Parimatch Review

Sue Dawson
Last update: 26th November 2024

Rating: 4.8/5

Parimatch has a long history as an international betting site. The UK version, which is operated by BetVictor, launched in October 2020. The new welcome offer is heavily focused on fishing games and you’ll need to make three deposits to collect it all.

About Parimatch

Parimatch had its origins in Ukraine in the early 1990s and the brand has operated under local licenses in countries such as Cyprus and Kazakhstan as well as in unregulated markets under a Curaçao licence. It hasn’t been plain sailing for the international version of Parimatch over the last couple of years due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the suspension of operations in Ukraine as a result of a presidential decree, but the UK version is entirely separate from the international version and completely unaffected.

Why? – because the UK version of Parimatch is run on a platform and licence provided by BetVictor and only has the name in common with the international site. BV Gaming Limited has the (rare) High protection rating for customer funds which means that your money is safe even in the extremely unlikely event of insolvency.

The deal with Betvictor enables Parimatch to have a presence in the UK without having to worry about whether their products comply with UK regulations, as Betvictor handles all that for them.

Getting Started at Parimatch

The sign-up process at Parimatch UK involves entering your details on just three screens and is full of helpful prompts. For example “Your first and last names must match your ID. We don’t need your middle name” sounds pretty obvious but it’s actually useful guidance if, for example, the name in your passport is David Adam Gideon Smith but you’re usually known as Dave.

Slot Games At Parimatch

Parimatch is best known as a sports betting site (and the sportsbook is indeed top notch), but that does not mean the casino is not up to scratch. Far from it – the selection of slot games is excellent.

Take the progressive jackpots, for a start – you’ve got Mega Moolah, IGT MegaJackpots, WowPot, Dream Drop, Age of the Gods and a number of others, and that’s as well as a whole suite of daily jackpot games by Red Tiger with a daily drop that’s usually a 5 figure sum. There’s also an area just for Jackpot King games.

The rest of the slot games are equally impressive, with new releases added often, and there’s even a Parimatch branded Megaways game.

There’s a surprising amount of lobby categorisation at Parimatch UK. As well as the three previously mentioned jackpot areas, there are several other tabs for slot games that can be accessed by scrolling horizontally, but apart from Vegas (which is for games by Playech) and In Shop (for betting shop favourites) they are largely related to slots promotions such as Drops & Wins. You can also find games using the search box – it starts showing results when you’ve entered just one character.

The categorisation does help a bit with finding non slot games but could be better. For example, the Crash & Win tab contains just one game – Big Bass Crash – but surely that’s where Aviator should be? And the Scratchcards tab contains other instant games as well, but not all of them (for example, the Hacksaw Dare2Win games Wheel, Coins, Boxes and Mines are all on site but only the first two come under Scratchcards).

The Tables and Live area is somewhat better organised. It has games by Evolution, Pragmatic Play, Playtech, Ezugi and others. As you’d expect, it has tabs for roulette, black jack and game shows but that’s not all. There’s a Macau tab for Asian card games, a Poker tab for video poker games and various tabs associated with current promotions.

Other Things To Consider

The sports and casino parts of Parimatch UK are well integrated with each other so it’s easy to interrupt your slots session to place a sports bet (or vice versa).

The offers page doesn’t have much on it apart from various alternative welcome offers, but this does not mean there are no promotions for existing players – as previously mentioned, promotions are generally run with game providers using tabs in the lobby.

The only very slight fly in the ointment at Parimatch UK is the lack of choice of deposit methods – if you want to claim the welcome offer, it’s debit card or nothing.

Final Thoughts

Parimatch UK has a great selection of games, a high rating for trust and safety plus a great welcome offer for fans of fishing slot games – you can’t really ask for more than that!

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