Ignition Review: Can My Favorite Poker Site Be My Casino Home?

Internet forums are where you go to find dirt on anything or anyone, and there were scathing remarks about Ignition Casino.

Here are examples of positive and negative comments I found on sites like Reddit, Trustpilot, and Ignition’s community platform:

Waiting Forever to Get My Payout

“Most of the low end casinos make you bend over backwards to get your money. And I’ve gotten my money quicker from those places than from Ignition.

I’m waiting on another cash out now, the last one took 40 hours…”

Regular Wins and Quick Withdrawals

While I have never had any really major wins at ignition, I cash out with $2-3K there quite often.  Usually won on the lucky wheel, and sometimes from slots or blackjack. 

I have never had any kind of hassle from them cashing out, and Bitcoin withdrawals are generally completed within an hour or two at the most.

Players Debating Payout Rules

Here are 2 players discussing Ignition payouts on a Reddit thread:

– I put $25 in from Bitcoin onto the site. Made it all the way to $300 playing Blackjack. Tried to withdraw and got banned because their investigations thought I wasn’t trustworthy.

Someone replied:

– I have withdrawn thousands from Ignition and they’re the best, you definitely broke the rules.

What the Casino Says

Check out how Ignition replies to customer complaints below.

Myths Busted About Ignition Casino

Here are some things people think about Ignition Casino that should be refuted.

Ignition Casino has stepped up its game in recent years to attract casino and poker players. Now, their bonuses come as a combo for both groups and other perks for each.

They also encourage cryptocurrency deposits by chipping in a little extra for those who go crypto.

On the casino side, the welcome bonuses have a 25x rollover rate for the deposit plus the bonus money, which is a bargain rate among online casinos.

As with most sites, the offers are designed for slots, so you don’t get nearly as much credit toward your playthrough if you play anything else.

My Recommended Bonuses

Here are the top two casino bonuses I found, based on their playthrough requirements, limits, and how they compare to industry standards.

CRYPTO Welcome Bonus

You can get a combo version of this that can add up to $3,000 in bonus money if you choose to play both poker and casino games and deposit with cryptocurrency.

The casino alone portion offers a 150% match of your deposit for up to $1,500 in bonus funds.

 With the 25X playthrough rate, it’s well worth the investment if you play slots because slots offer 100% dollar-for-dollar credit toward your rollover.

Most table games give you 20% credit or less, and Hot Drop slots and live dealer games offer no credit at all.

STANDARD WELCOME Bonus

If you choose to deposit with a credit card, the combo welcome bonus can add up to $2,000 in bonus funds.

The casino-only bonus is a 100% match of your deposit for up to $1,000 in extra cash. 

The same 25x wagering requirements and game rules apply, so slots are the favored as far as credits go. I’m a table games player, but I’d still give either of these bonuses a try.

Keep in mind that poker players who take up these bonuses have different playthrough rules; the bonus is unlocked as you accrue Ignition points through rakes and tournaments. 

Other Bonuses I Reviewed

Here are other casino reload bonuses that I checked out for the purpose of this review.

BONUS	ROLLOVER	BONUS CODE
Weekly Boost	35x	Code comes with an emailed offer
Tell A Friend	25x	Code comes with the referral process

Ignition Casino is under the flagship of several casinos, such as Bovada and Cafe Casino, so the game selections are the same, though the setups are slightly different.

I don’t like the setup at Ignition. They have categories you can click from a top banner, but the slots display doesn’t show all the available slots.

There’s a dropdown of subcategories for slots, but some are out of category – five reel slots in the Three Reels category, etc.

There is a side panel showing your recently played games, but to otherwise find a favorite, you have to use the search feature. I got the notion that you play the games Ignition wants you to play or go hunting. It’s a real cluster. 

I did stumble on a dropdown (I swear, I don’t know how I got there) that included All Games A-Z, and I scrolled 456 games. But they were primarily slots, not a single table game.

From that, I calculated 588 games, including table games, specialty games, video poker, and live dealer tables.

It’s a complete collection; it just is not ordered very well, and I did not see RTPs listed anywhere.

Most of the games work well with mobile devices, and you can try them for free if you are not signed in.

I should say here that Ignition has a Virtual Sports section that is a little like a sportsbook, only with fake teams and races.

My Top Game Picks

Here are some of my favorite games I played at Ignition while writing this review.

