WinShark

Review of WinShark Online Casino

WinShark is a brand new online casino offering a no-sticky bonus structure. You can play slots, table games and live dealer games. Get a great start with the welcome bonus, but there are also several other ongoing promotions, a VIP programme and last but not least, a bonus shop. You can choose from a variety of payment methods at this casino licensed by Antillephone N.V. Find out more by reading our full WinShark review.

Review of WinShark Welcome Bonus

In the WinShark welcome package, three bonuses await you. The very first of these bonuses even offers you two options, as there is an offer for those who want to make a small deposit and another for those who wish to deposit more. If you take full advantage of the entire welcome package, you can receive up to €2,800 in bonus funds and 300 free spins.

• First deposit: 100% bonus up to €150 + 50 free spins OR 50% bonus up to €2000 + 100 free spins
• Second deposit: 80% bonus up to €200 + 75 free spins
• Third deposit: 60% bonus up to €300 + 125 free spins

The two choices you have for the first deposit bonus depend on how much you deposit. To avail of the bonus offering a 50% bonus up to €2000, you must deposit €500 or more. The minimum deposit for the other bonuses is €20.

Free spins are only available to players who deposit more than just the minimum amount. For the first deposit, you must deposit at least €50, while for the second deposit, it’s €80. For the third deposit, a deposit of €100 or more is required to receive free spins along with the match bonus. The spins are distributed over several days, and you will receive 25 spins credited per day until you have received all the spins that the deposit activated.

How to claim your WinShark welcome bonus

Claiming your welcome package is easy and all you need to do is follow these steps:

• Step 1: Go to the WinShark website

You need to start by going to the WinShark website, which you do by clicking on the big green button at the bottom of this page called “Get Bonus”. You’ll be taken directly to the casino, and there you’ll see a yellow button labeled “Sign up”.

• Step 2: Sign up

Sign up at the casino by filling in your email and creating a username and password. You will also be asked for information such as your name, address, mobile number, date of birth and gender.

• Step 3: Make your first deposit

Once you are logged in, you can go to the deposit page and choose between the different payment methods offered. Remember that you need to deposit a minimum of €20 to get the match bonus, while €50 is required to get your free spins as well.

• Step 4: Activate the welcome bonus

Once your deposit is complete, you can go to “My bonuses” and see your available and active bonuses. You can now start playing, and remember that you need to play through the bonus amount 45x times before the bonus is converted into real money that you can withdraw.

Terms and conditions for the welcome bonus

There are several rules you need to be aware of when taking advantage of the welcome bonus at WinShark. The first thing you need to make sure is that you deposit enough money to get the bonus you want. The minimum deposit for all match bonuses is €23, with the exception of the high roller bonus offered for the first deposit, which requires a deposit of €500 or more. Thereafter, there are different minimum amounts required to take part in the free spins. We’ll take a closer look at other rules here:

Wagering requirements

Before it is possible to withdraw winnings from your welcome bonus, you must complete the wagering requirement. This is 45x the bonus, and you have 7 days to complete this requirement. A wagering requirement of 45x is considered very high, as the industry standard is only 35x. However, it should be noted that this is a no-sticky bonus, meaning that you can make a withdrawal of real money winnings by canceling the bonus. The entire bonus amount and the winnings from the bonus will be removed from your account.

Maximum bet

While you have an active bonus in your account, you are allowed to wager a maximum of €5 per spin. Wagering more than this is a violation of the bonus rules and may result in the bonus and all winnings from it being removed from your account. Remember that the €5 limit includes the use of gamble features and similar features within the games that allow you to increase your bet during a game round.

Maximum winnings

There is no limit on how much you can win from your welcome bonus. You can withdraw absolutely everything you have in your account once the wagering requirement has been completed.

Other bonus offers at WinShark

In addition to the welcome bonus at WinShark, you have a number of other bonus offers to look forward to. Several times a week you can get a boost, and there is also a VIP program and a bonus shop to look forward to.

Madnessday bonus

Every Wednesday you get a 40% match up to €250 on your first deposit of the day. To take advantage of this offer, you must deposit a minimum of €20. The bonus is automatically credited to your account and can be found under “My bonuses”.

