As soon as you open up Bodu88 your eyes are widened to colors and jungle themed images and quite a bright background. It is a very Asian themed casino, with many “gimmicky” icons and images. It is almost overwhelming with all the colors, but in a good way. There is plenty to look at and I found myself looking for more to explore in this casino. It is very well structured with the different sections of the casino set up at eye level, with a menu to the right hand side of the page. This is different to other online casinos where we see they have set up their menus on the left hand side. The logo sees Bodu in an Asian font, while the auspicious 88 (the Chinese symbol for fortune and good luck) in a beautiful gold and red symbol. They have definitely thought their logo through with the finer details put into it.
Account Setup
Setting up an account with Bodu88 is quite easy, even though it does differ from country to country, strangely. Since the USA is strictly not allowed, I tried a few different countries using my VPN.
New Zealand
South Africa
Serbia
Fundamentally though, signing up is still the same. Bodu88 requires an email address and a phone number with a strong, 6 digit, password for you to sign up.
You will then get a banner showing that you have to verify your email address before you can continue playing with them.
Once you have done this though, you will be able to play and enjoy as you wish.
Promotions
Along with their wide variety of games, Bodu88 has a wide variety of promotions running constantly.
Welcome bonus
They offer a 400% welcome bonus, and they really are adamant for you to take it up. Everywhere you look this offer is being promoted.
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only available on your first deposit
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minimum deposit of $10
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maximum withdrawal is 10 times the deposit amount
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wagering is 50 times the deposit + bonus
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expires after 30 days of claiming
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maximum bet is 10% of the value of the deposit made, no higher than $5
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only one bonus can be claimed at a time
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this bonus is country restricted
Second deposit bonus:
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only available on your second deposit
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minimum deposit of $10
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maximum withdrawal is 10 times the deposit amount
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wagering is 50 times the deposit + bonus
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expires after 30 days of claiming
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maximum bet is 10% of the value of the deposit made, no higher than $5
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only one bonus can be claimed at a time
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this bonus is country restricted
Sports bonus
100% sports bonus up to $125
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minimum deposit is $10
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wagering is 5 times the deposit + bonus with minimum odds of 1.75
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maximum withdrawal is 10 times the deposit amount
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expires after 30 days of claiming
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only one bonus can be claimed at a time
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this bonus is country restricted
24/7 Cashback
Bodu88 insures your losses with up to 20% cashback every 24 hours. This means that the deposits made in a 24 hour period will automatically get a cashback percentage. It is a tiered structure:
This promotion is automatically credited to your account 24 hours after deposits have been made.
Weekly Tournament
This is a basic leaderboard style tournament where wagering earns you points and king of the hill wins the crown so to say. It is a $3000 prize pool broken up into fair chunks over 50 players.
Refer a Friend Programme
You are allocated a link which you can share on any social media platform. Your friends get 50 free spins for registering through your link, and you will receive 1% of every real money bet placed. The earnings made this way are immediately transferable to your real money balance for you to play and enjoy. Bodu88 provides you with a graph showing your referral earnings over a certain time frame which helps with monitoring your referral progress and where your followers are most likely to pick up your referral link from.
Reload bonus
This is a 50% reload bonus up to $50 on deposits made. There is a trick with this promotion though as you need to claim the reload offer before making a deposit, and you won’t be able to claim any other bonuses alongside this promotion. This is for a very specific style of player, where most bonus claiming players are likely to select the initial welcome offers over this offering.
Lucky Charm bonus
At certain times in your lobby visits, you will see a floating cat, a Maneki Neko, which when you click on it leads you to another game. It’s a click counting game which is a load of fun. It counts your clicks and pops up bonus offerings. It is just a really novel way to earn other deposit bonuses. It also comes up with some cute sayings.
Just remember if you take up any of these offers, the terms and conditions are a general (and staggering) 50 times the deposit and bonus amount combined. They also carry a 10 times maximum withdrawal amount.
Games
As mentioned earlier in the article, this casino has many many games on offer. With a Sportsbook and Live Dealers available as well. When clicking on “Games” on the top left hand side of the menu, you open up a window which has a variety of different categories you can choose from:
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Top New Slots Card Games
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Table Games
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Video Poker
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Arcades
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Jackpot Favorites
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Bingo Megaways Slots
Then you can search for game providers, and collections. When you search using Game Providers, it also has a star rating for the game providers out of 5. You can also then select games using a different set of categories:
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A - Z
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Top Wins Bonus Games
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Most Played Last Released
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My Rating
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I Feel Lucky - this is a really neat category, it suggests which games you may like.
The next main category they offer is Live Games: You can choose from Live Casino, Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat and Other which is Keno and its variations, Andar Bahar, Sic Bo, Dragon Tiger and Texas Hold’em.
