Last Updated on September 19, 2026
The Captain Cooks Casino sister sites are Blackjack Ballroom, Casino Action, Casino Classic, Casino Kingdom, Cosmo Casino, Golden Tiger, Grand Hotel, Grand Mondial, Luxury Casino, Players Palace, Quatro Casino, UK Casino Club, Villento, Yukon Gold and Zodiac Casino. All sixteen casinos, including Captain Cooks, are run by the Casino Rewards group.
New Zealand is locked out of every one of the sixteen
New Zealand players cannot open an account at Captain Cooks or any of its fifteen sister casinos. Casino Rewards excludes New Zealand across the whole group, with no exception for any single brand. New Zealand’s Online Casino Gambling Act, in force since 1 May 2026, requires a local licence that Casino Rewards does not hold.
New Zealand dollar casinos you can join today
These casinos are separate companies. They take New Zealand dollars and New Zealand players.
What actually changes when you move from one sister site to the next
All sixteen Casino Rewards casinos run on the same software, built by Games Global, the company still widely known by its old name, Microgaming. Some sites add extra games from other studios such as Pragmatic Play, but the base library is shared. That means the slots, the table games and the account screens work the same way almost everywhere. Sign up asks for the same details wherever you go: your name, date of birth, email address and country. All sixteen also offer the same account tools, such as deposit limits and a self-exclusion option, since that part of the site is built once and reused across the whole group. What changes most from one casino to the next is the picture on the homepage, the name above the door, and a handful of country-specific rules.
The headline sign up offer is usually a matched deposit bonus paired with free spins spread across your first few deposits, and this pattern repeats at most of the sixteen. The exact numbers advertised differ from one casino to the next and change over time, so treat any specific figure you see elsewhere as a guide only, and check the current offer on the casino’s own sign up page before you join.
Zodiac, Blackjack Ballroom, Casino Action and Players Palace play almost the same
These four are a good example of how similar the group can be. Zodiac Casino uses a star sign theme on its homepage. Blackjack Ballroom leans on a card table look, even though it carries the full range of slots too, not just blackjack. Casino Action keeps a plain, general casino name with no strong theme at all. Players Palace uses a royal, palace-style look. Past the homepage picture, the game library, the account area and the sign up steps are close to identical across all four. If you have played at one of them, the others will feel familiar within a few minutes. Zodiac Casino has its own full page on this site if you want a closer look at that one.
Golden Tiger, Grand Mondial, Quatro and Villento each have a page of their own on this site
Four of the sister sites stand out enough that we cover them in their own separate guides, because each one is the better source for a different question. Golden Tiger puts more weight on its live dealer section than most of the group, with a wide spread of live blackjack, roulette and game-show tables, so its page is the one to check if live tables matter most to you. Grand Mondial is worth a look if you care about which studios actually build the games, since its page breaks that down brand by brand. Quatro Casino is the one to check if payout speed matters most, since we cover its withdrawal times in full there. Villento is the best starting point if you want to understand the ID checks and the licence behind the whole group, since we go through that in detail on its page.
Grand Hotel, Casino Classic, UK Casino Club and Yukon Gold keep it simple
The rest of the group sticks to a plainer style. Grand Hotel uses a five-star hotel look, but the casino floor behind it is the same shared library as the rest of the group. Casino Classic goes for an old-school casino feel, dark colours and a simple layout, with its own page on this site if you want the full picture. UK Casino Club leans on a British casino feel in its branding, though it takes players from outside the UK too, subject to the same country rules as the rest of the group. Yukon Gold runs a gold rush theme, and we cover its slots and jackpot games in full on its own page.
Casino Kingdom and Cosmo Casino turn away extra countries
Not every sister site treats every country the same way. Casino Kingdom and Cosmo Casino both add extra country restrictions on top of the New Zealand block that applies to the whole group. A player who is allowed at, say, Captain Cooks or Grand Hotel is not automatically allowed at these two. If you are checking whether a sister site is open to you, read that casino’s own terms page rather than assuming every sister site in the group treats your country the same way.
Not every sister site publishes its own terms page
Captain Cooks publishes its own full terms and conditions, covering things like the withdrawal cap and the fees below. Some of the other fifteen do the same, with a terms page specific to that casino. Others keep a shorter page and lean on the one shared Casino Rewards policy for anything not spelled out locally. If a rule matters to you, such as a fee or a country restriction, check that casino’s own terms page directly rather than assuming it matches what is written here for Captain Cooks.
Luxury Casino absorbed thirteen closed casinos
On 12 May 2026, Casino Rewards shut down thirteen older casinos, including Aztec Riches and Vegas Country. Players from those casinos moved to Luxury Casino, which is now the biggest casino in the group by player numbers. Old links to the closed casinos now redirect straight to Luxury Casino. See its page for the full list of closed brands.
What you need before your first withdrawal
Before your first withdrawal at Captain Cooks, you need to pass an identity check. You will usually be asked for a clear photo of a government ID. Once that check is done, you should not need to send it again for later withdrawals at Captain Cooks. Captain Cooks’ own terms hold a withdrawal in a pending state for 48 hours, then send it for processing on the next business day. If you win much more than you paid in, withdrawals are capped at $4,000 a week until the full amount is paid out. A bank transfer under 3,000 units carries a $50 (or €35, or £30) fee, and a larger transfer carries a $100 (or €70, or £60) fee, plus a 2.5% currency conversion fee where it applies. For a full comparison of payout speed across the group, see the Quatro Casino page.
Live dealer tables, licence and certification
Captain Cooks does not publish a total game count, so we won’t guess one here. It runs a live dealer section with blackjack, roulette, baccarat and game-show tables, streamed from a real studio with a real dealer, playable on desktop, tablet or phone. Some of these, including some of the live tables, are supplied by Pragmatic Play. Captain Cooks is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and carries an eCOGRA certification. Casino Rewards, the group behind all sixteen casinos, was founded in 2000.
None of this changes the New Zealand rule covered above. Whichever of the sixteen names you come across, from Zodiac Casino to Grand Hotel, the same country block applies, and the table near the top of this page is the fastest way to find a casino that will actually let you play from New Zealand.
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