Loyalty & VIP
Gaming Club Casino VIP Program
Six loyalty levels, 2,500 points after your first deposit and rewards that grow as you play.
- 6Loyalty levelsLevels
- 2,500Starter pointsPoints
- 35xWelcome wageringWagering
- 24/7Live chat & emailSupport
How to Join the Gaming Club VIP Program
There is no velvet rope at the door. The Gaming Club Casino VIP program is the casino's free Loyalty Programme, and every real-money account is part of it from the first deposit. You don't apply, wait for an email or chase a host. You play, and the points follow.
That makes the question of how to become VIP at Gaming Club a lot less mysterious than it sounds. Membership is automatic, the first 2,500 Loyalty Points land after your first successful deposit, and from then on every cash wager adds to the pile. The level you sit on reflects how much you play over time, not a one-off big night. Gaming Club has been online since 1994, and the loyalty side has the settled feel of a system that has seen three decades of regulars come and go.
- 1Open an account
Sign up with your real details. The NZ site asks players to be at least 20, and one login works on desktop, phone and tablet.
- 2Make your first deposit
NZ$10 is the minimum. Visa, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Skrill and Neteller deposits land almost instantly.
- 32,500 points land
The starter points arrive once the deposit has gone through. Keep playing with cash and you start climbing from Bronze.
The same first deposit also opens the Double Deposit Bonus, so the two run side by side: bonus money sits in one balance while points build in the background. The full welcome deal, 100% up to NZ$200 on the first deposit and 100% up to NZ$150 on the second, is laid out in our Gaming Club Casino overview. When you're ready, open Gaming Club and the first step takes a couple of minutes.
No application form. Nobody reviews you for entry and no minimum spend is published to get in. Privé is the single exception: the top level is by invitation, so the casino decides who is offered it.
The Six Gaming Club VIP Levels
- BronzeEntry level: cash wagers start earning points
- SilverPoints keep building with every real-money bet
- GoldHigher level, more tailored bonus offers
- PlatinumFaster point earning, more competitions
- DiamondDedicated support team, personal rewards
- PrivéInvitation only, the most personal rewards
The Gaming Club Casino VIP program publishes the six names and the direction of travel: the higher you go, the more tailored the offers, the quicker the points come in and the more competitions you are invited into, with a dedicated support team further up. It does not publish the exact level at which each perk switches on, so read the ladder as the shape of the climb rather than a contract. Your own account shows which of the Gaming Club VIP levels you are on and what is on offer for you there.
Gaming Club Privé sits above Diamond and works differently from the rest. There is no written formula that plays you into it; the casino sends invitations. For most Kiwi players the realistic path is Bronze to Silver or Gold over months of steady play, and that is no bad thing, because the Daily Deals, tournaments and prize drops that every account gets make up most of the everyday value anyway.
Which Games Count and How Much
Two separate systems are at work whenever you play with a bonus, and mixing them up is the most common mistake we see. Loyalty Points come from cash wagers. Wagering contributions decide how fast a bonus clears. The four numbers below are the second kind: the share of each bet that counts towards the bonus wagering target.
- 100%Pokies, bonus wagering contribution
- 50%NetEnt pokies, bonus wagering contribution
- 8%Most table games, bonus wagering contribution
- 2%Classic Blackjack, bonus wagering contribution
On the points side the rule is short: real-money bets earn Loyalty Points. Gaming Club does not publish a points-per-dollar rate or a different rate for each game type, so the fair reading is simple. Cash play is what counts, whichever part of the lobby you spend it in.
On the bonus side the percentages matter a great deal. A NZ$10 spin on a pokie takes NZ$10 off your wagering target. The same NZ$10 on most table games counts as 80 cents, on Classic Blackjack as 20 cents, and baccarat and craps sit at 0%, so they don't count at all. NetEnt pokies land in the middle at half value.
If clearing the welcome bonus is the goal, pokies are the fastest route by a long way. Table players aren't shut out of the loyalty side, since their cash hands are cash wagers too. The sensible split is to play blackjack, roulette or baccarat with your cash balance and let the bonus ride on the reels, where every dollar counts in full.
Offers Loyal Players Can Use
Loyalty levels are one layer. Around them sits a set of promotions that any account can see, and the Gaming Club loyalty programme NZ players join by default works best alongside them rather than instead of them. Here is the full list as it stood when we checked, with the terms that are actually published.
Checked 30 Sep 2026
| Offer | Who gets it | Value | Wagering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Deposit Bonus | New players | Up to NZ$350 | 35x |
| Mega Millionaire Wheel | New players | 10 daily spins | Per T&Cs |
| Loyalty starter boost | First deposit | 2,500 points | n/a |
| Daily Deals | Logged-in players | Personal | Varies |
| Daily Streak | Regular players | Rewards | Varies |
| Birthday Bonus | Account holders | Gift | Varies |
| Pokies tournaments | All players | Prize pools | Varies |
Swipe to see the whole table
The welcome bonus is 100% up to NZ$200 on the first deposit and 100% up to NZ$150 on the second, from NZ$10, with 7 days to claim. The Wheel spins come with the welcome offer and their prize rules sit in the promotion terms. Daily Deals are personal, so two players can see different offers on the same day. "Varies" means Gaming Club sets the terms offer by offer rather than on one public table.
