Vovan Casino Review: Scam or safe?

Vovan Casino is a new online gambling house which offers players from Russia, Kazakhstan and the majority of the rest of the world access to around 1000 Slots, Table games and Live gaming experiences. From the get-go, this seems a bit lackluster, when the vast majority of casinos nowadays are able to actually offer a much higher amount of games.

Our disappointment continued as we made an account. Signing up might be quick and easy, but when we were taken to the page of the house which deals with the games it has to offer, we quickly discovered that the casino has only one payment method available. This is crypto, which is a bit more complex than using your average e-wallet!

There was also the fact that the bonuses of the house are not great. They are very few and far between, which makes the house rather uncompetitive with the massive and regular promotions which its peers are able to provide. On the other hand, cashing out the bonuses is quite simple. And even though the casino only accepts crypto payments, we should say that its deposit conditions are fairly decent.

So it seems like we need to look into these upsides and disadvantages of the house in a bit more detail. We have gone over everything you need to know about Vovan Casino in our full review below:

Bonuses

As we said before, the bonuses with the house are incredibly limited. The casino offers three Welcome offers, as well as a single Recurring promotion. Let's take a look at all of them:

Let's go over the initial deposit bonuses, as these are the better promotions from what Vovan Casino has to offer. They share a couple of common aspects. Fist off, each of the Welcome bonuses has a minimum deposit requriement of just $5. In general, similar promotions need you to cash in at least $10 or $20, so the entry cost requirement here is a lot more player-friendly. Of course, the more you cash in, the higher bonus you can get.

Secondly, all of the Welcome bonuses have the same wagering requirement of 30x. This means that withdrawing any money from any one of them is only possible if you have cleared said requriement. In general, almost every similar promotion we have covered has had such a restriction in place, and we would say it is an integral part of the promotion. The only thing which tends to vary between the bonuses is how many times you need to play through the bonus. Usually, that is an amount between 30x and 40x the issued promotion, so we can say that Vovan Casino is on the low side of the acceptable range.

Thirdly, there is the same cash out limit for the three initial deposit incentives. This limit means that you can only win up to a certain amount of money from the casino. As with the wagering requirement, such restrictions are common, and the one here is not that bad. It is set to 15x the deposited sum you placed to claim the bonus. Now, let's see what each of the promotions has to offer, in a bit more detail:

• The First Deposit Bonus, available immediately upon signup, adds 200% of anything you cash in to the casino as extra funds. The maximum bonus amount is $600, which is not too bad either. It is here, though, that the cash out limit is a bit more restrictive, because it is based on the initial deposit and not the received bonus. So, you would actually only be able to get up to 7.5x of the funds you have received from the promotion. Of course, that is still a fair amount!
• Next, the Second Deposit Bonus with the casino will allow you to claim after the previous promotion is played though. This consists of 100% of the qualifying deposit, up to $300. It is not as big as the First deposit bonus, but it is still a sizeable promotion. The cash out limit for it is also higher, as we explained.
• There is finally the Third Deposit Bonus, which is actually just identical to the previous promotion. The only notable difference between them is the fact that the third bonus can only be claimed after you have finished playing with the second one.

Overall, this is a very competent set of Welcome bonuses, but they could have also included a couple of Free Spins, for fans of Slot games. Each of the bonuses has an expiration rate of three days, which means that the longest you can play with the bundle is just nine days. Afterwards, you will only have access to one Recurring promotion, which we will now outline:

• This recurring promotion is the Cashback Bonus, available every Monday. It calculates the losses you have incurred during the previous week and gives you 10% of them back. This type of bonus is nothing new, actually, but we can say that Vovan Casino has implemented it fairly well. It does not have a maximum, which means you can rack up a potentially unlimited amount of funds from it. There is only a minimum amount of losses you need to have realized throughout the week – $5 or more. The downside of the bonus has to be its wagering requirement of 5x. Cashback promotions usually need to be played through only around 1x to 3x times, in order to withdraw them. Still, the requirement here is not that offensive. We should also mention that you have one week to clear every instance of the bonus, or it will expire.

When Vovan Casino offers bonuses, it has fairly competent policies for them, and allows the player to get them easily. So it is even more disappointing that the house has failed to provide us with a reliable set of reload bonuses. The promotions a house has are one of the best ways for it to stand apart from the rest of its peers – so not taking that chance seems like a pretty massive missed opportunity.

License

When it comes to regulation, Vovan Casino is licensed by the Antillephone, a popular Curacao-based license issuer. Here is what the house has to say about that:

Of course, we checked to see if it was telling the truth! As per the regulatory requirements of the Antillephone, every casino operator licensed under it has to implement a Digital Seal on their website. The seal of Vovan Casino is visible in the previous screenshot. It is the round orange logo to the right side of the screenshot, which can be clicked on, in order to bring us to the following page:

This is an excerpt from the Antillephone's register, which confirms that Vovan Casino is actually regulated by it. In general, the majority of houses we cover end up with licenses from one of the four Curacao regulators. But what has made these four, and the tiny Caribbean nation of Curacao, such attractive destinations for casinos to set up in? Well, they have managed to strike a unique balance between the interests of the player and those of the casino operators. That way, protections are able to be guaranteed for the former, while the latter can offer higher bonuses and fresh games.

