Wink Slots Casino Review - August 2024

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What players from Ireland should know is that this platform is a casino website owned by 888 Holdings plc. The 1997 founded parent company is based in Gibraltar and owns several famous international gambling brands, such as 888casino.

888 Holdings plc has over 1000 employees and has been on a steady and sustained growth since its inception.

Nonetheless, as our review will show, the casino is among the smaller gambling services operated by 888 Holdings plc related companies.

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Wink Slots Casino is operated by 888 Holdings, which is one of the biggest names in the gambling industry. It’s important to take this into account, especially with 888 being spread out on an international level, a feat that is hard to achieve without the proper licensing.

Being under their wing, it’s no surprise that it has been verified and certified by different gambling regulatory agencies, with the GBGA, or Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association, operating on Irish territory. More important is the UKGC licensing that it’s managed to attract, with this regulatory commission being the most rigorous out of them all.

Desktop

First of all, interface wise, the casino’s website is straightforward and easy to manoeuvre. We had no issues finding relevant info for this review, and browsing it felt just fine. All the important tabs are on the left side, with every category needed from games to promotions.

Still, its looks lag behind, which is a shame taking the 888 brands behind it. The website’s over-abundant purple does not scream seriousness, not that it’s really that relevant, but it does get frustrating after a while and may not contribute to the overall time spent on it.

Note that some games have an additional information button on their picture, but for some, only a 404 error is displayed, while for others, a long and detailed description should be expected.

Testing the website on GTmetrix and using Google Chrome came back with poor results, having obtained 19% in performance and 58% in structure. These rates amount to a low F grade from GTmetrix, for Chrome. Still, for our testers that used Chrome to browse it, no issues were recorded, so don’t take the rating for granted.

Firefox, however, returned an impeccable 90% speed score and an 81% YSlow score. One recommendation to remember from our review is that Firefox is the better browser choice for accessing the platform from a desktop, at least by GTmetrix’s standards. Yet, Firefox ran just like Chrome.

Mobile

Browsing the mobile version of the website proved to be just as good, and the interface transition from desktop to mobile was handled well. Also, the colours at least are more acceptable for the smaller screen, which is certainly a plus in our book. Other than that, there isn’t much more to say.

We also found an Android downloadable app, but not one for iOS users.

Wink Slots app for Android

As of this review, the app has been downloaded over 100000 times, and stands at a 4.1 score out of 5, from 6543 Irish gamblers.

Most user complaints were in regards to multiple errors, either from deposit Wink Slots Casino bonus codes that do not register or from sudden faults when talking with customer support. It’s no surprise then that, according to the version that is now available for download, it has not even reached a full release.

By this, we mean that the current version is 0.86, and this is usually a Beta stage when the platform is still being tested and should have been released, as is the custom with the Beta version, only to a restricted audience to feedback on it. After, the 1.0 version comes, which is the final product and then is further updated.

Despite some technical issues, we do commend the attitude the app developer team has towards users’ problems.

Each review is addressed with clarifications, further inquiries or even an offer to help with a resolution.