KatsuBet Casino Review

How’s it going, dawg? This is your boy Derrick coming at you with something completely different! Guess what we are going to do today? We are going to look at an online casino, AND, we are going to talk about the bonuses, AND, we are going to talk about everything else, AND? No, that’s the name of this casino KatsuBet (literally meaning “AND” bet).

Don’t ask me, I’m just as confused. It sounds cool though, I’ll give them that but now that I know the actual meaning, the magic is kinda lost on me, dawg. Names aside, Katsubet looks amazing, has a huge library of great games, however, everything else falls flat.  Let’s dive in and look at KatsuBet Casino.

Casino Review Details

KatsuBet is a relatively new gambling site, having come out in 2020. This online casino is owned and operated by Dama N.V. one of the very best companies in charge of numerous online casinos, dawg. The website is protected by a thick layer of SSL encryption.

So, as you boy Derrick already explained, this is a pretty good-looking online casino. Everything looks super slick and modern, the UI looks good. Navigating the KatsuBet casino website is no problem at all. In fact, the only thing I had trouble finding was the way to contact the live chat support, but we’ll get to that later, dawg. The games are pretty good and well organized, I might add. However, then we get to the bonuses and, while not the worst I’ve ever seen, aren’t anything to brag about. I’ll examine this in greater detail later, dawg.

Country Restrictions

Users from the following countries can’t create accounts at KatsuBet Casino:

• United States of America, United Kingdom, Greece, Spain, France, and its overseas territories (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte, St. Martin, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia), Netherlands, Israel, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Dutch West Indies, Gibraltar, Jersey, Belgium, and Curacao.

Next, the following countries can’t receive any bonuses:

• Albania (AL), Bulgaria (BG), Cyprus (CY), Croatia (HR), Finland (FI), Lithuania (LT), Latvia (LV), Macedonia (MK), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Serbia (RS), Sweden (SE), Bangladesh (BD), Belarus (BY), Moldova (MD), Ukraine (UA), Estonia (EE), Pakistan (PK), Belgium (BE).

Finally, the following countries can’t claim the KatsuBet no deposit bonus which includes free spins:

• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (KP), Islamic Republic of Iran (IR), Algeria (DZ), Ecuador (EC), Indonesia (ID), Myanmar (MM), Afghanistan (AF), Angola (AO), Cambodia (KH), Guyana (GY), Iraq (IQ), Kuwait (KW), Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LA), Namibia (NA), Nicaragua (NI), Pakistan (PK), Panama (PA), Papua New Guinea (PG), Sudan (SD), Lithuania (LT), Latvia (LV), Syrian Arab Republic (SY), Uganda (UG), Yemen (YE), Zimbabwe (ZW), Israel (IL), Hong Kong (HK), Philippines (PH), Taiwan (TW), Singapore (SG), United Kingdom (GB), Italy (IT), Spain (ES), France (FR), Romania (RO), Bulgaria (BG), Estonia (EE), Portugal (PT), Mexico (MX), Ukraine (UA), Malaysia (MY), Bangladesh (BD), Albania (AL), Georgia (GE), Thailand (TH), Nepal (NP), United Arab Emirates (AE), Hungary (HU), Poland (PL), India (IN), Slovakia (SK), Kazakhstan (KZ), Vietnam (VN), Bahrain (BH), Egypt (EG), Oman (OM), Palestine, State of (PS), Mongolia (MN), Benin (BJ), Botswana (BW), Burundi (BI), Cameroon (CM), Cape Verde (CV), Chad (TD), Comoros (KM), Djibouti (DJ), Equatorial Guinea (GQ), Eritrea (ER), Ethiopia (ET), Germany, Gambia (GM), Ghana (GH), Guinea (GN), Guinea-Bissau (GW), Côte d’Ivoire (CI), Kenya (KE), Lesotho (LS), Liberia (LR), Republic of Moldova (MD), Madagascar (MG), Malawi (MW), Mali (ML), Mauritania (MR), Morocco (MA), Mozambique (MZ), Niger (NE), Nigeria (NG), Rwanda (RW), Sao Tome and Principe (ST), Senegal (SN), Seychelles (SC), Sierra Leone (SL), Somalia (SO), South Sudan (SS), Swaziland (SZ), United Republic of Tanzania (TZ), Togo (TG), Tunisia (TN), Zambia (ZM), Greece (GR), Mauritius (MU), Slovenia (SI), Croatia (HR), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA), Republic of Macedonia (MK), Montenegro (ME), Belarus (BY), Sweden (SE), Finland (FI) and Serbia (RS), Belgium (BE).

