Da Vinci’s Gold Casino Review

Were the great Leonardo Da Vinci resurrected and deposited in the 21st century, it would be interesting to see his take on the plethora of products and services to have cashed in on his name. From slots to casinos – and that’s just the gaming industry – the Da Vinci brand is alive and well.

In the case of Da Vinci’s Gold, that brand is an online casino decked out in black and, of course, gold. It’s a curious little site, one that feels like it’s the work of just one guy, possibly ran from his mother’s spare bedroom. The reality may be far different of course, but whatever the case, it seems safe to assume that Da Vinci’s Gold is not the product of a corporate behemoth.

About Da Vinci’s Gold

Available in English, German and Italian, Da Vinci’s Gold is a basic site whose strong branding is contrasted with a number of dated features that suggest the site has seen better days. Players have the option of downloading software to their PC to play or alternatively of experiencing games in their web browser, which will come as a relief to Mac owners.

While Da Vinci’s isn’t a bad site to look at (it’s not great either but there are far worse offenders out there), it’s clearly in need of an update. It speaks of having “over twenty i-Slots games”, and nobody calls them that any more.

There’s another warning signal that this site perhaps isn’t to be trusted: it can’t work out whether to call itself Da Vinci’s, Davinci’s or DaVinci’s. Proceed with caution. The site’s operator, SSC Entertainment NV, holds a gaming license issued by the government of Curacao. Financial transactions are processed by Nazca Tech Ltd, whose residential address is listed as being in East Sussex in the UK.

Should you require customer support, you can disregard all the blurb about how the support team “has been trained to the highest degree of excellence” but you may wish to focus on the live chat, email and telephone options that are provided, including a freephone UK number.

Da Vinci Banking Choices

The casino provides a range of deposit options including Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards. Other options come in the form of Neteller, EcoPayz, Skrill, Ukash and UseMyBank. While Da Vinci’s Gold emphasises the security of performing online transactions on the site – 128-bit SSL is used – it’s worth noting that the cashier page, like every other page of the site, doesn’t appear to have been updated in some time.

There’s no FAQ and no information on withdrawal times, limits or suchlike. If you want to find out more, try getting hold of a customer support operative; help is supposedly available from 12pm to 4am GMT.

Tiny, but Huge!

For a diddy casino, Da Vinci’s Gold sure has a hefty welcome bonus available. It promises a 2,000% first deposit match worth up to €2,000. In other words, deposit €100 into your playing account and you’ll be given €2,100 to play with. This seems too good to be true, and is worth double checking before you commit to playing at the site. High rollers are extended an even mightier welcome offer of €10,000 free, a sum which entitles them to 120 minutes of play on the slots.

After the 2 hours are up or they have wagered €2,500 of the total, they are entitled to keep any winnings they have accrued over and above the €10,000. At this stage, players are required to deposit €25 to wager any winnings they have leftover from this unusual promotion.

Before you get too excited at the potential to take thousands out of Da Vinci’s Gold, be aware that the maximum you can claim from this €10,000 offer is €100 and the maximum amount of winnings you can cashout is €200. Confused? You’re not the only one.

Weekly Bonuses

There are a few other welcome bonuses available at the site, including a table games and a slots bonus, but ignore these for now, as they’re too confusing to explain succinctly, just like the other welcome bonuses. The weekly promotions are mercifully simpler to explain, starting with a 3,000% Sunday slots bonus. Deposit €50 and you’ll receive €1,500 in free bonus cash. Actually, perhaps the weekly promotions aren’t so simple after all. It makes no sense for a casino to dispense bonuses of that nature.

On Mondays, you will receive €50 free for your first hour of play, ensuring that you literally have “nothing to loose” [sic]. Not only can Da Vinci’s Gold’s operators not spell, but they can’t do basic maths either. How does this casino ever turn a profit?

On Tuesdays there’s a 100% table games deposit bonus, then on Wednesdays the crazy kicks in once again with a 2,000% bonus when you deposit €25-100. Thunder Thursdays dispense €4,000 free for 2 hours of play on the house, Fantastic Fridays provide a 3,400% deposit match bonus and Share The Excitement Saturdays come bearing a 500% bonus match. The mind boggles.

Games Lobby

If the promotions section hasn’t completely baffled you, make your way over to the games lobby to find out the various ways in which you can spend your gazillions in bonus cash. As is often the case with out of date casinos, the slots are divided into umpteen categories when just one would do. Take your pick from iSlots, Video Slots, Progressive Slots and 3-Reel Slots.

In the Most Popular category, slots also feature prominently, with titles including Big Cash Win, 5 Reel Circus, Spy Game and As The Reels Turn. All of these games are years behind the times, with basic graphics and features.

Table and Specialty Games

The table games don’t look as bad as the slots, primarily because poker, blackjack and the like haven’t changed in the past decade. There’s all the usual casino titles you’d expect to find at a casino including Craps, Pai Gow, American Roulette and Red Dog. Elsewhere on the site, there’s a handful of specialty games such as Keno and Sudoku plus a variety of bingo games including 30, 80 and 90-ball versions. Scratch games are stocked too, such as Tiki Treasure, Pirate’s Pillage and Penguin Payday.

Da Vinci Masterpiece?

Da Vinci’s Gold is a very, very strange site. It’s dated, but that’s not what makes it strange. No, the real cause for head scratching comes when you scrutinise the welcome bonuses to be found on its promotions page. On the surface, there would appear to be thousands of Euros available for signing up and playing the casino games, but when you inspect the smallprint, the vast majority of this cash doesn’t appear to be available to withdraw.

Quite what it all means is anyone’s guess, but don’t sign up at Da Vinci’s Gold expecting to get rich quick. Indeed, if you know what’s good for you, disregard the enticing welcome bonuses altogether and seek out an alternative casino, one that caters for mobile players and looks like it’s been updated in the last 5 years.