They praised the roulette game but criticized the poker AI, stating: "it would have been nice to have a more challenging group of opponents."

[10] PlayStation Magazine criticized the game for a lack of innovation and poor sound but praised the graphics as "sharp and clear" and the controls as "easy to understand and use".

[13] French gaming website Jeuxvideo gave the PlayStation version an 8/20, calling the interface "overwhelmingly ugly" and the graphics "sloppy" but praising replayability.

[14] UK PlayStation magazine Extreme gave it a 23%, calling it "basically [...] a complete waste of money" and criticizing it for "bad graphics", "minimal sound", and "zero presentation".

[19] Eurogamer called Midnight Madness "tripe", describing it as a "painstakingly accurate recreation" of the gambling games "with a nice GUI tacked on top" and criticizing it as "lacking imagination and fun".