Wagering requirements for the Wednesday bonus

The wagering requirement that must be completed before the bonus money is converted into real money is 45x the bonus amount. As always at WinShark, this is a second chance bonus, which means that you first play for your own money and if you win from this you can cancel the bonus and make a withdrawal.

Maximum bet

At WinShark there is a standard bonus rule that states that €5 is the maximum bet you can play with while you have an active bonus. Wagering more than this may result in you losing the bonus and anything you have won from it.

Maximum winnings

There is no limit to how much you can convert from bonus money to real money, nor is there a maximum withdrawal limit for winnings from a bonus. This means you can withdraw anything you are lucky enough to win.

Cyber reload

If you deposit anytime between Friday and Sunday, you will receive a 50% reload bonus. The maximum amount you can get extra is €300 and you must deposit €20 or more to claim the bonus. Once the deposit is made, you will find your bonus under “My bonuses” in your account.

Wagering requirements for the weekend bonus

The wagering requirement is 45x, and this requirement only applies to the bonus amount you receive. Once you have played through the bonus money 45 times, it will be converted into real money that you can withdraw. You have 7 days to complete the wagering requirement.

Maximum bet

You can wager up to €5 per player while playing with bonus money. This limit also applies to any game features that allow you to increase your bet during a game round, such as a gamble or a bonus buy feature.

Maximum winnings

At WinShark, only no deposit bonuses come with a maximum limit on how much you can withdraw in winnings. However, as the weekend bonus is a deposit bonus, there is no limit on how much you can win or withdraw.

Floating cashback

If you have been unlucky with your deposits during the week, you can get some of your losses back the following Monday. All players who have lost money in the casino the week before receive a cashback, but how much you get depends on your VIP level. You get either 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% or 20%, and the maximum amount you can get back is €300, regardless of your level. The cashback is automatically credited every Monday as long as you are eligible for a minimum of €5 cashback.

Wagering requirements for cashback

There is a slightly lower wagering requirement for a cashback bonus than for a regular bonus at WinShark. Before you can make a withdrawal of winnings, you only need to play through the amount you receive 30 times. Compared to cashbacks from VIP programs at other online casinos, however, this is still quite high, as most settle for a wagering requirement of between 5% and 20% for such VIP bonuses.

Maximum wagering

Your cashback is a bonus, which means that standard bonus rules apply. Therefore, there is a maximum of €5 you can wager per game round, including bonus purchases and other gamble features.

Maximum winnings

There is no maximum limit on how much you can win from your cashback. You are therefore entitled to withdraw the full amount you win, as long as it is in accordance with the casino’s general withdrawal rules.

Exclusive Telegram bonuses

If you want more bonuses, you can get them by joining WinShark’s Telegram channel. From time to time, exclusive bonuses are given out that you can’t access through any other channel. Joining Telegram is completely free, and a great way to keep up to date with all the news from the casino.

VIP club

There are five levels in WinShark’s VIP program, and the higher level you are in, the better benefits you get. As mentioned earlier, you get a bigger cashback if you’re at a higher level. You also get a gift for each new level you reach, starting at 10 free spins and ending at 100 spins.

Another great benefit is that you collect loyalty points as you play. The exchange rate gets better the higher up in the VIP program you go. There are also bigger bonuses, exclusive promotions and a VIP manager waiting for you if you make it to the top levels.

Bonus shop

You get coins as part of the VIP program and also by completing missions in the casino. You can then use these in the bonus shop, where there are both free spins and cash bonuses for sale. The different bonuses have different price tags, and the more coins you spend to buy a bonus, the better the prize.

It pays to collect a lot of coins as you get more for your coins by buying big bonuses. For example, it will cost you 100 coins to buy a €20 bonus, but you’ll get a whopping €300 bonus for 1000 coins.

Payment methods

You play with your preferred currency at WinShark, and this is also the currency used for all your transactions. You have several different payment methods to choose from, and this includes both traditional fiat methods and cryptocurrency. All available payment methods can be used without any fees.

Visa & Mastercard

Visa and Mastercard are the accepted payment cards and you can use them for your deposits. The minimum amount you can deposit per transaction is €20, while the maximum deposit amount is €700.

