Bodog.com Casino is reported to be the most popular casino using Real Time Gaming software, which is impressive considering that there are 43 RTG casinos currently online.

Bodog.com Casino has a download and a non-download version; this review is based on the download version, for details on the download and a step by step guide, please see Bodog.com. Before you can start your first gaming session at Bodog Casino it's necessary to open a Bodog.com account. After submitting your personal information and activating your account via email conformation, you can then make a deposit into the Bodog.com account.

Your Bodog.com account acts a central fund which can be used for Bodog.com's online sports book, poker and casino. This offers a practical all in one solution to players looking to manage their gambling on the three areas from one account. Comps received from wagering on either the casino, poker or the sports book are credited to the account.

There's an extensive range of deposit options to choose from including; NETeller, Firepay and Citadel. I opted to make a $100 dollar deposit using my preferred method of NETeller.

As of this writing, Bodog.com was offering a 20% first deposit bonus, which required different wagering conditions dependant on whether you wish to wager it with the casino, poker or sports book. If using the bonus on the casino it must be wagered 15 times the bonus plus the deposit before the deposit can be withdrawn. The bonus terms and conditions state that any winners that are generated from wagering the bonus cannot be removed without meeting the wagering conditions. However, my experience was that I was able to withdrawal winning generated from wagering the bonus, with only the value of the bonus removed from the withdrawal (without meeting wagering conditions), suggesting that the bonus is not sticky.

After purchasing your chips from the cashier, you're ready to start playing. Bodog Casino boasts a selection of 13 table games, including some hard to find games on the net. There are also five versions of Blackjack or 21.

There's a game called Face up 21, which is based on the same fundamentals as Blackjack, in that the player attempts to beat the dealer up to the value of 21. The major difference from Blackjack is that both the dealers cards are revealed once dealt. Giving the player knowledge of the dealers hand before deciding to hit, stand, etc. However, on ties other than Blackjack the dealer wins rather than 'push'. Also the player may only double on 9, 10 or 11. Seeing the dealer hand offers a good advantage, this gave a sense little sense of security when settling for lower hands in the hope that the dealer will 'bust'.

Pai Gow Poker is a recent addition to the casino software. Unlike other casinos, Bodog's Pai Gow Poker offers no auto split feature. Pai Gow Poker tends to be one of those games where you can play a lot of hands without loosing or gaining on your balance; however in the short session I played my sour a steady decline in my kitty. My fortunes further deteriorated with a move to the Progressive Jackpot game Caribbean Poker.

Thereafter I realized it was time to sample some of the video poker and slots available at Bodog Casino. Like table games, there is a big selection of video poker game on offer, including three machines that allow a player to play up to 100 hands at once. On this occasion I choose to play Pick 'Em Poker, which seems to give the player a fair chance of making a poker hand.

On a latter gaming session when I had re-deposited at the casino, I sampled 'All American Poker' 100 hand, which allows the player to wager up 1 cent to 1 dollar per hand. It's one of those games where you can wager a lot of money and not really realize it. After the original five cards have been drawn you may choose to hold cards, before simulating the redraw on your 100 hands. After the cards are drawn, the column on the left hand side of the screen informs you of the number of poker hand that you have made and their winning ratio. If you get and hold a good original hand then a player could really clear up on this game. The 100 hand option makes Bodog's casino worth trying out for any video poker fan looking for something a little different. If 100 hand sounds too much for you, there's always the half way house option, wagering on 50 poker hands.

I skipped through a number of slots at Bodog Casino and none of them really seemed to grab my attention. I finally settled on a three reel, nine liner called $hopping $pree, which worked out to be almost impossible to make any sizable wins. However, the game was carrying a massive $323,000 progressive bonus, which gave me a big enough incentive to carry on playing.

The casino also offers a number of mini slot games, which are played within a tiny Microsoft window. I spent some time playing one of these mini slots, called Lucky Lightening (see picture that looks like a Keno screen shot). The games are pretty dull and two dimensional, but handy if you want to have a quick spin while doing something else on you PC. As it happened I managed to make some good wins on Lucky Lightening, creeping my balance back up to the $100 dollar mark.

At this point I emailed Bodog's customer service to ask how long the withdrawal would take. They replied within two hours to inform me that my withdrawal should be completed with four days, but to their credit it only took about 48 hours. Some time later I made another deposit and withdrawal and experienced no problems.

Bodog's casino is pretty impressive, the games have a realistic feel and seem to give you a fair chance of winning. Anyone looking for a casino with wide range of table games to choose from should give Bodog Casino a try, but slots fans may be disappointed. If you're looking to play online poker, casino games and place sports bets then Bodog.com provides you with the opportunity do all these from one site and one account.

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