Scarlett Casino

Scarlett Casino is a stylish and new online gambling house, which seems pretty good at first glance. It claims to have a crypto-focus while also offering players the ability to deposit with FIAT payment methods. There is also supposedly a variety of fun games to play and bonuses to claim.

However, when one takes a closer look at the house, all sorts of issues become apparent. For example, there is absolutely no regulation over the casino, nor is there any information about who runs it or from where. Secondly, the generous-looking promotions all turned out to have somewhat low cash out limits, which make their huge sizes quite irrelevant. There is also the fact that the games you could play are very few, compared to what other houses have to offer.

The deposit methods turned out to have decent conditions, but there were too little of them for our liking. Overall, the house has mediocre to bad conditions, and we cannot recommend it, despite the fact it does the occasional thing right. Here is everything you need to know about the advantages and downsides of the house:

Bonuses

There is a lot of Welcome bonuses with the casino. We counted five of them in total, which was great. However, once you are done with them, there is not much to look forward to, as Scarlett Casino only features one Recurring promotion. Here is an outline of all of its bonuses:

There are some common aspects of all of these promotions, which are shared between all of them. We would like to clarify them before touching on each of the bonuses by themselves. First off, the minimum deposit for any pf the promotions is $20. That is a fairly decent amount, which is about as much as most casinos would demand for the player to be able to cash in. So far so good, but there is also a cash out limit that is shared across every one of the promotions as well.

This cash out limit governs how much you can win in total from the bonus cash and the Free Spins. The limits are $2000 for the Bonus money and $100 for Spins. Now, the latter sum, of just $100 is very low. But even the high limit for the Bonus money is pretty insignificant compared to the maximum size of the Welcome bonuses, as you will see further on.

Another common feature of the promotions is the fact that all of them have the same wagering requirement. This means that you need to play through the bonus money a certain amount of times before you can cash it out. Such a restriction is very commonplace nowadays and you can expect to see it with pretty much all of the bonuses that are up for grabs. Usually, it is set to 30x to 40x with most casinos. This one is no exception, with its 40x wagering requirement.

With all of the similar conditions of the promotions explained, let's take a look into each of them, starting off with the five Welcome Bonuses. These need to be claimed in sequence, along the course of your first five deposits. Here is what each one of them looks like:

• The First Deposit Bonus is a generous promotion which multiplies whatever you have initially cashed in by 200%. It lets you get up to $8000 that way. Nevertheless, you will only be able to withdraw $2000 from that, as per the restrictive cash out limit of the casino. Furthermore, the house has a bundle of 200 Free Spins that is part of the promotion. That is bound by the $100 cash out limit we mentioned.
• After you have played through the previous promotion, the Second Deposit Bonus is up for grabs. The house features a 150% deposit multiplier for the qualifying deposits for the promotion, up to the same maximum of $8000. Once again, there is a bundle of Free Spins as well, but this time it is of just 100 Spins.
• We would like to cover the next two promotions, the Third and Fourth Deposit Bonuses, together, as their conditions are absolutely identical. They offer you 100% as an extra bonus on top of the qualifying deposit for each of them. Their maximums are the same as with any other bonus so far, and there are two bundles of 100 Free Spins up for grabs with them, too.
• Finally, the Fifth Deposit Bonus rounds up the whole welcome bonus package, with a 150% multiplier for the respective deposit. It has 100 Free Spins, as well as the same maximum as the promotions we mentioned above.

There is just one Recurring bonus, as we mentioned. This is the Daily Spins bonus, which can be claimed once every 24 hours. Here is what it looks like:

• If you deposit $20 and select the bonus while cashing in, you will qualify to receive the 100 Free Spins which are part of it. The size of the promotion is actually pretty good, and most other casinos have lower sizes for the Free Spin bundles one can get on a daily basis. However, there is still the 40x wagering requirement to clear, and the $100 cash out limit to deal with. Overall, this is a decent enough promotion, but it cannot make up for the lack of a robust set of promotions which you can get throughout the week. It would have been nice for it to have some way for players to get Bonus money too, not just Spins.