Slots

Definitely, online slots form the backbone of any online casino, and Ignition is no different. They carry more than 400 of them, and that’s enough for anyone to have some good choices.

The game providers change games in and out regularly, so there’s always something new.

But if you’re looking for RTPs, you have to look elsewhere because none come with the games I saw, and I never saw a reference anywhere on the site. 

With so many slots, you have to do some scrolling. Using the dropdown categories helps, though they are not arranged by alpha.

Thankfully, Ignition does have a search feature, so I found three of my favorite slots quickly.

The categories are: Most Popular, Bonus Buy, Five Reels, Three Reels, Hold and Win, Progressives, Buy 2X Chance, and Pays Anywhere.

There is also a separate category in the banner menu for Hot Drop Jackpots, which awards jackpots to winners by hour, day, and randomly.

The slots cover all the themes from Aztecs to Zombies and practically all of the payline configurations. I played my favorites, Reels & Wheels, Demon’s Delight, and Caesar’s Empire.

I also discovered an innovative game called Gold Rush Gus, which doesn’t even spin like a slot and has an ingenious bonus round.

Slots are also for bonuses, one of the few game types that credits players 100% toward the playthrough. However, some slots are prohibited for bonus players.

Blackjack

Blackjack is my favorite game because it’s simple, and the returns are good if I play right. The returns weren’t that great when I played the Qora version and the Classic 21 at Ignition.

I hit only one blackjack over about 40 deals, and the two double-down opportunities yielded an ace and a 3 as the third card.

But, heaven knows, that’s not the first or last streak of luck I’ll have.

I don’t ask for much more than a standard blackjack game, so I did not try most of the other variations offered at Ignition.

They include 21 Burn, 22 Blackjack, Perfect Pair, Double Deck, European, Super 7, Pirate 21, and Zappit.

I did check out their Single Deck Blackjack to see if there was any indication of shuffling before the end of a deck.

It appeared as random as if it were multi-deck. Most of these variants offer options you don’t have in the standard game, including side bets that pay for particular card combinations.

And most have their own strategies but don’t improve the RTP of the standard game. Ignition does not offer Blackjack Switch, a version that does increase player odds.

Wagers on blackjack games give just 5% to 10% credit toward bonus playthroughs.  

Roulette

Ignition Casino has an interesting collection of eight variants of Roulette. They, of course, have American (double zero) and European (single zero) versions you see in all casinos.

The Ignition roulette odds are standard, from even options to 35:1 for hitting a single number. The bet limits vary enough to allow players to spread wagers without spending much.

I usually try to get in a few spins of the European version because it offers a slightly better return. I don’t go with exotics much, just the third column and black, which covers most of the table with a couple of wagers.

The other types of roulette at Ignition Casino include some games with special multipliers and more exciting animation.

An example is a game Smartsoft had just released called Virtual Burning Roulette, in which as many as five numbers are selected for multipliers of 50X to 500X the wager.

This all happens after you have placed your bet, so you have to spread out and hope the ball lands on your pick, and the pick is a multiplier. It’s fast – you have 15 seconds to spread bets. The minimum bet is a nickel, so anyone can afford it.

I tried the free-play version and enjoyed the action. Dragon Gaming has two similar versions of the Burning game—Dragon Roulette and Double Dragon Roulette—that feature a fire-breathing dragon scorching the multipliers.

Roulette wagers give you 5% credit toward your bonus rollover. 

Other Table Games

Ignition Casino has a wealth of card and dice games – 20 in all – that should suit everyone. Two of my favorites are in the Ignition lineup.

I’m usually in for craps, which many online casinos don’t carry because of the low house edge on bets like Don’t Pass and Don’t Come.

I also got hooked on the Indian card game Teen Patti Pro, a three-card poker game I like because of the odds betting and the options for betting two hands.

The other table games include a couple of jackpots Caribbean Stud and Caribbean Hold ‘em games and jackpot Let ‘em Ride games.

The jackpots I saw were at $114,000 for the Caribbeans and $85,000 for the Let ‘em Ride games. Here’s the rest of the lineup:

Overall, the Ignition Casino table games library stacks up to any I’ve seen.

Most of these games offer 20% credit toward bonus playthroughs.

Video Poker

This is another high-RTP set of games that many online casinos have but stash away to make them harder to find.

