“South Africa’s Largest Online Casino” – quite a claim, but one that is backed up by a fantastic portfolio of online casino games, great promos, and a trusted reputation with South Africa’s online gamblers.

PlayLive is an online casino that continually makes waves in the South African online casino market – and they’re waves that tend to make other online casinos start relooking the way they do business. Any South African online gambler worth their stake has spent time at PlayLive, even if it’s just to test their claim of being “South Africa’s Largest Online Casino”, a claim that does actually stand up to the hype. Because PlayLive don’t make idle claims. Thousands of online slots? Check. Hundreds of online live casino options? Check. Fantastic bonuses, regular promotions, and an innovative loyalty programme? Check, check, and check.

PlayLive were one of the first South African online casinos to feature online live casino games. They were one of the first South African online casinos to offer same day payouts. They were one of the first South African online casinos to offer Bitcoin as a deposit option. They were one of the first South African online casinos to bring multiple internationally recognised game providers onto the platform. And they were one of the first South African online casinos to truly embrace all that the online casino world could bring to our shores.

Add in a stunning design and layout, and excellent customer service, and it’s obvious why PlayLive has such a great – and trusted – reputation in the SA online gambling biz.

License: Curacao

Owner: Live Play Gaming International.

Opened in 2020

Elegance. Sophistication. Luxury. These are all words that spring to mind when you first visit PlayLive Casino. But they don’t sum up just how cleverly PlayLive have designed and presented a South African online gambling partner who knows exactly what Mzansi’s players are looking for – simplicity and ease of use.

The rich purple motif set over a grey background has all the sophistication of a high end platform, but it is the simple navigation and easy to use features that make PlayLive such a pleasure to play at. Everything is geared to make your stay as comfortable as possible. The colour scheme makes everything very easy to see. The tabs at the top of the page ensure you can get to your favourite online casino game lobby quickly. And the search function allows you to find games by name or by provider. A pleasure to navigate and an invitation to explore the site and experience everything that PlayLive offers – even though that offering is truly extensive!

All your personal links are housed at the top right of the page – Current Balance, Deposit, Loyalty Chest (the PlayLive loyalty programme), Messages, and your Profile. Your Profile button also has links for your Welcome Bonus, Coupon Redemption, and your Bonus Wallet to make things easier.

And, rather than bombard a player with messages and promos, the big animated bar features only the latest tournaments and promos while the majority of the pages are reserved for all the online casino games you can choose from.

The different lobbies can be accessed through the quick links tabs at the top of the page and these links will take players to Home, Live Casino, Games, Tournaments, Redeem, Cashier, Promotions, News, How TO, and About Us with a sinple click. There is also a secondary menu bar for All Games, Most Popular, Live Casino, Top Rated, Slot Games, New Games, Table Games, Game Providers, Recent Games, Favourites, Live Blackjack, Live Roulette, and Live Support.

With the aforementioned search function, it is abundantly clear that PlayLive have designed their platform with ease of use and fast access top of mind.

PlayLive keeps a dedicated section at the foot of page for some info about the online casino and a selection of links to Terms and Conditions, Responsible Gambling, Privacy Policies, and Contact details.

All in all, a very elegant and brilliantly designed experience for the Online Casino Review team.

PlayLive is secured using industry-standard security algorithms, encryption and software to keep your personal and financial transactions and data secure.

PlayLive Casino is licensed through Curacao.

PlayLive puts its claim of South Africa’s Largest Online Casino firmly to the test with its online and mobile casino game portfolio. And before we even get to any details – yes, it is pretty impressive. For the record, there is only one online casino that caters for South African online gamblers that comes anywhere near to PlayLive, and that’s TuskCasino. To be fair, TuskCasino is massive BUT, it is not a dedicated online casino for South Africans. Rather, it caters to a very international market that INCLUDES South Africans.

PlayLive is built FOR South African online players and, when compared to any other South African online or mobile casino, very definitely outstrips them in terms of online casino game choice. There are literally 1000’s of online casino games. And they are all from some incredibly impressive providers. Included in the team sheet are big names like Play’n GO, Spinomenal, Booming Games, Wazdan, NoLimit City, and Blueprint Gaming but, for true fans of innovation and cutting-edge entertainment – especially in the online slots world – there are also numerous indie studios that are bringing some incredibly clever and exciting, not to mention entertaining, new ideas to the online slots world.

