Royalio Casino Review

If you’ve ever visited the Isle of Man before, you’ll no doubt have noticed that the locals are incredibly proud of their heritage and traditions. This fact is encapsulated by Royalio Casino which, being based on the island and licensed by its gaming authority, also boasts software from two providers that are also on the Isle of Man – namely Microgaming and the lesser-known Cozy Games.

Understandably given its geographical location and licensing, Royalio Casino is primarily a UK-facing site, with players from mainland Britain welcome to access all of its collection of 500+ games. Indeed, many of the games featured on the site have a distinct British theme, but that doesn’t mean players from further afield aren’t also accommodated – in fact, providing offshore online gambling is not expressly forbidden in your country, you should have no problems accessing Royalio Casino.

With Rival and iSoftBet completing the line-up of studios that feature at the site, players will find a diverse and unusual selection of games present at Royalio Casino – something that will come as a breath of fresh air to any players out there who have grown bored with the usual NetEnt line-up.

Best Of British

As mentioned above, many of the slot games at Royalio Casino have a noticeable British element to them, with titles like Big Ben, Britton Aire and Elizabeth White Queen making no bones about where their cultural allegiances lie. That being said, players will also find more familiar titles like 300 Shields, Ariana and the Avalon series all present, making it a highly varied catalogue of video slots.

Despite the presence of many Microgaming classics, one of the most refreshing things about the game selection of Royalio Casino is that many of the titles featured aren’t widely available elsewhere online, meaning players will get to enjoy a fairly unique gaming this experience. Although this comes at the expense of missing out on some of the staple games you’d find at a NetEnt-powered casino, it does mean the site feels genuinely different from the competition, which is something of a rarity.

Unfortunately, the same cannot really be said of the table game offering at Royalio Casino, which is fairly basic and doesn’t stray far from the expected line-up. Players will be able to find several Roulette, Blackjack and Casino Poker titles, but beyond this industry-standard collection there’s little in the way of eye-catching games, with only Baccarat and Craps offering anything beyond the norm.

Muddled in with the table games players will also spot two very lonely looking video poker titles – in this instance, Deuces Wild and Aces & Faces Power Poker – and a Keno game, but that’s about as far as it goes in either of these categories, with little to choose from in terms of specialist titles. Scratch cards, however, do put in a better showing, with eight different instant win titles to choose from.

All games can be viewed as an alphabetical or reverse-alphabetical list, with an on-site rating system also allowing users to arrange them in order of overall score. A handy search bar also cuts down the time it takes to locate your preferred titles, but in truth it is only in the field of slots that this feature will really be required, as the other lobbies are condensed enough to fit on just a single screen.

At present, there is no live casino suite available at Royalio Casino, meaning fans of live dealer interaction are advised to look elsewhere. This means that, overall, the casino’s gamble on using more boutique software providers doesn’t really pay off beyond the selection of video slots it is able to offer – and while it’s noble to keep it local, the site would benefit from a greater choice of titles.

Slots On The Go

One obvious upside of primarily catering for a slot-playing audience is that it is much easier to make your casino available on mobile devices, and this is certainly the case at Royalio Casino.

The vast majority of the site’s games are available on the move and can be accessed by Android, iOS, Windows and Blackberry devices, with no download required for users to start playing. This makes the site one of the more accessible mobile casinos out there and helps bring its selection of games to a wider audience of users, many of whom will delight in being able to play so many games on the go.

Mo Money, No Problems

Being regulated by both the UK Gambling Commission and the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission, players can rest assured that their money is in good hands at Royalio Casino. The site features a simple selection of payment processing options – all of which can be used for both deposits and withdrawals – and this list covers most of the key providers. Accepted methods for transferring funds to and from the site include Visa, MasterCard, Delta, PaySafeCard and Neteller, with Boku’s mobile payment service also included to showcase the site’s full portable potential.

Freebies Galore

If there’s one thing we value very highly at an online mobile casino site, it’s the possibility of securing some deposit-free cash. Royalio Casino provides this service to customers courtesy of a £10 bonus just for signing up to the site, which in turn allows players to try out a range of titles before committing to actually making a deposit. When they do decide to take the plunge, however, they can benefit from a 100% match bonus on their first two deposits up to a total value of £500, while daily login presents give them the possibility of bagging more free cash whenever they visit the site.

Making First Contact

Players at Royalio Casino will find the full range of customer support options available, with email, online form, phone and live help methods all on offer. The latter two options on this list are both available 24/7, making it possible to contact the casino any time of the day and circumvent the waiting times associated with the two email forms of contact. That being said, even the email and online form customer support services are exceptionally speedy, with players usually receiving a reply from the site within a few hours of submitting their query and no later than the following day.

Nice But Niche

Essentially Royalio Casino is a fairly decent site trying to do something a bit different from the competition, but in choosing to offer locally-sourced titles, they have hamstrung themselves in terms of the games on offer. While the slot selection is easily wide enough to hold players attention, the table game offering is too skinny and this is problem is exacerbated by there being no live casino.

In terms of customer support, welcome bonuses and accepted payment methods, Royalio Casino scores quite highly across the board, but this alone is not enough to compensate for the niche appeal of their titles. Overall, this means if you’re a particular fan of Cozy Games you’ll find the site a great place to play, but if you want the thrill of progressive jackpots, you’d better look elsewhere.