Cherry Casino is a so called no-download casino - so you will not even have to download any software to be able to play at this casino - all the action happens right in your browser. No-download casinos are great for those who play from work, Mac users, and people who likes to travel. Personally - I prefer download casinos, as the graphics are usually much more beautiful. However, I have to say that Cherry Casino is one of the best no-download casinos I have ever tried.
New players can choose to open a guest account and play for free - or open a real money account. For this Cherry Casino review I made a deposit of $100 with my NETeller account. If you don't have a NETeller account, you can open one for free - or deposit by Visa, Mastercard or Prepaid ATM. I instantly receive a bonus of $30 on top of my first monthly deposit. Cherry Casino offers a monthly 30% bonus on top of your first deposit EVERY month - up to $30. Actually VIP players can get a monthly $60 bonus - but you have to play a lot to be eligible for that VIP treatment - but hey, a monthly $30 is not bad at all.
I headed straight for the blackjack tables at Cherry Casino. There are different blackjack tables with betting limits both for the small to regular players like me - and for the high rollers. You can also choose to play 3 blackjack hands in one game if you prefer some more action then one hand can offer. I really like the blackjack games at Cherry Casino - and it turned out that I had to return to the blackjack tables several times to get my bankroll back up to a decent level with some risky bets.
The next game I tried out was the European roulette table. As always, when I play roulette I covered number 17 with 9 chips - covering any line and corner of number 17 and a straight bet on number 17. In the very first spin the ball came to a rest on number 16 - and as I had made bets on the border of number 17 - I won 33 chips on that spin. Cherry Casino offers a very good roulette game in my opinion.
I tried all the table games at Cherry Casino when I made this review. Cherry Casino offers all the classic casino games such as: Baccarat - Caribbean Poker - Let it Ride Poker - Pai Gow Poker - Craps and as mentioned above Blackjack and Single Zero Roulette. I especially like the craps table - as it offers you the chance to 'throw' the dice yourself, and has betting limits from $1 and up.
After that, I moved on to try some of the slot machines Cherry has to offer. Cherry Casino is not packed with hundreds of different slot machines as some download casinos are - but they do offer a fair selection of online slots. I lost a lot on the Skeet Shooter Slot - a 9 payline slot with a bonus feature - that I never managed to see as I did not get to the bonus round. I did a lot better with the classic slot "US Slot". At the US Slot you can choose the coin size to be from $0.05 up to $0.75. Cherry Casino also offers the following slot games - Pirates Gold - Wild West Slot - Super Sevens and Fortune Slot. I had fun with the Super Sevens slot and the Fortune Wheel Slot - but I did lose, so I had to return to the blackjack table where I placed some risky bets and managed to get my bankroll back up to around $100.
Then I moved on, as I wanted to review some of the video poker games Cherry Casino offers. Cherry Casino offers Jacks or Better - Double Bonus - All American and Jokers Wild Video Poker - you can choose to play all the games in either a single hand version or a video poker version where you play 3 hands per game. Cherry Casino also offers a single game where you play 5 video poker hands in one game. I tried the 5 hand video poker game and had great fun with this.
Buddy Poker is a fun, free poker game offered by Cherry Casino. To make a long story short, you can play poker with your buddies via Cherry Casinos free game Buddy Poker. This game is played via email - it's fun and 100% free.
The real strong point of cherry casino is the ongoing gambling tournaments - you can always find a tournament at cherry casino - as I did when I wrote this review. At the time of writing, there were tournaments in roulette and video poker being offered - and I entered the video poker tournament. At Cherry Casino you will be able to follow you current position in the tournament via a leaderboard that is updated every 10-20 seconds. You start with a score of 200 - the objective in the tournament is to get a score as high as possible - there is normally prizes to the three best players. You will have to participate in a certain minimum number of games to be eligible to get a prize - as soon as you have played enough you can see this on the leaderboard as your name changes color - if you are satisfied with your current placement on the leaderbord you can stop playing - or continue to improve your score.
At the time of writing I have chosen to take a rest from the video poker tournament - as I am holding the 3rd spot on the leaderbord - just have a look at my screenshot to the right. I got 4 of a kind and that made me jump up to 3rd position in the video poker tournament. If I hold this position I will win a $50 prize - not much - but there is a real chance of winning these prizes at cherry casino, so I can definitely recommend Cherry Casinos Tournaments to you. The tournaments are great value for money and a lot of fun. The tournament casino games change every month - sometimes it's blackjack, video poker or slots - or another casino game.