domains which the MGA has approved for the operator to run, and we found the one Mr.Play operates from in said list:

We did pretty much the same thing to verify its UKGC license. Here is the page about AG Communications Limited, the name under which the operator is licensed in the UK:

And here is the website of Mr.Play, among the list of approved domains:

This means there can be no doubt as to whether Mr.Play is licensed! But what does that mean for the player, and why do we place such a big emphasis on regulation? Well, here are some of the protections you are entitled to, which are guaranteed to be available because of the regulatory frameworks of the two regulators:

• In order to protect players' mental health and to reduce problem gambling, the MGA and UKGC require casinos to provide the player with several self-exclusion options. These are time-out warnings and deposit limits you can set. You can even request your account to be closed. This means there is a safer gaming environment for everyone!
• The data casinos collect on you as part of their AML and KYC policies is quite extensive and includes sensitive personal information about your identity and payments. Regulators require them to encrypt this data using some of the strictest protocols out there, which is why you can rest easy and not have to worry about data leaks or hackers attacking the casino.
• Thirdly, the games you can play themselves are audited, which means the average return rates they show, the RTP percentages, are verified to be true. The audits are performed by independent professionals and mean you can always be sure you are playing actual games of chance!

Back to Mr.Play, this licensed casino has its website available in several languages:

Languages: English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese

The Terms and Conditions of the house mention a short list of countries where its services cannot be found:

Restricted countries: United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Deposit and Withdrawal

The means of payment with Mr.Play include credit cards, Interac, as well as several e-wallet and e-voucher payments. Note that if you are from the UK, you will not have access to credit card payments as part of your domestic regulatory policies. Also, Interac is available only in Canada. Here are the details about these means of deposit, as well as the various currencies you can open an account in:

Currencies: Euro (EUR), US Dollar (USD), Canadian Dollar (CAD), British Pound Sterling (GBP)

What we like about these policies is the exceptionally low minimum deposit requirement of $10. In general, the majority of houses nowadays have their minimum deposits in the range of $10-$20, for reference. There are no fees, but third party charges need to be covered by the player, as is the case with almost all casinos these days.

Here is what we know about withdrawals:

There is much less information about the minimum and maximum values of withdrawals. Also, the casino's Terms and Conditions do not mention whether you need to turn over your deposits before cashing them out. This is a common AML measure, and you would normally be expected to achieve a 1x to 3x turnover for the cashed in sum. There are once again no fees, and once again, you'd have to cover third party charges.

The processing times mentioned in the table above are the maximum amounts of time the casino says it can take for a request to be processed. This is a bit too much, though, and we hope Mr.Play takes less time to clear Interac and credit card payments in particular.

A simple fee is charged monthly if you have not logged in for 12 months:

This is par for the course with casinos these days and raises no alarms.

Games and Game Suppliers

Mr.Play does not mention its Game Suppliers anywhere, which we find to be unprofessional. Still, here are the developers whose games we saw on the casino website:

Game providers: Just For The Win, Spribe, Wizard, all41studios, High 5 Games, 1x2gaming, Wazdan, Red Tiger Gaming, Evolution, Microgaming, Play'n GO, PragmaticPlay, Playson, PariPlay, Booming Games, Ainsworth, Hacksaw, Crazy Tooth Studio, Reel Life Games, Skywind, RubyPlay, Slingshot, Triple Edge Solution, Foxium, 2BY2 Gaming, Lightning Box, ISoftBet, Quickspin, Blueprint, NetEnt, IGTech, Eyecon, Yggdrasil, Spinomenal, Gamomat, Gameburger Studios, Other

This is a good amount of suppliers and we are baffled as to why the casino has not implemented a feature allowing the player to filter out games by a single provider. Nevertheless, here is what you can play:

• There are hundreds of Slots available. From bit name games like Gates of Olympus, Starburst, Big Bass Bonanza, Book of Dead and Wolf's Gold, you can play countless games here. Sadly, navigating them is a chore because there is absolutely no way to filter out games, by developer, or by theme.
• No casino would be complete without a good range of Table Games. And indeed, Mr.Play has classis like Baccarat, Poker, Blackjack and Roulettes, available with virtual and live dealers.
• There are barely any Game Shows, and, in fact, we saw just one of them, called Jokers Wheel. Also, there are no Crash games – this is certainly an area in which Mr.Play can stand to expand its catalog!

The Sportsbook by Mr.Play has two mods of betting – prematch betting, which includes thousands of events from many sports. There is truly something for everyone here, from Football to Gaelic Hurling. Gamers can wager on their favorite esports, with a great variety of games – even Starcraft 1 can be bet on!

There is also live betting, which includes a bit less sports. Still, there is a decent variety, with Basketball, Baseball, Football and so on. The feature can be accessed by clicking the In Play button in the Sportsbook.

Conclusion

With tight regulation, an impressive catalog of games and a decent amount of deposit methods, Mr.Play is a pretty good place to wager, even after all of these years. There is nothing which stands out as particularly offensive about its policies, and we can generally recommend checking it out.