Hourly Prize Drops run on top of all this, with large monthly prize pools shared out through the day, and they don't depend on your level. You won't find a cashback promotion in the list: Gaming Club doesn't publish one. The loyalty value comes through points, Bonus Credits and the personal offers that sharpen as you move up.
VIP Member vs Regular Player
What does a higher level actually change? Less than the word VIP suggests on your first day, more than nothing over a year of play. The honest split looks like this.
Higher levels
- Bonus offers tailored to how you play
- Loyalty Points earned faster
- More competitions to enter
- A dedicated support team
- More personal rewards, most of all at Privé
Every player
- Double Deposit Bonus up to NZ$350 and 2,500 starter points
- Personal Daily Deals and the Daily Streak
- Pokies tournaments and Hourly Prize Drops
- 24/7 live chat and email through the Help Centre
- The same NZ cashier: Visa, Apple Pay, Skrill and more
The left column is what Gaming Club says about its upper levels. The right column is what every account gets from the start, Bronze included. The core of the Gaming Club Casino VIP program experience, the lobby of more than 1,500 games, the cashier and round-the-clock help, stays the same at every level. The upgrade is in how personal the offers get and how quickly the points build.
Your level and your points belong to your account, not to a device, so they come with you when you switch from the laptop to the phone. Our Gaming Club mobile app guide covers the iPhone app and browser play.
Wagering in Plain English
Wagering is the one number that decides whether a bonus is worth taking, so it pays to have it straight before the welcome deal or a loyalty offer lands in your account. At Gaming Club the welcome bonus carries 35x wagering on the bonus amount. The bonus multiplied by 35 is the total you need to bet before that bonus money turns into cash you can withdraw.
NZ$100 bonus × 35. Take the 100% match on a NZ$100 first deposit and you need NZ$3,500 in pokie bets to clear it. On most table games, at 8%, the same target would take NZ$43,750 in bets.
Get the BonusIt sounds like a lot until you break it into spins. At NZ$1 a spin, NZ$3,500 is 3,500 spins. Your balance goes up and down along the way; the target does not move. Deposit NZ$50 and take a NZ$50 bonus, and the target halves to NZ$1,750.
Redeemed Loyalty Points follow the same path into your account: Gaming Club credits the resulting Bonus Credits to the bonus balance, not the cash balance. Read the terms that come with them in your account before you plan a withdrawal around them.
A maximum bet applies while a bonus is active. We have left the figure out because it lives in the promotion terms, which are worth two minutes of your time before a big spin. An unused match bonus doesn't sit there forever either, so don't claim one you don't plan to play through.
Terms you'll meet in the rules
- Bonus balance
- Cash balance
- Contribution
- Max bet
- 7 days to claim
The bonus balance holds match money and Bonus Credits; the cash balance is your own deposits plus what you've won with them. Contribution is the share of each bet that counts towards wagering, max bet is the per-spin cap while a bonus is live, and the welcome offer has to be claimed within 7 days.
Gaming Club Wagering Calculator
Plug in your own numbers to see what a bonus is likely to cost you in bets and in expected losses. Start with the deposit you have in mind and the bonus it would bring. A 100% match means the bonus equals the deposit, capped at NZ$200 on the first deposit and NZ$150 on the second.
Leave wagering at 35x for the Gaming Club welcome offer, then set the contribution slider to the game you actually plan to play. For RTP, open the game's info or paytable screen, where the return to player is listed. The slider starts at 96%, a reasonable middle figure for a modern pokie.
Read the bottom line as an average. "Expected balance left" is roughly what remains from deposit plus bonus once the target is cleared, and real sessions finish above or below it, sometimes by a lot. Drag contribution down to 2% and watch the expected cost swallow the whole balance: that is why Classic Blackjack is a poor way to clear a bonus. Our guide to how online casinos work in New Zealand explains RTP and house edge in more depth.
What the Rewards Are Really Worth
This is where most loyalty write-ups start guessing. Gaming Club keeps the maths inside your account rather than on a public table: there is no published points-per-dollar rate, no published redemption rate and no published threshold for each level. What is published is the mechanism. Points are redeemed in fixed increments, the result is Bonus Credits, and those credits appear in your bonus balance instantly.
So the practical way to value your Gaming Club loyalty points is to look rather than calculate. Open the loyalty section after a normal week of play, note how many points you have and what the next redemption step gives you, and you have your own real rate. Check again a month or two later, a level higher, and you'll see whether faster earning is making a difference for the way you play.
The 2,500 starter points are the easy part. They cost nothing beyond the first deposit you were making anyway, so treat them as a head start, not a reason to deposit more. The Gaming Club Casino VIP program rewards time spent playing, and the best value tends to come to people who play at their usual pace and simply use what they are offered.