Ignition has no Video Poker category in its banner menu, but when I clicked on “More”, there it was.

Land-based casinos are the same way, with the best of these games lost in a corner. 

I’ll give credit to Ignition for having a competitive selection for my purposes. That’s only because I’m familiar with strategies for Jacks or Better and Deuces Wild.

They also have Jokers Wild and Double Double Bonus Poker, which offer different payout levels for various types of four-of-a-kind.

The games are coin-based, and you can bet as little as a nickel or as much as $25 per hand.

Looking at the paytables, I found the odds much better to bet the maximum coins.

I played the Bonus Deuces Wild and single-hand and multi-hand Jacks or Better with mixed results.

I liked how the games played, but the bets and balance displays are tiny, and you have to go to Settings to change the coin values.

Video poker bets give 10% credit to bonus rollovers. 

Casual Games – Specialty Games

Ignition Casino is special with casual games.

Go to the Specialty Games section, and you’ll find 45 game panels, much more than most online casinos offer.

These are high-house-edge games, which is why they award full credit toward bonuses and extra Ignition Points to play them.

The majority of specialty games are scratchcards or crash games, but there are also several bingo and plinko games, one keno game, and a wheel spin. 

I like to find a good crash game and find a sweet spot for the endurance level. I did this with the Space XY, and the damned rocket crashed on the launch pad three straight times.

There was no recovery. I’ll sometimes play a four- or five-spot on the 80-number keno using my formula.

I tried it on Ignition’s free version; I think I’ll come up with another formula. With these specialty games, you grind toward a big winner. 

Live Dealer Games

Visionary iGaming provides the games at Ignition. The graphics are clear, and the buttons are easy to use for all functions.

Sometimes, action is a little out of synch, and there are blips or delays here and there, but not enough to throw you off your game.

The dealers are polite, some who really cheer and talk it up, and others who act as if they’d rather be somewhere else. But they all seem professional enough, even though I got the idea that many are trainees.

There were 43 tables of blackjack, roulette, baccarat, and Super 6, and a baccarat variant.

The blackjack tables have seven seats, but an unlimited number of players can bet behind on someone else’s hand, so everyone gets to wager.

Most tables have limits of $10 to $1,000 or $25 to $2,500, but there were a few with a $5,000 limit and a couple of up to $50,000.

The tables I saw included side bets for pairs or rummy bonuses, but I did not see a table with the side bet for the big 7s progressive jackpot they offer.

They also have early payout tables that allow you to back out of a hand.

The roulette display is mostly a graphic with the layout, a live view of the wheel, and a hand spinning it. The range is $1-$3,000, but outside bets cost at least $5.

Baccarat and Super 6 bets range from $1-$2,500 with standard odds and payouts, including a 5% commission for the Banker win.

You don’t get credit for your bonus playthrough at any live dealer games.

POKER ROOM: Ignition REVIEW

Ignition hosts one of the most popular poker rooms for US players mainly because of its background with Bodog.

The company that owns Bodog sold its platform to the Ignition family in 2016. They have maintained a similar platform ever since, and it works well for players.

It is one of a growing group of casino sites that have poker rooms.

 When you call up the Ignition Casino site, you’ll see Poker as a main section near the top of the page.

Click there, and the Poker page contains another banner menu with clicks for Play Now, Poker Bonus, Tournaments, Poker Strategy, Special Features, and How to Play Poker.

Regular users click on Play Now or Tournaments first thing, but the menu caters to new players as well.

Clicking on Play Now takes you to a page that covers the entire lineup of games. A side menu lists:

Cash Games

The Cash games click gives you the lineup of game types and table sizes to choose from. There is also a Practice Mode option for free play.

Ignition offers Hold ‘em, Omaha, and Omaha Hi/Lo, no stud or draw games at all. You can choose from No Limit and Pot Limit versions of Hold ‘em and Pot Limit for the Omaha tables.

There are tables of six and nine players for Hold ‘em and six for Omaha. Choose from those and pick a stakes levels from $0.02/$0.05 to $10/$20 blinds.

Zone Poker

Zone poker gives you six-player no-limit Hold ‘em tables with stakes options of $0.02/$0.05 to $2.50/$5.

You can also choose Omaha tables of $0.10/$0.25 to $0.75/$1.50 and Hi-Lo tables of $0.05/$0.10 and $0.25/$0.50. Zone poker moves you from one table to the next after each hand. 

