Captain Cooks Casino looks like it hasn’t changed one bit since it was launched back in the year 2000, but don’t be fooled – it has a range of games that is bang up to date.
Captain Cooks Casino is part of the huge Casino Rewards group, but not many of their casinos are UK facing so you may not have come across one of them before. It’s so old that it began life as that old fashioned beast, a download casino and although there is now a browser version (which is the only way to play on mobile devices), it still looks extremely dated.
Yes, the home page looks like one of those Get Rich Quick flyers you might receive in the post from time to time. Yes, the wagering requirements are pretty horrendous (not that you would care about that if you did win one of the progressive jackpots with the welcome offer). But dodgy as they look, they have been in operation for more than 20 years and have a bona fide UK Gambling Commission licence.
The welcome offer at Captain Cooks is based around 100 chances to win an unspecified jackpot but this is not as good as it was previously, when it was 100 chances to win the Mega Moolah; in the earlier version of the offer the spin value was 25p (the minimum on Mega Moolah games) and now it’s 10p. So whatever jackpot you end up playing for with your welcome offer spins, it won’t be Mega Moolah.
To register at Captain Cooks Casino, you must first opt into the welcome offer and confirm that you’ve read the terms and conditions. Once you’ve made your deposit, you’ll get a pop up awarding your spins – click to play.
The casino lobby is considerably more modern looking than the page you first land on; it’s hosted on a different URL so it’s a good idea to bookmark it. You will also be assigned a hard to remember username (letters and numbers) so be sure to keep a note of it somewhere.
For many years Captain Cooks Casino had games from just one provider – Microgaming. That has changed for the better following the takeover of Microgaming by Games Global; now they have games from all of the providers distributed by Games Global and although that still majors on Microgaming, newer and more exciting studios such as Stormcraft and Just For The Win are also part of the package. So there’s plenty of games to choose from, especially if you’d like to take a deep dive into the very extensive Microgaming back catalogue with its many progressive jackpots.
As well as slots, there’s scratchcards, video poker, video bingo and other casino type games.
The wagering requirements at Captain Cooks Casino are excessive compared to many other online casinos. To set against this, they are completely transparent with slot game Return To Player (all are in a list linked from the casino home page and (at the time of writing in November 2024) had RTPs set at the high end of the range on games like 9 Pots of Gold.
There’s an array of redeposit promotions (most of which you’ll need to be logged in to see). In contrast to the modest first deposit requirement, to get the best out of most of them you’ll need to make a fairly large deposit.
If you want a modern, slick design or don’t want to be restricted to Games Global, you’ve come to the wrong place. But then again, the Microgaming back catalogue includes many all time classics, and even though the welcome offer is not quite as good as it once was it’s still pretty competitive.
The offer is described as 100 chances to win jackpots – it’s actually a slot bonus and 100 x 10p spins on jackpot slots is just one of the ways you could use it.
There’s also a slew of redeposit offers:
200x bonus on slots only. Other games contribute at a lower rate or not at all.
The Responsible Gambling page at Captain Cook’s Casino is much newer and more up to date than the casino itself (it was last updated in 2022) but is still fairly basic, with nothing on offer apart from the safer gambling tools mandated by the Gambling Commission – deposit limits, take a break and self exclusion (reality check is also mandated so we assume they have it even though they don’t mention it).