Having the opportunity to write a review about an online casino is a pretty pleasant gig, especially when you get to play at a casino like Gold Rock. For me, this casino stands out from the crowd in a couple of key fundamental areas: slick design, smooth gameplay and excellent customer service.

Solid Software

Gold Rock Casino is an online gambling website licensed in the Netherlands Antilles. It runs on a platform built by Rival Software, or Rival Powered as they like to be known. Rival is probably one of the top five online gaming software developers in business at the moment, and their dedication and professionalism shines through.

Casino promotions

Before we get to the games, I want to talk about the promotions that this site offers. To start with, there is a $7 signup bonus, with no deposit required. That's right, they give you $7 just for filling out the registration form, which you can spend on checking out some of the cool games on offer.

Then, once you're ready to actually fund your casino account, Gold Rock will match your first three deposits at 100% up to $100 each - that's $300 free, which is not bad in my book. Finally, you get an additional 10% bonus every time you deposit money using any deposit method other than a credit card.

All the casino games are here

Gold Rock features a selection of some of the finest titles available anywhere. There are 8 traditional 3-reel slots and 24 5-reel multi-line slots, as well as 8 of Rival's now legendary iSlot titles. The iSlots alone make this casino worth the visit, in my opinion. The casino also spots 3 progressive slot titles, including Strike Gold, Major Moolah and One Million Reels, all of which regularly climb into stupendous amounts of money.

There are 6 different versions of video poker, including Aces and Faces, Deuces and Joker, Deuces Wild and Joker Poker. If you feel particularly dexterous, some of these allow you to play 25 hands simultaneously.

And of course, there's the classic table games. Multi-hand Blackjack, American and European Roulette, Craps and Baccarat are all beautifully represented, as well as many popular card games such as Caribbean Stud, War, Pai Gow Poker and Red Dog. A full listing of the available games is up on Gold Rock's website.

Friendly support

What I like about the support offered at Gold Rock Casino is that the primary method of contact is their telephone number. Most online casinos will try to get you to write them an e-mail first, so it's refreshing to come across a company that values person-to-person contact. Think about it; if you're having a problem, you really want to talk to someone that can help you, not wait around for an e-mail response.

Casino banking

On the banking side of things, Gold Rock Casino Of course accepts Visa and MasterCard. Alternative payment methods include eWalletXpress, Click2Pay, UseMyWallet, Quick Tender, Moneybookers, NETeller, ECO card, and good old wire transfers.

You can withdraw money on every single one of the above listed methods, except for credit cards.