The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa opened in Atlantic City in July 2003 as a partnership by then-named MGM Mirage (today called MGM Resorts International) and Boyd Gaming.  The iconic land-based 161,000 square-foot casino boasts over 4,000 slot machines, nearly 200 game tables and over 50 poker tables.  It also has a sportsbook, and is considered the highest-grossing casino in Atlantic City.  In 2016 MGM bought Boyd’s 50% stake, and is now the whole owner of Borgata.

About The Borgata Online Casino

Borgata was the first to launch an online casino in the state of New Jersey in November 2013, branded as Borgata Casino, which operates on a technology platform that was developed by global online-gambling operator GVC Holdings.  In addition to Borgata Casino, there is also a Borgata Sportsbook and Borgata Poker Room, and there are several other online brands operating under the Borgata online-gambling license in New Jersey (such as sister site BetMGM and GVC’s PartyCasino).

This is what you should look for to determine the safety and trustworthiness on an online casino: A valid license, good reputation amongst other gamblers, track record of years in operation, strong banking system, disclosure of ownership and partnerships.  Borgata Casino ticks all of these boxes in a big way.  With it being the first, longest-standing legal online casino in New Jersey, and one of the first to implement payment safety and protection, as well as advanced online banking systems in place.  And of course being a hallmark land-based casino in Atlantic City, partnered with global online-gambling giant GVC – Borgata Casino is as safe as you can get.

Deposits and withdrawals at Borgata Casino are very straight forward.  With online payment methods like Skrill and Paypal, pre-paid methods, the casino cage and bank transfers and more, there are enough payment options to choose from.

Withdrawals take between 1 to 6 days, depended on the payment method used.  We tried a few methods and found both deposits and withdrawals to be fast and efficient.  We noticed however that the “Banking” section on the Borgata Casino website provided very little information (only a bullet list of the payment methods), and was hard to read due to page errors.  We hope this small design flaw will be fixed soon.

Borgata Casino offers a version that is customized for mobile devices, and we found it to be very good.  In terms of browsing things are laid out similar to the desktop version, and has over 430 games, which is very impressive for mobile.  So although naturally some more scrolling is required, but we found the user interface to be very good and useful even on the smaller phone screens we tested.  When coming to the native app, there are less games offered on the Borgata Casino app.  We hope that more games will be added, and this gap will be closed soon.

When it comes to casino games, Borgata Casino has a game library that competes nicely with other leading online casinos in New Jersey.

With over 500 titles from the world’s top game providers, you can play on Borgata Casino on over 450 Slot Games and 15 Progressive-Jackpot Games.  Slots include big titles such as IGT’s Siberian Storm, NetEnt’s Jimmy Hendrix, and the GVC-exclusive Progressive Loot’Enkhamun.

Borgata Casino also features a good selection of Table Games including Roulette, Blackjack, Video Poker and more.  The Live-Dealer section features Roulette, Blackjack and Baccarat.

Two more cool game-categories that make Borgata Casino stand out from the rest are the “Variety Games” with 12 Slingo variations, Scratch Cards and fun variety titles such as The Voice, Wheel of Fortune and more.  The “Virtual Sports” section has on offer Virtual Motorcycles, Horses and Soccer.

As a player said: “At Borgata Casino you can play on a different slot every day, and still not go through all of them in a year.”

User Interface and Navigation

In addition to the casino itself, the top menu at Borgata Casino provides links to the resort, sportsbook and poker.  Clicking on the Borgata Casino logo on the top-left takes you to the sportsbook, which was confusing but not a big deal.

Things get better when looking at the second menu, which includes all the games easily organized by categories.  And also within each tab, games are grouped based on featured games, game provider, new games, etc.  This, combined with the “Search Game” box on the left side of the menu made the experience of browsing through games a joy.

The Borgata Casino Loyalty section is detailed and gives a good overview of the rewards plan, tiers and points.  The Banking section is a bit messy, and contains very little information if you aren’t logged in.

All in all, games were easy to search and find, and the Borgata Casino interface provided good usability and experience.