Sit & Go Games

These are quick-playing tournaments that start when the seats are filled, with no pre-determined start time. Competitors buy in for a designated number of chips with a cash prize at the end.

Ignition Jackpot Sit & Gos range from $0.50 buy-ins for a shot at a $600 prize to $100 buy-ins for a $120,000 jackpot. I saw more than 100 regular Sit & Go registrations open for buy-ins of $1 to $200 and prizes up to $780.

There are various table numbers and game-type options, and the page has a convenient filter to narrow your choices.

Tournaments

The hundreds of other tournaments at Ignition last longer and include special events such as a $200,000 Guaranteed prize tourney.

Buy-ins go up to $1,000, but you can get into a small-stakes tournament for as little as $1 with a filter for choosing buy-in level, game type, and tournament type.

There are also freeroll tournaments, usually weekly and for less than $3,000 prizes.

Ignition Casino has a typical variety of ways to deposit and withdraw. As with most offshore casinos online, they encourage you to use cryptocurrency because the processing is simpler.

So, crypto is the most practical method for withdrawing as well as depositing. You can deposit with a credit card, but you have to find another way to cash out.

This is annoying but understandable, considering how finicky banks are with offshore sites. 

Deposit Options Summary 

The Ignition Casino deposit options cover all the bases with the most popular methods for online purchases.

For me, they listed Visa, MasterCard, and American Express as the card options. And I also noticed Union Pay listed in some parts of the site.

The big cryptos are also available, and they are fee-free and quick. MatchPay consolidates many payment systems but involves a marketplace process that slows things down.

In cases of larger amounts, you may need to verify your identity. Ignition has a simple automated process that will save time in future transactions.

• Fastest Deposit Method: Bitcoin or credit card, both instant.
• Deposit fees: Yes, 3% to 15% for cards.

My Recommended Deposit Method: Crypto or card

Here’s a table with all the available deposit options.

DEPOSIT METHOD	MIN DEPOSIT	MAX DEPOSIT
	$25	$1,000
	$25	$1,000
	$25	$1,000
	$25	$1,000
	$25	No Limit
	$25	No Limit
	$25	No Limit
	$25	No Limit

Withdrawal Options Summary 

Ignition Casino withdrawal options are the same as most online casinos. They don’t allow credit cards but do offer six cryptocurrency choices.

They also have voucher, MatchPay, and player transfer options that add the extra steps of going through a forum or marketplace for the money.

The site also allows check-by-courier and wire transfer choices. These take at least two weeks to process and deliver, and the casino charges $100 for each.

With more significant amounts, which the casino does not specify, you may have to verify your identity,

• Is Verification Required? Sometimes, with a picture ID and/or other proof of address. 
• Fastest Withdrawal Method: Cryptocurrency – 15 minutes
• Additional Withdrawal Fees: $100 for Checks and $100 for Wire Transfer

My Recommended Payout Method

Here are all the available deposit options.

WITHDRAWAL METHOD	MIN PAYOUT	MAX PAYOUT
	$25	$2,500
	$150	$2,500
	$150	$2,500

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Ignition Vs Other Casinos – Withdrawal Methods

Ignition customer support is available through email, their own forum, live chat, and a help center. Here is the info on each channel.

Here’s How I Tested

I went through this with chat. The representative first responded five minutes after I opened the chat.

After ten minutes, date of birth and PIN entry, a few polite exchanges, and two more entries of the same question, I received a response that was close enough to close the chat.

And, of course, I got a link to an FAQ section. I think the rep was a robot.

Here’s how it went with the other channels of support:

Ignition Casino’s user experience is a mixed bag, in my opinion.

The homepage provides a well-organized overview of the site’s offerings. A dominant window has sliding promotions with click buttons.

Below is a series of display lines with more promotions, popular games, jackpot games, and top table games.

Then there are info box links with Crypto, their Tell-A-Friend promos, and a link to its Help Center.

However, once you dive into the game selection, things start to get a bit messy.

The categories from the top banner are a nice touch, but the slots display is cluttered and doesn’t showcase all available options.

The mobile site is fast and compatible with most devices. A plus is that you don’t need to download an app—everything runs smoothly through your browser.

Overall, the site runs smoothly, but it would be much better with a more intuitive game setup.