Simba Games

Simba Games is one of the larger casinos on the Skill On Net platform, and it is honest about what it is. The design is plain and has been for years, somehow managing to look both simple and dated at once. Behind it sits a wide games catalogue and one of the better loyalty programmes on this licence.

British players should use simbagames.co.uk rather than the .com address, which serves the international site with euro figures and a wagering multiplier that is not allowed here. The operator is Skill On Net Ltd, registered in Malta under number C50024 at Level 5, Quantum House, 75 Abate Rigord Street, Ta'Xbiex, licensed in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account 39326.

Welcome Offer

The offer is 50 free spins, and the UK site states it like this:

Significant Terms: Automatically credited on 1st deposit, minimum £10. Game: Book of Dead. Spin value £0.10. WR 10x free spin winnings, only slots count. Max bet 10% (minimum £0.10) of the free spin winnings or £5, whichever is lower. Bonus code: Start.

At 10p a spin, 50 spins carry £5 of stake for a £10 deposit, so the offer gives back half of what it asks for. That is modest, and I would like it to be bigger, but the terms around it are clean: 10x wagering on what the spins win, applied to slots, with no win cap mentioned and nothing clever hidden in the construction.

The one term that trips people up has nothing to do with the money. You cannot claim this offer within 72 hours of claiming a similar one at a sister site on the same licence, and there are several of those. If a welcome offer will not credit, that is usually why: wait 3 days and it works.

While the wagering is outstanding your maximum bet is 10% of the free spin winnings or £5, whichever is lower, which is standard across this platform.

Promotions

This is where the site earns its keep. I cannot resist a loyalty scheme. As someone who plays small stakes I rarely extract much from them, but I collect Nectar points and Clubcard points with a devotion that is difficult to justify, and the same instinct applies here.

The VIP Lounge takes every player rather than waiting for an invitation. Points come from wagering, weighted by game, and the rewards climb with the tier: cashback, reload offers, event invitations, free money for trying new releases, and a named account manager higher up. At the executive levels it stretches to holidays and event tickets, which means Platinum and above, which means an amount of deposited money most people should not be aiming at. Treat the lower rungs as a small rebate on play you were doing anyway and the scheme is good value.

Alongside it sit Daily Picks, a fresh offer of bonus credit or spins each day, and regular real money slot tournaments.

Games

The lobby is wide. Other reviews have claimed over 6,000 games, which is the unrestricted Malta catalogue rather than what a British account can open, so discount that figure heavily. What a UK player gets is still a large slots selection with plenty of progressive jackpots, 3D slots and a prominent Slingo section.

The live casino draws on Pragmatic Play and Playtech. I bang on about Playtech in these reviews because British casinos lean too heavily on one supplier and the variety does the player a favour, though for live dealer games specifically I would take Evolution over either.

Virtual table games are thin, as they usually are, and there is a small handful of video poker titles. If tables are your main interest this is the wrong lobby; if you are here for slots and Slingo it is a good one.

Depositing and Withdrawing

Withdrawals are quick and most methods are free. Wire transfer is the exception, carrying a charge if you take out less than £500. The published list covers Visa and Mastercard debit cards, PayPal, Skrill, Trustly, Apple Pay and Paysafecard, and PayPal carries no fee either way.

The minimum deposit is £10 and the minimum withdrawal is £20, which is higher than most and worth knowing if you are playing with small sums: £15 in your balance cannot be taken out until you top it up or win more.

Customer Support

Live chat and email, with no phone line. The chat has run a long day rather than a full one, from early morning to around midnight, and it is the fastest way to get an answer. Signing in first helps, since the agent can see the account rather than asking you to describe it.

Review Summary

Three stars, unchanged. Casinos on this platform rarely top my list and there is rarely much wrong with them either, and that is this site exactly.

The welcome offer is small: £5 of spin value for a £10 deposit, where sister sites on the same licence give back more than the deposit. The design is plain to the point of looking neglected. The £20 minimum withdrawal is mean for a site with a £10 minimum deposit.

Against that, the loyalty ladder is open to everyone rather than reserved for high rollers, the Daily Picks give a reason to come back, the tournaments pay cash, the payment list is long and the wagering is capped at the legal 10x, applied only to what the spins win. It is a decent casino that would be a good one with a better front door.