Lucky 31 Live Dealer Casino Review

Lucky 31 is the sister casino of Estrella, who we have also reviewed here. Again, they have a live casino focus as well and a similar dedication to covering some of the webs lesser known providers (Visionary Gaming, BetGames.Tv, Authentic Gaming etc.) and games that you might not find elsewhere. They also have a good selection of localised live dealer games from Evolution, including some rarer options. Lastly, Luckily 31 is only licenced by the Gambling Commission of Curacao, which doesn’t have the best reputation in all honesty but shouldn’t be any reason to discount them by itself.

They might not have the best licence – but when it comes to quantity of games on offer, Lucky 31 does not disappoint. With a range of live casino titles from Visionary Gaming, Ezugi, Authentic Gaming, lyvegames, BetGames.tv, as well as Evolution, there’s no shortage of different tables from lesser known developers here. However that can also be a downfall, as many of the games and live casino lobbies are not as great quality as those by industry recognised Evolution Gaming. Rarest of these games, include a live streamed roulette table from the Hippodrome casino in London and a bunch of live dealer lottery games from BetGames.TV. Although the quality is definitely variable (Lyvegames we’re looking at you) you can’t say Lucky31 haven’t tried to put on a good selection – and some of these are worth trying just based upon the novelty alone.

Localisation/Native Tables

Lucky 31 offers live roulette tables, from Evolution Gaming, in the following languages: Spanish, Swedish, Greek, Danish, French, Russian, German, Turkish and Flemish. Ezugi also has their own Turkish and Spanish live dealer versions of blackjack as well. Also on offer is la partage roulette, with a French language croupier! La partage is a roulette rule that returns the stake on all even money bets should the ball land on the dreaded 0. This can make all the difference to canny gamblers who use a roulette system, and is a nice feature to have for those who want it. In fact this brings the house edge on roulette by a % or two, so even casual players might see a difference. Not many live casinos we have reviewed offer this roulette variant with a French speaking croupier, so Lucky 31 gets some points for that just by itself. To go with their impressive array of local tables, the Lucky 31 is site is also available in a range of languages and the option to switch them is easily visible from the homepage. These languages are: English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Portuguese.

Private Tables

As far as we could see Lucky31 only has two private live dealer table – in Blackjack. These are, their own ‘Lucky’ table and one featuring the branding of their sister casino, DublinBet. This isn’t too unexpected considering private tables are a relatively new phenomenon for most online casinos. However, they do offer two of Evolution’s Salon Prive tables. These are tables, here with a £2000 minimum bet, which allow true high rollers to experience 1 on 1 action with a live dealer. Players can gamble uninterrupted and at their own pace, with the complete attention of the live dealer for an ultimate personalised experience.

Mobile

Lucky 31 doesn’t have any kind of dedicated mobile app, and the mobile site looks just like a scaled down version of the main site. Whilst this means it doesn’t lack for game selection, it certainly sacrifices a bit in the way of functionality and looks. Although it works reasonably, we’ve definitely seen better and more optimized mobile sites. With some clunky menus and visual snags such as stretched images or sentences being cut off halfway across the screen, the overall feel here when browsing Lucky 31’s collection is – could have done better. The games themselves, or at least the ones that work well on desktop, run smoothly however with no glitches or crashes during our experience.

Banking at Lucky 31 casino is pretty standard when it comes to the methods available, but certainly not transparent enough when it comes to times, limits and fees. Their FAQ section was not very helpful and only gave a vague commitment to process transactions ‘as soon as possible’. The methods available vary from country to country, but the ones we saw as available were: paysafe, Skrill, Netteller, Visa, MasterCard, Cashlib, RapidPay, Ecopayz, and Neosurf. Lastly there was also bitcoin, which is pretty cool and one of the few online casinos so far we have seen that allows this well-known cryptocurrency. Lucky 31 may not make charges, limits and times clear without asking customer support – but allowing bitcoin transactions is certainly a big plus if you’re into this kind of tech!