Our rule of thumb: judge the programme by the offers you actually receive, not by the name of your level. A player who uses every Daily Deal and tournament entry can get more from a month than someone pushing bigger bets to reach the next rung. If the climb starts to feel like a target, set a deposit limit in your account, and the Gambling Helpline is there for a chat.
If you'd like to see the loyalty section for yourself, open Gaming Club after your first deposit and the starter points will be waiting there.
Points or Rewards Not Showing
Most loyalty hiccups come down to timing or to looking at the wrong balance. Work through the card that matches what you see before you contact anyone; most of these fixes take a minute or two.
No points after the first deposit
The 2,500 points follow a successful deposit, so a payment still processing, or one declined by the bank, won't trigger them. Some NZ banks block card gambling payments outright.
Bonus Credits not in your balance
Redeemed points go to the bonus balance, not the cash balance, which is easy to miss if you only glance at the main figure at the top of the screen.
Your level isn't moving
Only cash wagers earn points and level thresholds aren't published, so a stretch of mostly bonus-funded play can leave you on the same rung for a while.
A Daily Deal has gone missing
Daily Deals are personal and refresh day by day, so an offer you saw yesterday may simply have been replaced by a new one.
Support runs 24/7 through live chat and email in the Help Centre, with no phone queues to sit in. Our Gaming Club live chat guide shows the quickest way in and what to have ready so the agent can check your account straight away.
What We Checked and When
Everything in this guide to the Gaming Club Casino VIP program comes from the casino's own published pages and terms. Here is the trail, so you can see how fresh each part is.
- 18 Feb 2026
Official loyalty page reviewed
We read the archived Gaming Club loyalty page: six levels from Bronze to Privé, points earned on cash wagers, redemption in fixed increments for Bonus Credits paid to the bonus balance.
- 29 Sep 2026
Promotions and terms reviewed
The NZ promotions list and promotion rules: the Double Deposit Bonus up to NZ$350 at 35x, the Mega Millionaire Wheel, Daily Deals, Daily Streak, Birthday Bonus, tournaments, Hourly Prize Drops and the game contribution table.
- 30 Sep 2026
Page written, figures re-checked
Every number on this page was compared with the sources above on the day it was published, including the 2,500 starter points and the NZ$10 minimum deposit.
What we could not find anywhere public: the points-per-dollar rate, the points needed for each level and the redemption rate. We haven't guessed them. If Gaming Club publishes them, they will go on this page with the date we saw them. Who we are and how we review casinos is on our about page.
VIP and Loyalty Questions
QHow do I join the Gaming Club VIP program?
You are in it automatically. Open a real-money account, make a first deposit of NZ$10 or more, and the Loyalty Programme starts: 2,500 Loyalty Points are credited after that first successful deposit, and every cash wager after it earns more. There is no form to fill in and no fee. The only level with a gate is Privé at the very top, which is by invitation.
QHow many loyalty levels are there?
Six: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Privé. Every account starts at Bronze and moves up as points build over time. Gaming Club does not publish how many points each level needs, so the loyalty section of your account is the place to see which level you are on and how far away the next one is.
QWhat is Privé?
Privé is the top of the six levels and the only one you cannot simply play your way into, because it is by invitation. Gaming Club describes its upper levels as bringing tailored bonus offers, faster point earning, more competitions, a dedicated support team and more personal rewards, with Privé the most personal of all. The exact Privé perks are not published.
QHow are loyalty points earned?
By betting with real money. The published rule is that cash wagers earn Loyalty Points, and higher levels earn them faster. Plan on cash play being what moves your points, while bonus-funded bets do their work on the wagering target instead. The first 2,500 points arrive as a starter boost once your first deposit has gone through.
QWhat are loyalty points worth?
Points are redeemed in fixed increments for Bonus Credits, which go into your bonus balance straight away. Gaming Club does not publish the redemption rate, so there is no honest NZ$ figure per point we can quote. Log in and check the redemption steps shown in your account, and read the terms attached to Bonus Credits before you count them as withdrawable money.
QDo loyalty points expire?
The published loyalty information we reviewed does not set an expiry date for points. That is not a promise that none applies to your account, so check the loyalty section after you log in, or ask the team on live chat, before you leave a large points balance untouched for months.
QIs there VIP cashback?
No cashback offer is published, for VIP members or anyone else. The value comes from other places instead: Bonus Credits from redeemed points, personal Daily Deals, the Daily Streak, the Birthday Bonus, pokies tournaments and Hourly Prize Drops, plus more tailored offers as you climb the levels. If you see a cashback percentage quoted for Gaming Club, check it against the promotions page in your account.
QDo table games earn loyalty points?
Cash wagers earn Loyalty Points and Gaming Club does not publish a separate points rate for table games, so a cash hand of blackjack or a cash spin of roulette is a cash wager like any other. Where tables lose out is bonus wagering: most count 8%, Classic Blackjack 2%, baccarat and craps 0%. Play tables with cash and leave the bonus to the pokies.
Start Your Climb from Bronze
Your first deposit brings 2,500 Loyalty Points and every cash wager after that adds more. Questions along the way? The support team is on live chat around the clock.