Next up we have the Sportsbook: When I initially tried opening the sportsbook from incognito mode, it gave me an error message. I then changed browsers and it worked perfectly fine. They have the usual variety you would expect from a casino of this size.
They offer the normal Sportsbook catalogue: Soccer, Tennis, Basketball, Baseball, Ice Hockey, American Football, Aussie Rules, Boxing, Cricket, Darts, Handball MMA, Rugby, Table Tennis, Volleyball and Esports (League of Legends and Dota)
They are categorised as well, Popular, Top Sports and All Sports are the subcategories you will find here.
Coins and Payments
When making a deposit with Bodu88 you will need to pass a verification process, even when depositing using Crypto currencies. For Fiat you can use Instant EFT, eVouchers, Skrill, NETeller, AstroPay and then Crypto Currencies, which we are most interested in.
They offer: BTC, LTC, ETH, BNB, SDT, BUSD, USDC, TRX, SOL, DOGE, BCH, SHIB, XRP and DAI.
As per usual, I will be depositing using BTC. These are the steps I followed to make a deposit:
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Click on the big yellow Deposit button
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Enter the amount you wish to deposit
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Select the method which you would like to use to deposit
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Complete the verification form
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You will then receive a QR code or address to deposit to
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Scan the QR code or insert the address into your wallet
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Click on send and that is it.
It took roughly ten minutes for the deposit to arrive in my account. I received a confirmation email from the processor confirming it was received and then a few seconds later the balance in my account updated. Processing a withdrawal is not as easy unfortunately. It took me a bit of hunting to find the withdrawal option but I managed to find two different places. You can either click on your account button which is at the top right hand side or you can click on the card looking icon on the right hand side on your page. Then click on “Full Page”.
Once you have chosen the Withdraw option, you will be able to insert the information required:
My withdrawal took roughly 3 hours to arrive in my Crypto wallet, which is quite long, but they do thoroughly vet the withdrawal before paying out, which is expressed in their terms and conditions.
When using other Fiat methods to deposit and withdraw into, there are different restrictions set out by the casino. You will need to provide banking information as well as a banking confirmation letter, proof of identity and proof of address. In this instance, it would be best to simply use cryptos to avoid these types of requirements.
Customer Support
Budo88 offers Live chat during specific hours, 05:00 – 21:00 UCT. They also have an email address available for you to contact them on. There is also a form you can complete which goes directly to support who will then respond to you accordingly. I spoke to two different members of the support team, the first person was great, quick and polite. The second person seemed a bit nervous with my questions and took their time in responding, and also responded with “canned” messages, so not personally tailored to me which was slightly disappointing, but I received the answers I needed so we will let that go.
Geos and Languages
The casino is only available in English. There is a snippet in the terms and conditions that states that any other form of terms and conditions found in another language will be overruled by the English terms and conditions.
Since it is a licensed casino, there is a strong list of restricted countries: USA. Netherlands, France, The Dutch Caribbean and Singapore.
With bonus restrictions on the following countries: Austria, Australia, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland.
Platform Compatibility
Bodu88 boast their mobile abilities for their casino and I must be honest, they have good reason to. It is actually more beautiful playing on the mobile casino. Different shades of the colors they use, but well adapted to this version of the casino. There is no need to download an app, so you simply log in on their web address and you are good to go. It is as responsive using both versions of the casino, and it is a definite force to be reckoned with. It fits nicely, moves to and from each page smoothly and is easy to navigate through the different categories.
Website Response Time
Since it is a graphically heavy website, with tons of images and the very colorful backgrounds you can imagine it doesn’t have the greatest response time. It rated a C on the performance report, but you really don’t feel it, on the browser or mobile versions of the casino.
Security and Community reputation
The community is not a fan of this casino sadly. Since it is so new, it is expected though, most of the community enjoys a long standing casino to play at, which we understand. CasinoGuru has given it a dismal 3.4 out of 10 due to certain Ts & Cs they deemed unfair. Askgamblers gave Bodu88 a 4.8 out of 10 due to the limited live chat and withdrawal time frames. There is nothing available on Trustpilot or Bitcointalk as yet.
Alternatives
If you are looking for a different hybrid all rounder with a bit more life span under its belt, take a look at these casinos:
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500Casino: This casino has been around since 2016 and has a wide variety of games, with a sportsbook and great aesthetic to it.
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CryptoLeo: This casino has only been around for 2 years, but has built a great reputation for its anonymity and speedy withdrawals.
Conclusion
I must be quite frank with you, I enjoyed my time at Bodu88. It doesn’t have a VIP program oddly enough, but it would easily make a whale out of me. It has so much to offer and I experienced no issues with it but while reading through the other reviews online I do see there is potential to cause havoc if the terms and conditions aren’t strictly adhered to. I also wouldn’t recommend claiming their bonuses due to that high playthrough and quite hefty limitations. As usual we express caution with playing new casinos, however, I do recommend giving Bodu88 a spin at least once.