There is no Loyalty bonus with Scarlett Casino, of any kind. We did not see any kind of Cashback bonus either, which is quite rare these days. Overall, we have pretty mixed feelings on the Bonus policy of the house, and would like to see it expanded with more regular promotions. We cannot say we agree with the cash out limits being a fourth of the maximum size of some of the promotion either!

License

Regulation is an incredibly important topic to deal with when it comes to picking a good online casino. In general we prefer to deal with houses which have obtained licenses, as that means they have certain protections to offer, as well as vital guarantees for their legitimacy. However, the absence of a license does not necessarily mean that there is anything wrong, or shady, going on in a casino – just that it is less competitive.

With that in mind, Scarlett Casino is unlicensed. In fact, the house does not even mention the topic of regulation on its website, which is pretty much an admission that it does not have any kind of license to speak of. Of course, we can take into account the fact that the casino has just launched, and that it is possible for it to obtain some kind of license later. But nevertheless, at the time of writing, it does not have that.

The specific measures that players can expect from online casinos vary, based on the regulation that the house is subject to. The most common place for casinos to obtain licenses these days is actually Curacao – a small Carribean nation that has a unique approach to making sure its egaming sector is legitimate. It has delegated the authority to regulate it to four private companies, which have created a complex framework of rules for casinos to follow. Crucially, this serves to offer the players a high level of protection while also not stifling the casino from bein able to offer newer games and higher bonuses.

This makes Curacao the beating heart of the online casino industry these days. Here is what the protections we mentioned are, which you can expect from this casino as well:

• First off, there are rules about how the data collected by the casino needs to be stored. This data can collect a lot of sensitive personal information, which the houses are required to collect from their players, in compliance with KYC and AML regulation. There is a legitimate aim behind gathering the information, but it leaking could cause you a lot of issues. That is why regulators demand it be encrypted and stored with top-notch security measures in place, designed and capable of deterring any hacker or data leak!
• Secondly, a huge amount of attention is paid to responsible gambling, and every licensed casino needs to ensure that it has specific measures in place to offer players help if they develop, or are struggling with, gambling addiction. These measures include access to all sorts of information on what problem gambling is, and what it can manifest as. But aside from that, players can take control of their exposure to the casino via several self-exclusion features. For instance, you can set custom deposit limits, or opt in to reality checks. You can even close down your account at any time, and be prevented from opening a new one. Responsible gambling makes online casinos safer and more fun for everyone!
• Thirdly, licensed houses need to be able to ensure you that their games fair, and pay out as much as they are supposed to. In order for that to be achieved, they undergo audits. More specifically, the random number generators which determine the outcomes of bets are what is getting audited. These generators are complex mathematical algorithms, and they are reviewed by impartial experts, picked by the regulatory bodies. This means that every game pays out exactly how much it is supposed to, and that there is no foul play in how the results of any of them are determined.

Overall, there are many great reasons to stick to licensed casinos, as we hope we have proven. It is unfortunate that Scarlett Casino lacks regulation, and we hope that it will obtain some kind of license in the future.

On another note, the list of languages that the website of the house can be viewed in turned out to be surprisingly long. Here is said list:

Languages: English, German, Finnish, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Portuguese

This means that speakers of these languages will be able to access and play at the casino using their native tongue, which is great. However, please keep in mind that there are certain countries where Scarlett Casino is not accepting players from, due to their stricter approach to online gambling. Below is a list of them as well:

Restricted countries: Netherlands, United Kingdom, Show All, Albania, American Samoa, Angola, Barbados, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burkina Faso, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Curaçao, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Lands, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jersey, Korea, North, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Wallis and Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Deposit and Withdrawal

There are two means of payment with the casino – credit cards and a number of cryptocurrencies. Usually, houses with a focus on the latter completely exclude FIAT deposits as an option, but this one has a more reasonable policy of accepting them alongside its digital asset payment methods. However, credit card payments are restricted in a number of countries, like, for instance, the UK. If you are playing from such a jurisdiction, you will only have crypto to cash in with.

