Casino "Tournaments"

[winbig]

I just have one simple question:

Why do casinos continually run "tournaments" with the winners being those that wager the most? Low/normal rollers without a decent sized bankroll or a ton of luck have literally no chance of placing in the money.

If you're a low/normal roller and have won some money in one of these, how'd you do it? I'm dying to know

I'd really love to see casinos start to not discriminate against low rollers and throw us a bone some day. Aren't those of us that deposit $20-$100 at a time their bread and butter?

[chayton]

I've often wondered that myself - I suppose it's the casinos way of comping the high rollers, but I don't understand why they call it a tournament. They should call it "If-you're-the-person-who-spends-the-most-money-ment"

Although you could say the same thing for the MG "free" tournaments - I personally have never won anything decent without buying in at least twice, so they're not exactly "free" either.

[lilrum]

true, I was wondering the same thing, I know I will never win one.

[vinylweatherman]

I just have one simple question:

Why do casinos continually run "tournaments" with the winners being those that wager the most? Low/normal rollers without a decent sized bankroll or a ton of luck have literally no chance of placing in the money.

If you're a low/normal roller and have won some money in one of these, how'd you do it? I'm dying to know

I'd really love to see casinos start to not discriminate against low rollers and throw us a bone some day. Aren't those of us that deposit $20-$100 at a time their bread and butter?

I will play these, but ONLY if there is a live scoreboard, as then I can make a judgement as to whether I am "in the running", or completely outclassed.
There is some clever advertising trickery here too, the actual amount given away is not as much as they would give away if they comped everybody with a small amount, but the top prizes certainly grab the headlines.
Low rollers stand more chance where there is a long list of lower prizes. Jackpot Factory tend to do this, with the current one having 120 winners. Even here though, high rollers dominate, and a few of this month's events have been hit by the biggest "whales" I have seen, with scores indicating wagering through some 7 MILLION credits for one winner (of a mere 1000 for their trouble).
It is player against player though, and if all the players could get together and come to some kind of agreement, the casino would be out of pocket. of course, this will NEVER happen, who is going to agree to let someone else win!

Fortune Lounge and BelleRock do the opposite, with lucky draw events based on a deposit and wager of a relatively small amount, such as 50 credits. Unfortunately, 99% of the time you win nothing, and 0.9% you win a small sum up to 100 credits. Someone has to win a few bigger prizes though, but not many.

Palace group also run a loyal player lucky draw, where each 50 credits deposited and played once gains one entry. 5000 credits are given away, but the top prize is around 3000 credits, with a few other prizes, probably a couple of dozen. High rollers still have a greater chance though, as they will end up with more entries. The difference is that the highest wagerer does not usually get the top prize, it could go to someone who just played 50 credits.

[winbig]

Thanks, VWM...

Is there any way you could post the link(s) you have to their (JPF and others) leaderboards? And do they keep a previous lists?

[Scooter7]

Years ago I was friends with a car salesman.
Every month his dealership had a raffle for a really nice BBQ for all of the people that had bought cars. What the public didn't know was that there wasn't really a raffle, they simply announced a 'winner' who happened to be the person whose purchase had produced the most gross profit

A 'who wagers the most' tournament is pretty much the same thing IMHO.

[winbig]

Interestingly enough, it's the current JPF (All Jackpots casino) "tournament" that sparked this thread.

[SIACASINO]

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[Max says: RTOBIN, I'm guessing that you know that butting into someone else's thread to post what is basically spam is seriously verbotten, not to mention bad manners. Do it again and you're outta here!]

[winbig]

Although it's nice to see real tournaments, nice hijack.....

Besides, you use Playtech software, correct? IE: NO USA *points to location*

[SIACASINO]

Hi

We do not use Playtech for our US customers - try the link I included in the previous mail and you should be brought to our tournaments page.

We offer a download and a instant play casino to our US players.

Thanks