Lucky Creek casino (luckycreek.com) is a smaller online casino with a Curacao license, part of the Lotus Players Club Group of Online Casinos. I was a member of this casino group for about 6 years (specifically the flagship website, the Black Lotus casino), I’ve seen the group change hands and expand into a decent casino from its humble beginnings, in operation for 8+ years. Sadly they no longer accept players from my country so my player account was closed. I spent years playing in Black Lotus casino and also in the Grand Eagle casino. The other casinos of this group are: Lucky Creek – this one, Treasure Mile, Mandarin Palace, Big Dollar, Lotus Asia. I definitely recommend registering at the Black Lotus website, it’s the flagship casino of the group with the most and best games instead of the other neglected, soon to be closed secondary websites (Lucky Creek is one of them). The casino has average games (it was even worse just a few years ago, they had really bad games and only like 50 slots, glad to see they improved, definitely going in a good direction in this regard). In all fairness, apart from the main casino of this group, there is barely any difference between websites of this group (same games, same parent company, same customer support, same license, same issues, same flaws, only the design of the website seems to be different). However, some of the websites, like Lucky Creek appear to be really neglected and abandoned. Still, I trust this group, I was member for 6 years and I always got my winnings, all of it. And based on other reviews online this seems to be the case for the vast majority of people. However, I heard that it’s much more difficult and takes much longer to receive your winning if it’s over $5000, if it’s a really big amount, more of that in the “deposits and withdrawals” section of the review.

If you don’t have time to read the full review and you are just looking for a short summary, just read this: The casino accepts players from the USA. Considering this is a US casino (US casinos always have worse and less games due to legal issues) it has an average selection of games, with Saucify, Genie games, 100+. However, the website is really neglected, abandoned. Not recommended, even if you are from the US. Lot of weird issues, some customer complaints, very low score, neglected, choose the flagship casino of the group instead, that’s better in every way and has twice as many games. I suspect this almost abandoned secondary website will be merged into the main casino very soon.

If you are not from the US I recommend this casino, you can read the full review here. Much better, more and better games, but does not accept US players.

Review methodology: In each section I review one of the primary attributes of the casino, these are: list of countries not accepted, list of games, deposit and withdrawal process and methods, uniqueness. Each of these aspects then gets points ranging from +2, meaning exceptionally good to -2, exceptionally bad. Additionally at end of the review I go through what I consider to be less important secondary attributes, such as live support chat, VIP, loyalty program, mobile compatibility, other reviews, bonuses, promotions.
At the end I tally all the points and add and subtract them from 10. This will give the final score of the casino. I use a 1 to 10 scale, 10 being the best and 1 being the worst, no 0 or minus scores.

Lucky Creek Casino online casino review

1., Who can play: The most important thing for a player in a new casino is whether you can actually play or not, so here is the list of all the countries not accepted at Lucky Creek Casino. So before you read any further let’s determine whether you can actually play at the casino at all.

/Clarification: The country of your residence, your official address, what’s on your ID card (or address card if it’s a separate thing in your country) is what you should be checking, not your current residence. So if you are from the UK and you currently temporarily reside in the US, you should put down your UK address. It’s important, because if you win, they will ask for your ID and/or address card to make sure you are who you said you are on the registration form, and they will check the address on your ID, if it’s not the same as what you put down during registration they will instantly perma-ban you. And all your winnings will be confiscated, no matter how much you won! Be careful! /

It’s a short list. So they get +1 points for accepting players from many different countries. I added a “?” at United Kingdom and United States. Clearly, you can register and play from the states, or the UK, it’s one of the selling points of the casino. They are always described as a US player accepting casino on every gambling blog. And if you check the registration form you can select both the UK and US as your country when trying to register. Clearly not true. That’s quite a big mistake in the terms & conditions (that’s where the list of the countries not accepted is) and I wouldn’t be surprised if it would cost them quite a lot in a lawsuit, down the line. But hopefully they will fix it in time, -2, it’s a big and potentially costly mistake for the company, really unprofessional.

Also, in the footer section there are weird links to other low quality casinos, these casinos are not even part of the Lotus Player’s Club. This is a so called “link-exchange” or (link selling if they charge money for it) it’s a looked down upon online marketing (SEO) technique, considered unethical, shady and outdated. But more importantly, it’s weird, definitely doesn’t generate trust for the casino among new players at the website. -1 points.

