Introduction
Well everybody needs to start somewhere, once upon a time even I was bewildered and confused by online casinos, I still sometimes am ;-).

This guide is aimed at complete beginners and I intend to help you in everything from setting up an online payment account to choosing the first casino, and also how to use the resources available at reviewed-casinos.co.uk

Setting up an online payment account

It really is a good idea to set one of these up as whilst most casinos accept credit cards quite a few these days offer incentives if you use other payment methods. The payment method we recommend here at reviewed-casinos.co.uk is Moneybookers but all the ones we have listed, Neteller, Click2Pay and Payspark, are solid and reliable, otherwise we wouldn’t list them. So take a look and get an account set up.

Choosing a casino

OK now comes the fun bit, you’re all set up, have some money burning a hole in your new online payment account and you want to hit the blackjack table, slots or whatever takes your fancy, but where to go and play? The vast majority of casinos that we list are very friendly towards beginners but some more so than others. However if I am pushed then I would probably say that Casino Tropez is the best for beginners. Their interface is very easy to understand and getting set up couldn’t be easier. If you don’t like Casino Tropez then I will explain in the next section how you can search for the ideal casino for yourself using the unique table of casinos we have developed at reviewed-casinos.co.uk.

Finding a casino at reviewed-casinos.co.uk

Probably the first thing you saw when you arrived at www.reviewed-casinos.co.uk was a list of casino reviews, have a look through these and pick one that you like the sound of and which has a good rating from our other users.

Setting up an account with a casino OK so by now you have either taken our advice about Casino Tropez or found some other casino in our table which you prefer. You will also have set up an online payment method although you can also use a credit card. The next step is setting up an account with the casino and this is simpler than you may think;

The first time you log into the casino after downloading it or by clicking on it if it is one of the online versions you will be prompted to open an account. You will have the choice of whether to open a fun account or a real money account. I would suggest that with Casino Tropez you may as well open a real money account straight away but you can also open a fun account if you just want to take a look around the casino to make sure you are happy with. In either case you will be asked for the following information, your name, address and telephone number. If you do decide to open a real money account and you would be silly not to at Casino Tropez then you will be asked for your payment method. In return for this they will give you £15 free to get you started. If you choose to put in any more money later on then they will match your initial deposit by 100% up to £100, i.e. if you pay in £100 then you will have a bank roll of £215 to start gaming with! You may think that you have just won £115 but it’s not that easy I’m afraid, there are certain conditions which need to be met before you can withdraw this money. At Casino Tropez you need to gamble 8x (the Playthru) of the bonus plus deposit before it can be taken out. So in the example of depositing £100 you would need to gamble a total of £1600 (8X£200) before you can take out the £100 bonus. This sounds a lot but really it isn’t, the best way to think of the bonus is that it adds to your bank roll, if you loose it you haven’t really lost anything but if you win then its yours.