MiFinity

With the MiFinity e-wallet, you can make both deposits and withdrawals. For deposits, a transaction limit of between €20 and €10,000 applies. For withdrawals, on the other hand, there is a transaction limit from €20 to only €500 that can be withdrawn per payment.

CASHlib

CASHlib is a deposit method only, so for withdrawals you must use a bank transfer when this is the method you have used for deposits. The deposit limits are quite limited, as you can only deposit an amount between €50 and €150 per payment.

Crypto

If you choose to use cryptocurrencies to deposit money, you can choose between Litecoin, Tether, Cardano, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. The minimum amount varies based on which crypto you use, but for withdrawals, a fiat amount is given. You can withdraw from €50 to €500 per withdrawal.

Bank transfer

Bank transfer can only be used for withdrawals, as deposits with this payment method are not supported. Unfortunately, the withdrawal limits are quite narrow as you can only withdraw from €20 to €500 per transaction.

The history of WinShark

WinShark is a brand new online casino that was launched in 2024. The company behind this casino is GBL Solutions N.V. and this is a company that is registered in Curacao. They also have a gaming license from Curacao, via Antillephone N.V.

As a GBL Solutions N.V. casino, WinShark has several sister casinos, such as Rolling Slots, Wild Tokyo and Need for Spin. All of these casinos are run individually, but they still share many similarities in terms of promotions and game selection.

The games that WinShark focuses on are exclusively casino games, with the greatest focus on slots and table games. They target several different markets, some of which are Canada, Germany, Greece, Australia, Poland, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Denmark in addition to Norway.

Game selection

You can expect a solid selection of games at WinShark, as they offer more than 8,000 casino games in total. The vast majority of these are slots, but there are also more than enough table games, especially in the live casino. The selection is made up of 90 game developers, and new games are added weekly.

Game developers

With 90 game developers on board, WinShark has ensured a varied and good selection of casino games. You can see the full list of developers by clicking in the search bar, and by selecting one of them you can also filter the games so that you only see the games offered by this one developer.

The range of providers is too large to list them all here, but some worth mentioning are Pragmatic Play, Play’n GO, NetGame, Quickspin, BGaming, Thunderkick, Yggdrasil and Booming.

Slots at WinShark

You can choose from more than 7,500 slots at WinShark, which is pretty good compared to other Norwegian online casinos. Although 7,500 slots is already a relatively large selection, around 20 new games are added every week. These games can be found in the New category, so this is great to look through if you want to play the very latest games in the casino.

WinShark live casino

The live casino offers 480 games, and the game studios include Pragmatic Play, TVBet, Skywind, Atmosfera, Ezugi, Playtech, Absolute Live Gaming and 7mojos. You can find all the usual types of games, but the fact that there are no subcategories of live games makes it difficult to find your way around.

Live casino bonuses

One disappointing aspect of WinShark is that live casino games cannot be played with a bonus. There are also no separate bonuses available for these games only. This means that you can only play games with a live dealer with real money. Wagering on live games also does not count towards the coins or points you collect as part of the VIP program.

The withdrawal process at WinShark

To withdraw money from WinShark, you can go to the withdrawal page. There you will see an overview of the available withdrawal methods. Remember to choose the same one as the one you used for your winning deposit. If it is not possible to withdraw money back to your deposit method, you can choose another method. Just remember that you can’t deposit with fiat and withdraw to crypto, or vice versa.

Conclusion of our WinShark test

After a careful review and a thorough test of WinShark, we can conclude that this casino has many good features. On the other hand, they don’t quite live up to our expectations. Mainly the wagering requirement for bonuses is somewhat high. Furthermore, we find the maximum withdrawal limit of €500 (per/24hrs) far too low. The fact that they don’t have many jackpot games and that Evolution is not part of the game selection is also disappointing. The same can be said about the lack of limits for responsible gaming.

Where WinShark does well, however, is in the amount of bonus promotions, and we especially appreciate the bonus shop. The fact that they have good customer service is also a big plus in our book.

Pros:

• Large selection of slots and table games
• Good customer service with a thorough FAQ

Disadvantages:

• Lacking jackpot games and some popular game developers
• Restrictive withdrawal limits per transaction
• Doesn’t offer play limits for responsible gambling