Other game provider-specific restrictions may also apply.

Here’s the part that you probably care for the most, dawg, the bonuses. There are a lot of them, which is a good thing. They also offer reload bonuses for a lot of different days of the week, which is also good, mhm. Now, say hello to everyone’s favourite party crasher: “Wagering requirements”.

This time, the wagering requirements are at a whopping 45x(bonus amount). Like your boy Derrick already said, not the worst, but certainly not great either. It’s just a shame that every time you see an enticing bonus, it hits you that you have to wager it 45 times (50 times for the reload bonuses). At least it’s not sucky, right? Well, that’s like taking a punch to the face and saying: “At least it wasn’t a bat!”.

Welcome Bonus

First up, everyone’s favourite welcome bonus package. Our welcome bonus package for the day contains four deposit bonuses. Only the very first one will award players with some free spins while the rest will award you with just a match bonus. These all should be great, but that wagering requirement is not kidding around, dawg.

First deposit bonus

• 100% (up to CA$200) + 100 free spins
• Minimum deposit: CA$20
• Wagering requirements: 45x(bonus), 50x(free spin winnings)
• Maximum bet: CA$7
• Maximum cashout: CA$100

Second deposit bonus

• 75% (up to CA$300)
• Minimum deposit: CA$20
• Bonus code: 2DEP
• Wagering requirements: 45x(bonus)
• Maximum bet: CA$7
• Maximum cashout: unlimited

Third deposit bonus

• 50% (up to CA$400)
• Minimum deposit: CA$20
• Bonus code: 3DEP
• Wagering requirements: 45x(bonus)
• Maximum bet: CA$7
• Maximum cashout: unlimited

Fourth deposit bonus

• 100% (up to CA$600)
• Minimum deposit: CA$20
• Bonus code: 4DEP
• Wagering requirements: 45x(bonus)
• Maximum bet: CA$7
• Maximum cashout: unlimited

Other Bonuses

Except for Tuesdays and Fridays, you can actually claim a bonus for every other day of the week, dawg. We’ve got a Monday reload bonus, a Wednesday free spin bonus, a lootbox bonus on a Thursday (what is this, Fifa?), and email promotions every Saturday and Sunday. At the top of all this, you also have a cashback promotion for every single day of the week (but that one may not be worth it). Anyway, let’s look at them in greater detail.

Okay, first, let’s look at the Monday bonus. 25% match bonus, crappy wagering, Monday only.

• 25% (up to CA$100)
• Minimum deposit: CA$25
• Bonus code: LUCKYMONDAY
• Only available on Monday
• Wagering requirement: 50x(bonus)
• Maximum cashout: unlimited

Next up, on a Wednesday, you can claim one of these free spin bonuses.

Wednesday Bonus 30 free spins

• Minimum deposit: CA$30
• Bonus code: WEDNESDAY
• Only available on Wednesday
• Wagering requirement: 50x(bonus)
• Maximum cashout: CA$100

Wednesday Bonus 80 free spins

• Minimum deposit: CA$70
• Bonus code: WEDNESDAY
• Only available on Wednesday
• Wagering requirement: 50x(bonus)
• Maximum cashout: CA$250

Wednesday Bonus 200 free spins

• Minimum deposit: CA$140
• Bonus code: WEDNESDAY
• Only available on Wednesday
• Wagering requirement: 50x(bonus)
• Maximum cashout: CA$500

Okay, time to implement some “Surprise mechanics”, I mean “Fun presents”, ummm… I really hate lootboxes, dawg. I mean, I should like them because they literally are gambling but video games ruined them for me that I’m expecting to get stupid graffiti, voice lines instead of character skins in them. Fortunately, in these lootboxes, you can get 30, 80, or 200 free spins.

Thursday Lootboxes 30, 80, or 200 Free spins

• Minimum deposit: CA$40
• Bonus code: MYLUCKYBOX
• Only available on Thursday
• Wagering requirements: 50x(bonus)
• Maximum cashout: CA$100

Do you like signing up for a newsletter, dawg? Me neither, but you’re gonna have to surrender your email address for a chance to get some free spins, deposit bonuses, and other goodies in your email box.