What are those protections? Here is a list of the most important among them:

• Firstly, licensed houses need to take the problem of gambling addiction very seriously and do their best to solve it. That is achieved by them offering players sufficient information to know where to seek help, and when. You can always learn about what addiction can look like and what it can cause. However, you are also given a way to control your spending, with special self-exclusion measures at your disposal. For instance, you could place a custom limit on how much you can cash in to the casino, or even close down your account unilaterally should you need to.
• Secondly, the data you share with casinos as part of the AML and KYC policies they need to follow can include some truly personal details about you and your payments. For instance, to open an account here you need to hand over your legal name and address and phone number. This kind of personal information falling into the wrong hands could lead to a lot of damage. That is why licensed casinos need to store it safely, in order to ensure players will be protected from that. Regulators mandate they do so using strict security protocols, which are capable of preventing data breaches.
• Thirdly, the games you an play with any licensed casino have undergone audits, which aim to ensure that the house does not have an unfair advantage over its players. The audits focus on the random number generators used to produce the outcomes of bets. These generators are complex mathematical algorithms, and reviewing them is best left to the impartial professionals which the regulator points to, as auditors. They can ensure the results of the games are fair, and, consequently, that you would be playing true games of chance with licensed houses!

Overall, there are many advantages to playing with licensed casinos than their unregulated counterparts, and we are very happy that Vovan Casino is among the former! However, let's get back to our review of the house. Here is a list of the languages you can view its website in:

Languages: English, Russian

Annoyingly enough, the English translation of the site is not complete, because some lines of text around it are still in the original Russian version. Also, the list of languages could be longer, because Vovan Casino accepts players from all over the world. Pretty much anyone can sign up here – except if you are trying to play from the following countries:

Restricted countries: American Samoa, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S.

These jurisdictions restrict online gambling, and so, Vovan Casino cannot lawfully offer its services there.

Deposit and Withdrawal

As we said at the start, the casino has only one payment method it accepts – crypto. And, as we also said at the start, this is very restrictive. Overall, houses nowadays try and offer more and more means of deposit, in order to make it as easy as possible for players to cash in according to their preferences. If you are not someone who would like to use crypto because it is too complex, or you just prefer a more conventional payment method, you will not have an alternative.

And even if you are someone who loves cashing in via crypto, you might be off-put by the fact that the base currencies of the casino are all FIAT ones. This means that you will owe conversion fees on any transaction you make with the house!

Regardless, here are the details about how much you can cash in and what currencies you can use:

Currencies: US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), Russian Ruble (RUB), Tether (USDT)

The minimum deposit amount is very low, which is great. In general, you need about $10-$20 to start betting. There is no fee by Vovan Casino for processing your transaction, but the conversion fees we mentioned will need to be covered by you. Furthermore, every crypto transfer comes with its miner fees, which you will also need to cover. To be fair, third party charges are left to the player with every online gambling house nowadays, this policy is far from specific to Vovan Casino.

And here are the means of withdrawal for the house:

Unsurprisingly, you will only have access to crypto when it comes to cashing out as well. And furthermore, doing so will require you to have placed bets equal to 1x the deposited funds. That latter is a common AML policy, which you would find with the vast majority of casinos these days. In fact, some of them even require you to wager your deposits more.

The minimum you can cash out is $20. Now, this is a fairly standard amount, but we should mention we did find it disappointing in light of the low entry cost of the house. Regardless, it is actually the low maximum withdrawal which is worse. The house states, in its Terms and Conditions, that the maximum you can cash out is determined by the rank of your account. This is the only place where this account ranking system is mentioned.

We can assume that it is part of some upcoming VIP program, but for the time being, there is no such incentive implemented. This means everyone will be stuck at cashing out up to $150 at a time. To be clear, we do not believe the house will refuse to process higher withdrawals. It will just split them into multiple transactions, on which you will need to pay the third party charges we mentioned. It will also take a longer time to cash out.

Speaking of the time it takes to cash out, Vovan Casino claims that is between 24 hours and and five days. Hopefully the average time it takes trends more towards that lower and more reasonable amount!

There do not seem to be any fees associated with inactivity or dormant accounts with this casino. Such extra charges are nothing uncommon, and it is obviously in the player's interest that they are not present here.

Games and Game Suppliers

Here is a list of the Game suppliers that are featured within the library of the casino:

Game providers: PragmaticPlay, Green Tube, EGT Interactiv, Endorphina, Amatic, Push Gaming, Microgaming, NetEnt, Evolution, Belatra, Playson, Booongo, Play'n GO, Igrosoft, Quickspin, Relax Gaming, Nolimit City, Apollo Games, IGTech, Merkur, Playtech, Wazdan, Spribe, Hacksaw, Other

In total, we counted under 50 of those casino software developers, which, consequently, means that Vovan Casino does not have as many games as we hoped to see. At the start we mentioned its list of games includes around 1000 titles, but we generally cover casinos with around 5000-8000 of them.

Still, among the Suppliers listed above, there are some pretty big names like Pragmatic Play and NetEnt. So you might have access to fun games, like the following:

• Slots: There are hundreds of slots, with some recognizable names among them like Gates of Olympus, Big Bass Bonanza, Book of Dead, Elvis Frog, Mustang Gold, Wolf's Gold and many others. They are separated in several categories, like Books, Bonus buy and so on, which make browsing the games easier.
• Table Games: All the casino classics like Baccarat, Poker, Blackjack and Roulettes are available with Vovan Casino, in live dealer formats. There are no virtual dealer versions of the games, though, which is quite unfortunate.
• Game Shows: There are a couple of Game shows within the live gaming catalog of the house. These include Lightning dice, Boom City and a couple others. We would have liked to see them in a separate category from the table games, though.
• Crash Games: Such titles are not available with the casino, which is unfortunate. There are no scratches or Keno games either.

Conclusion

Overall, Vovan Casino is a decent enough casino if you want to cash in via crypto, but if you want to use another payment method to transact, you need to find another house to play at. And even if you wish to cash in via crypto, there are better options out there with bigger rosters of games, more frequent bonuses and so on. We recommend checking them out instead.