Another issue with the website. The terms and conditions is not readable unless you register. If you click on it the registration form pops up. I’m pretty sure this is illegal. But once you registered you can actually read it, so it might be just a bug, oversight on the casino’s part. The website is really neglected so It wouldn’t surprise me. Deduction, -1 points.

Accessibility, number of countries accepted: +1
Issues in the terms and conditions: -2
Weird links in the footer: -1
Terms and conditions not readable unless you register -1
Total:-3

2., Games: The second most important thing to players is the number, and also the quality of the games. Some casino game developers are just better than others, Net Ent, Microgaming, Practical Gaming to name three of the best, but the really good software developers are only available to European casinos for legal reasons. However, Lucky Creek works with Saucify (a good software developer) Betsoft (average, below average games) and Genii (below average and some bad games) software developers. It’s a mixed bag and they only have a bit over a 100 games, mostly slots, nothing interesting. This is not enough nowadays, even for a US casino, a deduction of -1 points for the lack of quantity and quality .

Most of these games are mobile compatible, except for the older ones. Not enough games, below average quantity even for a US casino.

Games: -1

3., Deposit and withdrawal options: The third most important thing to a player are the deposit and withdrawal options.

Lucky Creek casino offers the following deposit options to players:

• Credit cards
• Skrill
• Neteller
• EcoCard
• Bitcoin

Lucky Creek Casino accepts credit cards! Which is great for US players, because due to legal reasons credit card companies often refuse to deal with US casinos. This is one of the few exceptions.

However! These were only for depositing money, for withdrawing money they have the following options:

• Wire transfer
• Skrill
• Ecocard
• Bitcoin

I’s definitely an inconvenience that they don’t just send your winnings to your credit card, the same card you used to deposit, but that’s the law. Payment processors are independent third party legal entities and it’s really strictly regulated, international transactions especially and there is nothing they can do about it.

Another big issue is that the minimum withdrawal amount is $150. I can understand a limit of $50, because of the extremely high cost of wire transfer in the US, but $150 seems excessive.

Still, they get -2 point deduction for limited options to withdraw funds and having a relatively high minimum withdrawal amount. (Use Bitcoin or wire transfer to get the money you won if you live in the US. However, if you live in Europe, wire transfers are free, that’s what I personally used too. I got my money in a few days. But if you live in the USA, Bitcoin or Skrill might be better to avoid the crushing, usually $50-30 fee for international wire transfers. It’s crazy how expensive wire transfer is in the US! Unbelievable! The casino doesn’t cover the wire transfer cost, they deduct it from your winnings.)

Limited options to withdraw money, withdrawal fee: -2

4., Uniqueness: And the last one I think we all are looking for in an online casino is innovation, unique and interesting new online gambling games and features. Anything that makes you “Wow, that’s amazing.”. Does Lucky Creek have the so called ‘wow-factor’? No, not at all. It accepts credit cards, that’s unique for a gambling website that accepts US players, but only for depositing money not for withdrawing so that’s not enough to be considered unique. It has Saucify, Betsoft games. Not that impressive. A lot of US casinos have them too, and they only have around a 100 games, not enough. No unique games, no live dealers, 80% of the games are just plain old 5 reel slots, many are 5+ years old and not mobile compatible. This is a boring, forgettable, US casino with a neglected website, probably will be closed down in a few years.

Innovation, interesting, unique features/games: 0, none

Total score: Lucky Creek casino gets 2.5/10, 2/5 stars, not recommended, not even for US players, avoid it, neglected, barely functioning casino that probably wont be around in a year or two.  Black Lotus casino, the flagship casino of this company is much better, has none of the huge issues that this casino has.

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Last updated: 2020-06-04

Miscellaneous other info about the company, in case you need to contact them:

Official name: Ardway Limited,  using the gaming license of its holding company Genesys Technology N.V.
Encryption: 128-bit SSL
Live Chat: 24/7
Head Office: DSLR Suite 413, Ftieh Street, Birkirkara Bypass, BKR2940 Birkirkara, Malta
Licence: Curacao
Phone: no phone number, just email
IT-Security: COMODO
Self Exclusion: Available
Email: [email protected] but use the contact form on the website instead, better, faster response
RTP Analysis: eCOGRA
Anti Money Laundering: ID-Check Required

Summary

Reviewer

Simon András Péter (SimonTheSorcerer)

Review Date

2020-03-27

Reviewed Item

Lucky Creek Casino

Author Rating

2

Software Name

Lucky Creek Online Mobile Casino

Software Name

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS

Software Category

MobileApplication