Last but not least, we have our cashback bonus. When you deposit stuff one day, you can get some cashback on the very next day, how cool is that, dawg? I mean, sure it’s cool but Katsubet kind of wants a lot for a single day, or is that just me? Anyway, as long as you deposit at least €250 and that’s just for the 5%. Here are the details, dawg:

• Players who spend at least CA$370 – CA$739 can get 5% cashback on the next day
• Players who spend at least CA$740 – CA$1484 can get 7% cashback on the next day
• Players who spend at least CA$1485 can get 10% cashback on the next day

VIP Program

Time to know what it’s like to live like a VIP, dawg. If you want to be a VIP, start collecting those Status Points (SP). Every time you deposit CA$50, you’ll get one SP. Now, here’s where it gets confusing when you wager the funds that you just deposited, you’ll also get Katsu Points (KP). These can be used for redeeming bonus funds. Depending on which VIP level you are at, you’ll get a better exchange rate for your KP. So let’s summarise: SP for leveling up, KP for bonus money.

• VIP Level 1 – SP required: 0, SP exchange rate: 100KP = CA$1
• VIP Level 2 – SP required: 20, 25 free spins bonus, SP exchange rate: 100KP = CA$2
• VIP Level 3 – SP required: 50, 50 free spins bonus, SP exchange rate: 100KP = CA$3
• VIP Level 4 – SP required: 250, Personal VIP Host, SP exchange rate: 100KP = CA$4
• VIP Level 5 – SP required: 1,000, Personal VIP Host, SP exchange rate: 100KP = CA$5
• VIP Level 6 – SP required: 8,000, Personal VIP Host and €100 Cash Bonus, SP exchange rate: 100KP = CA$6
• VIP Level 7 – SP required: 50,000, Personal VIP Host and Personal withdrawal limits, SP exchange rate: 100KP = CA$8
• VIP Level 8 – SP required: 200,000, Personal VIP Host and Personal withdrawal limits, SP exchange rate: 100KP = CA$10

During the weekends, you can also increase the number of Katsu points earned by 2, so you can potentially earn twice the amount if you only play during the weekends.

If you can handle the extreme wagering requirements, you’ll find that Katsubet actually has a lot of ways to award you with free spins, dawg. Firstly, you’ll get 100 of them from the welcome package. The Wednesday free spins reload bonus is also a great way to stock up on free spins.

You can also get some free spins from the lootboxes you open on Thursday. I guess we can also count all the exclusive bonuses that you can potentially get from the email promotions. Overall, it’s a pretty good website for free spins. If only you didn’t have to wager them so many times.

KatsuBet excels at having a beefy online casino games library. KatsuBet’s library consists of over 5,000 titles. Believe it or not, not all of them are slots. They also have a pretty good selection of live dealer games, table games, and even jackpots. If you want a shot at some free casino games, you can do so because almost every single casino game has a demo mode. Your boy Derrick is going to look at each of these in greater detail but, for now, here are the software providers:

• NetGame, Belatra, Platypus, Endorphina, 1x2Gaming, Mascot, Blueprint, Booming Games, Booongo, Betsoft Gaming, EGT, ELK, Evolution gaming, Evoplay Entertainment, Ezugi, GameArt, Habanero, iSoftBet, IronDogStudio, KA Gaming, Kalamba, Leap Gaming, Lucky, Merkur, MrSlotty, Netent, Nolimit, Nucleus Gaming, Onetouch, Playson, Absolue Live Gaming, Gamebeat, Goldenhero, Greenjade, Leander, 1spin4win, Lucky Streak, 2By2, 4theplayer, Adoptit, Ainsworth, All41studios, Avatar, Bangbanggames, Bbgames, Betgamestv, BGaming, BigTimeGaming, Boomerangstudios, Crazytooth, Dtech, Electricelephant, Fantasma, Fortunefactory, Foxium, Gameburgerstudios, Gamevy, Genesis Gaming, Goldenrock, IGrosoft, JFTW, LightningBoxGames, Microgaming, Neonvalley, NextGen, Northernlights, OldSkool, Pariplay, Petersons, Plankgaming, Playtech, Probabilityjones, Pulse8, Push Gaming, Quickfire, Quickspin, Rabcat, Realdealer, Realistic Games, Redrake, Reelplay, Reflexgaming, Retrogaming, Skillzzgaming, Slingshot, Spinomenal, Spribe, Stormcraft, Swintt, Switchstudios, Thunderkick, Tom Horn Gaming, Tripleedgestudios, TrueLab, Yggdrasil, Zillion, Bulletproof, Hotrisegames, Reellifegames, Fugaso and Mancala Gaming.