Table gamers will also find a wealth of choice with online poker, online blackjack, online roulette, online baccarat and a selection of popular Super Spade games like Teenpatti and Andar Bahar included. There are also various variants of these games available so online poker players, for example, can choose American Poker, Oasis Poker, Magic Poker and more.

For the online casino that truly brought online Live Casino play to our shores, PlayLive does not disappoint on the real-life action of real dealers and real equipment brought to your device via webcam. There are numerous Live Casino games on the go at any moment of the day and lovers on online Live Casino blackjack, online Live Casino roulette, online Live Casino baccarat, and online Live Casino Dragon Tiger will be thrilled with the options on offer.

PlayLive feature the Bombay Live studios and the Super Spade live games like Andar Bahar and Teenpatti which give players superb quality and super-professional dealers. It is the one area that could use a little more oomph though. Previous providers like Evolution allowed PlayLive the opportunity for South African players new to Live Casino play to try out different and exciting Live Casino games like Monopoly Live and Dream Cather but those seem to have been dropped in recent months.

And speaking of trying out new games, one of the greatest things about PlayLive is their willingness to let players play for free! That’s right – for FREE! But, before you get too excited, keep in mind that you can play for free – but you won’t win any real money. Apart from the Live Casino, pretty much every other game on PlayLive can be played in demo mode by choosing the ‘Try’ option when you click on the game. It’s great for testing and discovering new thrills that we may not have wanted to risk our hard-earned money on.

The online casino games available to South African online casino players is properly impressive, and one of the major reasons for PlayLive’s popularity.

PlayLive Casino offers a host of bonuses and promotions that include welcome bonuses, weekly and daily bonuses and promotions. Registered players will receive regular emails (to their chosen email addresses and to their PlayLive message account) on the regularly updated and seasonal promos and bonuses. Just remember though, bonuses and promos come with wagering requirements and terms and conditions so make sure you read and understand these fully before you redeem any offers.

Online Casino Welcome Bonus

100% match on your first deposit up to R25,000 + 2^nd and 3^rd deposit bonuses + 50x Free Spins.

• 100% match on your 1^st deposit up to R25,000. 25x wagering requirement. Ts & Cs apply.
• 50% match on your 2^nd deposit up to R12,500. 20x wagering requirement. Ts & Cs apply.
• 25% match on your 3rd deposit up to R6,250. 15x wagering requirement. Ts & Cs apply.

Plus, 50x Free Spins on ‘Win-A-Beest’ online slots game.

Daily and weekly bonuses

These change all the time so check the promotions page and your inbox for details.

• 10% Wager Free Cashback Bonus

PlayLive offers players a weekly NO WAGERING cashback of 10% of their losses over the previous week. Cashback bonuses are allocated every Monday at 10am.

• Cash-Drop Friday

End the week with the chance to sore some big cash with Cash-Drop Fridays. 100x random lucky PlayLive players online between 8pm and 11pm on Fridays each get a R1,000 cash bonus. Ts & Cs apply.

Same Day Payouts

One thing that features on the Promotions page but should be broadcast a lot more prominently is the Same Day Payouts policy at PlayLive. Withdrawal requests made before 1pm on weekdays should (they say ‘should’ because the banks do, unfortunately, still sometimes delay payments for players) reflect in the player’s bank account before 23h00 that same day.

PlayLive offers a very unique loyalty scheme called Loyalty Chest.

Loyalty Chest works by rewarding active players every time they spin with a wager-free game. There is a progress bar at the top of the player’s screen that fills in each time the player spins. By filling the progress bar the player earns Diamonds. Every 10 Diamonds earned activates a Loyalty Chest round where players pick a chest and are rewarded with wager-free cash amounts. These amounts are completely random.

Loyalty Chest also features a tier structure: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Black. The higher your tier, the harder it is to earn Diamonds but the bigger the reward in the chosen Loyalty Chest.

PlayLive Casino also has a VIP Programme but that is invitation only so we have no details unfortunately.

There is a fully responsive mobile casino option that brings all the ease and sophistication straight to your mobile device. There is no app download but players can get to the mobile version directly by typing the PlayLive URL into their mobile device browser.

One of the reasons that PlayLive is able to be so streamlined, and to offer Same Day Payouts, is that they do not over-complicate their banking options. There are three basic banking methods, two very familiar and safe for South African online shoppers, and one that is a little less familiar to the everyday internet user but a secure and favoured method for the tech-savvy international gambler.

Deposits

Withdrawals

Withdrawals can be made into a properly FICA’d South African bank account.

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