How do you choose the right online casino for your online slots games needs? Online South Africa Casinos, experts in both the industry and the playing, spend huge amounts of our day testing and playing different games at different casinos and we know just what to look for.
To call any particular site ‘the best’ doesn’t do justice to the insane number of online casino sites and games that are all doing their best to attract your moolah. Some of these sites will make wild claims about how good they are, how much you can win, what ‘never to be repeated’ bonuses you can get or other fanciful and flashy statements and promises.
But to truly be ‘the best’ South African online slots site – to even be in the fight for the title – an online casino site must check a few boxes for the OSAC players:
- Safety and security
- Versatility and user friendliness
- Games library
- Support
The Best South African Online Slots Site must be safe and secure
This is the most important, numero uno, big kahuna element of a good online casino, especially one that is trying to draw in South African online slots fans.
There are a number of measures that an online casino must take to make sure its players are not going to be cheated by scammers – and to show players that they are not scammers themselves.
The first thing is to show that they are registered with a recognised and trusted authority. There are a bunch of territories around the world that legally register online casinos. The most popular, and most trusted, include the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Malta, Curacao and Alderney. These are just an example and there are a bunch more but, very important, make sure that the online site has a valid registration with a recognised authority. You can Google the territories if you need to or look for the authority and registration number which should be at the bottom of the online site’s home page and do a search on that.
Safety and security at an online casino also extends to how they are protected, and their players are protected, against hackers. Make sure your online slots site has a locked padlock item on your URL bar when you visit. And have a look through the various ‘about us’ pages or home pages to see if they publish the security they use, Thawte for example. Most reputable online casino will give you a breakdown of their security and privacy process under a ‘Security’, ‘Privacy’ or ‘Data’ tab.
The Best Slots Site must be versatile and user friendly
A top online casino will be responsive and allow you to play your favourite online slots games or other online casino games from your device of choice without losing quality or engagement.
Mobile gambling is becoming a big business and players are starting to expect their gambling partners to give them an experience that they can access from their desktop or from their mobile phone or from a tablet. The better online casinos will spend the money to bring the best possible gaming experience to their players wherever, whenever and however they choose to play.
Access is just as important as appearance. An inviting and well-designed online slots site will attract much more business for the online casino. And an easy to navigate and use website will keep those players coming back for more.
Must have an impressive games library
Size does count. But so does quality. The ‘best’ online casino for online slots games must offer a wide and diverse variety of online slots games.
The size of the online casino’s slots lobby will show you whether they are serious about offering you thrilling times and also show you whether they invest in the latest and greatest games available. An online slots site that offers you 1,000 different classic 3-reel fruit machines is noy going to be as inviting as one that offers you 500 online slots games that run from 3-reel to 5-reel to 3D to immersive to progressive and more.
It’s all about size PLUS quality.
Some online slots sites and online casinos have an agreement with one particular games developer like Playtech for example. This does not mean that the site is bad. In fact, if they are partnered with one of the big names, you can get a massive selection of all the latest casino games in one place and know that you are getting to play quality games. Some of these developers include Playtech, NetEnt and Microgaming.
At OSAC we do prefer the online casinos that offer a large variety of games from a number of different developers just because we like the choices and the different (and sometimes unexpected) games we can find.
Must have great customer service
While seemingly not as important as say banking methods or withdrawal limits, customer service is on our checklist of things that make a great online gambling site. When you have a problem – could be technical, could be financial, could be anything really – you want to know that the team responsible for solving that problem are a) professional, b) capable and c) friendly and understanding of your needs. It just makes everything easier and better no matter who or what is at fault.
The Best South African Online Slots Site must be:
We are going to cheat here because it’s honestly difficult to choose an overall winner. Especially because personal tastes and opinions have kept the OSAC team going around in circles for hours now. SO, we want to present you with the ‘best 3’ online casino to offer online slots to South African players.
PlayLive Casino (playlive.co.za)
A superb, high-class, professional online casino that welcomes South Africans, has impressive security and an absolutely ginormous selection of games – especially online slots. Properly registered and with a great support team who answered our questions promptly and professionally. The online site and the mobile version are beautifully laid out to make registering, logging in, finding and playing your favourite games an absolute breeze.
Casino.com
Just opened for South African players but quickly making a name. Casino.com is well-known to international players for its safety and security, good selection of games and incredible customer support. The gold standard for how to deal with online customers is definitely right here. The site design is spot on for navigating and playing as easily and quickly as possible.
Springbok Casino
Very much a local flavour but one that delivers on security and on reliability. The support is fantastic and, even though it is a Real Time Gaming exclusive partner, it offers a great range of quality games. The website will give South Africans a warm patriotic glow and the RTG games will get the blood pumping – all while knowing that you are playing at a secure, registered, trusted online slots site.