Slot Games

As you can tell, by the sheer number of game providers, there are a ton of online slots available. Even better, they are really well organised thanks to a very helpful UI. You can check out all the hottest slots by checking the following categories: New, Hot, Slots, and All games. If you happen to be depositing in Bitcoin, you can even check out the BTC games which are surprisingly fun. As of writing this, here are some of the hottest slots at Katsubet, dawg:

• Die De Los Muertos, Undine’s Deep, Golden Fish Tank

Table Games

Table games may be the last category on the games page but that doesn’t mean that they are any less valuable. Okay, maybe it does, but if you do like to play non-live table games, you can do so here. Unfortunately, the lower you scroll down this library, the more live games you’re gonna start to see, which is a bit of a shame. Still, a pretty good library of non-live table games, dawg.

Jackpot Games

The only game type that doesn’t have its own category is the jackpot games. Fortunately, they can be found pretty easily through some of the above-mentioned categories. Yes, it sucks that they all don’t have their own category and that they don’t have the labels showing the exact jackpot amount, but at least Katsubet is full of jackpot games.

Live Casino Games

Are you guys ready for some bad news? Even though Evolution gaming is available at Katsubet, they aren’t allowed for Canadian players. Bummer, right? Fortunately, there are still plenty of other live dealer games software providers such as Ezugi, NetGame, Endorphina, and 1×2 Gaming. You’ll have plenty of stuff to play at Katsubet Live Casino except none of them are going to be by Evolution Gaming.

As usual, there isn’t much your boy Derrick can tell you about the mobile casino platform apart from it running pretty well, as it should. Yeah, it’s become a standard in the gambling industry that every online casino is well optimised and perfectly functional on any mobile device browser.

Katsubet doesn’t have a dedicated mobile app for either iPhones or Androids but it really doesn’t need one because it works just fine through any old browser. I had a lot of fun playing at Katsubet on my phone. I was able to play some video poker, make a deposit and even contact the live chat customer support. All good here, dawg.

Katsubet is very crypto-friendly. Not only do they accept cryptocurrency as payment but they even have BTC gaming slots too. So, can someone explain to me why they don’t accept Ethereum? Maybe they think it’s too volatile? Joking aside, they also accept credit cards, a few e-wallets, and some bank transfer methods.

Deposit Methods

• Visa, Maestro, Mastercard, Purple Pay, Neosurf, ecoPayz, iDebit, Interac Online, Bitcoin, Litecoin, USDT Tether.
• Minimal deposit: CA$15
• Maximal deposit amount: CA$5,600

Withdrawal Methods

• Visa, Maestro, Mastercard, ecoPayz, iDebit, Instadebit, Bitcoin, Litecoin, USDT, VIrtual Credit Cards, and Bank Transfer.
• Minimal withdrawal: CA$30
• Maximum withdrawal amount: CA$5,600

Accepted Currencies

• AUD, EUR, USD, NOK, PLN, NZD, CAD, RUB, JPY, BTC, LTC, ETH, DOG, BCH, USDT, XRP, TRX.

Now for the story you’ve been waiting for the most: “Derrick’s encounter with the not-so-great customer support”. Okay, the encounter wasn’t exactly bad, but the journey toward talking to them was a bit tricky. Normally, before I even create an account for the casino review, your boy Derrick likes to ring the customer support for some Q&A.

Now, even though everyone and their mother swore that Katsubet had live chat customer support, I couldn’t find one anywhere. Only once I created that review account did the live chat support magically appear out of thin air right on my profile page.

See right there, that’s bad online casino design, dawg. Live chat should be available to everyone, registered users and guests. This is like saying that you only deal with your own people. Don’t get me wrong, the live chat works well, once you contact them but the fact they are only available to registered users, left a really bad taste in my mouth. Well, even if you aren’t registered, you can still contact the chat support via email, though, which is kind of nice but not that effective.

Available Languages

• English, French, Japanese, German, and Russian.

Katsubet should be a good online casino but because the casino trips over itself in so many aspects, I’m afraid I’m gonna have to give it a C-. The games are great, the website looks great but the customer service and the bonuses simply can’t be ignored, dawg.

Such a shame too because I can see this casino becoming really big in the future if they fix all the stuff I mentioned in this review. One can only hope, dawg. As always, we got you, Bro!