LuckyMate

About LuckyMate

You might think from the name that LuckyMate is Australian, but no – it’s actually the latest UK facing casino and sportsbook from Anakatech Interactive, who also operate Betnero, Winomania and 7bet.  They’ve had a UK Gambling Commission licence for online casino for a few years now (since 2017, to be exact) but their sportsbook licence was only granted in 2024. Using the same great platform as the other three brands, LuckyMate shines by dint of its No Wagering casino welcome offer, representing a new departure for this operator.

The LuckyMate website has a nice, tasteful design in shades of “lucky” green and is really easy to use on all devices.

Getting Started

The sign-up process at LuckyMate is super streamlined and should you need to upload any ID for account verification you can choose to do so right away or leave it for later if you’d rather.

One thing that you do need to be aware of is that you need to enter a code when you deposit to claim the welcome offer; you’ll see this immediately after using the Play button here to go to the LuckyMate website.  You then need to activate the offer via the little icon of a gift BEFORE playing through £10 on slots. Your spins will be automatically awarded after you’ve completed the playthrough.

Sports Betting at LuckyMate

The sportsbook lobby area majors on football but also covers other ball sports, darts, motorsports and many other sports; esports is also well represented with hundreds of bets available and e-football and e-basketball as separate categories.  In play betting has its own separate lobby area as do Virtuals, providing a wide variety of computerised races and matches to bet on when the real thing is rained off or out of season.  As for horse racing, it has yet another separate lobby area which is slightly odd in what it doesn’t include (any UK horse racing, it’s all international and Irish) and in what it does (UK and Ireland greyhound racing).

Games At LuckyMate

The Casino part of the lobby at LuckyMate features more than 1300 slot games including classics from suppliers like Net Ent, Games Global, PlayNGo, Pragmatic Play and Big Time Gaming as well as the more elusive Spinoro, Wazdan and PeterAndSons.  Although there’s only a handful of progressive jackpot slots, they include Mega Fortune and Mega Moolah which is great to see.

There’s not a huge amount of game categorisation (New Games, Drops & Wins, Jackpot, Megaways is about it) so if you don’t see anything you fancy playing right away you can use the search box, which immediately brings up a list of game providers before you’ve typed in anything at all.  Tap or click on a provider to see all their games, or carry on and type in the search box if there’s something specific you’re looking for.  LuckyMate will show you a list of games after you’ve typed in just three characters which is handy if you can’t remember the exact name of the game you want.

Fans of non slot games are not forgotten.  More than 30 Slingo games sit in their own lobby category and then there’s the Scratch Cards area, again with more than 30 games. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s yet another lobby area called InstaWin with another 30 or so games, in this case an assortment of crash games, Lucky Tap, keno, Plinko and minesweeper games – a great spot to find new types of game to try.

The Live Casino is mainly powered by Evolution and Pragmatic Play. Game shows are well represented with everything from Mega Ball, Sweet Bonanza Candyland and Cash or Crash to newer games such as Ice Fishing and of course, there’s plenty of roulette and blackjack including live dealer titles from lesser known providers Ezugi and Creedroomz.

Other Things To Consider

The promotions page at LuckyMate has a mixture of network promotions like Pragmatic Play’s long running Drops & Wins, and LuckyMate exclusives.  What’s special about the exclusives is that they all – as they say “in true LuckyMate fashion” – come with zero wagering requirements on the winnings.

LuckyMate accepts a good range of deposit methods but – and it is a big but – you will need to use a debit card to deposit if you want to be able to claim that tasty welcome offer.  You either use it directly, or via Apple Pay or Google Pay.

Customer support is via a live chat bubble which helpfully shows you the current response time (under two minutes when I visited).  It’s not 24/7 but there’s a contact form you can fill in out of hours.

LuckyMate does not have any mobile apps but the site works so well on a mobile device that there’s really no need for them.

Final Thoughts

There’s a lot to like about LuckyMate and the combination of casino and sportsbook on a fresh platform that will be new to most users with all promotions being No Wagering is bound to be very popular.