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Originally Posted by thenmh
I have participated in one of these $500 free play promotions, the winnings have been transfered as bonus chips to my account after I have made my first deposit. I followed the big bet strategy as described in aka23's  website and made a win  . Now a little part of my balance is the bonus money that was transfered from the "$500 fee play winning" , should I request a withdrawal now and forfeit the bonus money or is it better to wait until I playthrourgh the bonus ? |
There is not a simple right or wrong answer. You are expected to lose money playing through the bonus on most games... a notable exceptions is French Roulette. You are expected to retain about 0.2xB on this game. However, there is only about 60% chance of making a net gain during the playthrough. If you have a low risk tolerance and want to insure that you keep your winnings, then cash out without completing the playthrough. If you have a higher risk tolerance and want to keep playing or want to increase your expected gain, then keep playing.
An alternative that I often choose with a bonus of this weighting is playing through the first $10. The bonus is converted to cash in $10 chunks. You may have already played through a good portion of the first chunk (you can check how much you have left in the banking area), so you have better odds of making a gain with this $10 than with the rest of the bonus. You could start playing through the bonus, then reevaluate, after the first $10 of the bonus is converted to cash.