Nevertheless, here is what the conditions around the means of deposit with Scarlett Casino are:

Currencies: Norwegian Krone (NOK), US Dollar (USD), Japanese Yen (JPY), Euro (EUR), New Zealand Dollar (NZD), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Russian Ruble (RUB), British Pound Sterling (GBP), Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), Dogecoin (DOGE), Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH)

There is a great range of FIAT and cryptocurrencies you can use to cash in as well, which we are quite fond of. We also like the minimum deposit amount of just $10. Usually, houses set their entry cost requirements to $10-$20, so Scarlett Casino is definitely on the low end of the spectrum here!

We should mention that there are no fees for depositing, but you might nevertheless have to pay some charges. These can be the taxes of the card issuer or the crypto miners who are facilitating your transfer. Such third party fees are left up to the player in nearly any online casino these days.

Now, let's also take a look at the withdrawal policies of the casino:

We should mention that its anti money laundering policies include you needing to wager your deposited funds at least twice before cashing it out. That is a common kind of restriction which is usually a part of the Terms and Conditions of any casino.

Next, we should mention that you can generally expect the minimum withdrawal amounts from the casinos you have cashed in to to be around $20, which is just as much as Scarlett Casino sets them to. Even though this requirement is higher than the minimum deposit, it is still fair, in our view. The maximum you can withdraw per transaction is set to $2500, which is great, but keep in mind that the monthly maximum is $15 000.

The biggest issue with these policies is that there is no information about how long it takes Scarlett Casino to process withdrawal requests. Since every casino has its own internal policies on player payments, we would not speculate as to how long it could take this one to clear withdrawals, but we hope that to be under three days!

There are no fees for withdrawals either, but what we said about third party charges applies to them as well. However, if you have failed to log into your account for 12 months, you will be charged with the following fee:

Usually, such fees are included within the Terms and Conditions of casinos. This one does not actually bother us, and we believe it to be quite fair. The size of the fee itself is fairly small.

Games and Game Suppliers

Here is a list of the Game supplier which we saw featured within the library of Scarlett Casino:

Game providers: Evolution, Amatic, Playson, Booming Games, Merkur, Wazdan, Evoplay, Ezugi, Mr Slotty, Belatra, GameArt, Betsoft, Platipus, Spinomenal, Lucky, Nucleus, Relax Gaming, Reevo, Alg, LuckyStreak, Turbogames, Mancala, Smartsoft Gaming, Tom Horn, MPlay, Onlyplay, Spade Gaming, Kalamba, 1spin4win, TrueLab, Spribe, Gamzix, 3 Oaks, Popiplay, NetGame, KA Gaming, Igrosoft, Other

We counted around 30 of them. Usually, though, we expect to see at least 50 developers in the libraries of new casinos. This ensures there are enough games to play. Consequently, the amount of Slots, Table games and so on with Scarlett Casino is nothing to write home about. Nevertheless, here is what those games are:

• Slots: There are all sorts of Slots to play, like Magic Target, In the Forest, Jackpot Builders and so on. Some recognizable games, such as Big Bass Bonanza are not present here. A bigger issue, though, is the fact that the casino does not have any way for us to sort the games so that we can filter them, based on their mechanics, theme and so on. This makes navigating its library somewhat annoying.
• Table Games: There is nothing that says casino like Games, and you can play live and virtual dealer versions of Baccarat, Poker, Blackjack, Roulettes and more with this house. However, the same issue as before plagues the Table games section – it is very disorganized. We would have liked to see subsections for every type of game, which would have made for a more pleasant experience browsing them.
• There does not seem to be a lot of game types we expected to see. For instance, there are no Game Shows, nor are there any Crash games. Naturally, if Scarlett Casino had more Supplier partners, that would not be the case!

Conclusion

To sum everything up, Scarlett Casino is an unlicensed gambling house with lackluster payment policies and a limited supply of games to play. Even its high welcome bonuses cannot save the casino, because of their restrictive cash out limits. We cannot see any reason to recommend the house, when there are thousands of better alternatives out there. If you are looking for one of them, do not hesitate to check out our other reviews!