2011 was a bad year for offshore poker sites. The US crackdown and takeover of domains meant the end of the road for many. Then in 2012, hardly a year later, Delaware made online poker legal, followed by Nevada in 2013. It started a chain of semi-revolutionary legal battles, that culminated in 2018, with the US Supreme court decriminalizing sports betting at a Federal level. Who lost this long war in the end? Full Tilt and Pokerstars? None. Both are alive to this day. All this excruciating exercise did was to make the Feds look stupid in front the judges; which when given enough evidence always tends to side with logic.

Not only that, this decade of defiance, much expectedly, gave birth to dozens of new offshore betting sites. Poker-focused Ignition Casino is one. Created by Bovada in 2016, it bravely and unapologetically competes with all the giant-like companies in the online poker industry, legal or otherwise. For Americans and Canadians *specifically* searching for offshore poker sites to play poker recreationally; this site can be placed comfortably up there in the top 3.

With a Curacao license, and the backing of its sister sites Bovada, Slots.lv, Bodog and Cafe Casino; Ignition Casino has on-ground access to the best casino management experts. Its software platform and site are fully smatphone-compatible. Under the umbrella of the Pai Wang Luo Poker Network, a shared player pooling system can coagulate players' stakes from their entire network, thus pumping it with ample liquidity, and an abundant unfettered 24x7 supply of both the casual and professional poker aficionados. Anyone can be sceptical at first, despite all the glamour and camera flashes - if you are, perhaps similar poker sites like Americas Cardroom, WSOP and Pokerstars can do the trick. Each of these, will of course come piping hot with their own baggage full of eccentricities.

Ignition Casino is not just for poker. It's a proper online casino - hence the surname. Play slots or friend it up with the live dealers on their baccarat, roulette and blackjack tables. Having long-term partnerships with dozens of igaming software providers, like Realtime Gaming, Rival, BGaming, Lightning Box and the many, proves, this is a serious betting site. They even have Virtual Sports. Something is always available for every type of gambling brain.

Minimum deposit is only $20 + any processing fee. Cards, Cryptocurrencies, e-wallets, bank wires, echecks, use what you like. Withdrawals do have a minimum $10 requirement, and a maximum $3k per week limit, but they will absolutely pay out every penny owed. If the basic KYC is done, and there isn't any bonus-rules-based controversy pending, or matters out of the control of Ignition, say the banks, there is no way you will not get paid. Getting a payout is a done deal, no matter how small or big the amount.

Support is unconventionally provisioned through just the Live Chat, and a breathtakingly massive FAQ section they call the Help Center. Wait times can be long. This is something Ignition Casino really needs to work on fixing permanently.

Professional affiliate marketing experts can earn a lot of money through their affiliate program. Helping them expand their Refer-a-Friend, word-of-mouth campaign can land one with $125 in bonuses. This also for sending mere invites to your buddies.

Talking about bonuses, new sign ups can get up to 300% or $3,000. Regular new deposits can take these limits progressively higher. Mind the rollover requirements. It's $5 for 1%. Means one needs to wager $500 to complete the needed 100%. Not bad.

Redditors, when looked at as a one articulate unit, back Ignition Casino in all respects. This is despite, when a good bunch of reviews seemingly calls their games manipulated and tampered. Going through all such threads, I would have imagined getting hold of something dirty and sketchy. But nothing. Nearly every reply on there seems to back Ignition as being straight and honest. Go check it out. There was even one thread, where a poker player called their tournaments rigged, assembled a nice looking chart with the data points reflecting his daily participation. I thought this was it, Ignition has been caught for all its scams. Turns out, all the replies sided with the casino, citing lack of enough data, and that the long-term profitability of even the best poker players in the world heads south, once the touch is lost. The picture is near identical on TrustPilot, where it has quite a low rating. The complaints there go unanswered. My bet would be, not because of choice though. Ignition Casino is afterall, illegal in the United States. And their customer staff doesn't want to be traced by the law enforcement authorities. I mean this is the best excuse, I could come up with for them being so smug about the bad reviews. Even though I can genuinely smell the bunk of such ghosting.

Ignition Casino has had a tough life. It's used to it. It not only needs to put on a lot of makeup, daily, for keeping its looks attractive enough, for the thousands of American gamblers quietly shifting towards legal online betting alternatives in the US, but also make sure to wear a black burqa, to keep its offshore anonymity, even if it's a facade, intact.

Ignition Casino, perhaps may be has, 5 or so, good years left in its pocket. It needs to make the best out of what's within its easy reach, before being exposed to the eventual kiss of death by the State-licensed legal betting sites.

The online gambling landscape is gradually reshaping itself and there's little anyone can do to alter its course.

Official website address: www.ignitioncasino.eu

 

Claire Reid

Why should Claire's review be trusted?

• Completed Gaming Management Program from the University of Nevada Reno. This gives her the ability to evaluate gambling establishments on technical grounds.
• Worked for three years at the UKGC as a compliance manager at their Birmingham, West Midlands office. This means she knows the ins and outs of what makes up a good law-abiding gambling site.
• Completed an online course on Ethics and Ethical-Decision Making Essentials from Udemy, which serves as a guide for her when writing true reviews, without taking sides.

A word from the author:

To make this review fair, transparent and to remove any sponsorship bias, I allocated anywhere between $500 (for casual betting) to $25,000 (for evaluating the quality of the high-roller gambling services) out of my own pocket for testing the browser-based platform and the app (where available) of this betting site.

• This money was spent on online casino games and sports betting, depending on what the place is primarily known for. For example, certain brands only cater to slots, while others are predominantly sportsbooks.
• My tests involved all the processes, such as initial deposit and accepting welcome bonuses, KYC, an actual experience of playing the games, and finally withdrawing my winnings, if any.

Legally Binding Oath: I hereby declare that the above made statements are true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that I understand it may be used as evidence in court and is subject to penalty for perjury.

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