Players in New Zealand will find two different ways to access mobile casinos:

1. Dedicated apps that are built for different platforms, such as iPhone, Windows Phone or Android
2. A responsive slimmed down version of a casino site that adjusts automatically to look its best on whatever device is being used

Thanks to a combination of technical requirements and the attitudes of some hardware providers, it's much more common to encounter mobile casinos in the second form.

Many of these mobile sites look and function just like a casino site on laptop or desktop, only without fancy graphics and large images that would slow things down too much.

You certainly can. Almost all online casino sites allow you to play for either real money or just for practice, and mobile casinos are no exception. There are hundreds of mobile pokies to choose from.

Because there aren't so many table games on mobile it's unlikely that players will be trying to sharpen their skills, which is why most Kiwi players who use mobile casinos will be looking to play using real money.

Because they often involve choosing actions from many different options, it can be quite difficult to successfully port a card or table game for use on a mobile. For that reason, Pokies and Slots are much more common in mobile casinos.

You'll often find one or two table games in most mobile casinos, which suggests that casino software providers are making more effort to include titles other than slots. Watch this space to see if that trend continues!

Virtually every top casino offers some sort of mobile version these days, so you're really best off finding a casino you like on your desktop or laptop and sticking with them if and when you decide to start playing on a mobile.

If, for any reason, it doesn't quite fit the bill we'd suggest that you come back and find another one of the casino sites we recommend for New Zealanders and give their mobile version a try instead.

Not only can you still get a welcome bonus, some casinos also offer incentives such as free spins or other perks for playing on a mobile.

You may find with some sites that you need to sign up on a desktop or laptop, which is not a bad idea anyway as it allows you to check more quickly that you're getting the best possible welcome bonus deal, but others will let you claim exactly the same welcome bonus when signing up on a mobile provided you use the right promo code.

There isn't really one single "best" way to make a deposit with a mobile casino. We'd always advise playing in NZD where possible, which may narrow down the number of payment options you can use.

Some players prefer to use credit cards, because it's what they're used to, while others like to create an e-wallet account to keep their casino spending separate from everything else.

As long as a casino is safe and secure, and we'll only recommend those that are, you should be absolutely fine using whichever deposit/withdrawal method you prefer.

As a general rule, we think that most New Zealand players would struggle to play casino games for so long that they use up all their data allowance.

However, it's better to be safe than sorry, so you might like to either time yourself while playing your favourite game for a short amount of time to see how much data it uses or see if the casino you're playing with has any extra information about data usage.

Of course, if you're lucky enough to have a smartphone with unlimited data, you don't need to worry about this at all.