Gambling Log

[aka23]

I played at Kiwi Casino last night. This was another sticky bonus. It was a 100% match with low wagering. I was down for ahwile so I started betting $20 hands and worked my way up to $200 again. I bet it all on a BJ surrender hand when I was about 80% to the bonus requirement. I had a 10 and dealer had a 9. I drew 20 and was overjoyed until I saw the dealer draw an ace. I busted on the next hand. I did not do well, but I was impressed with the casino quality and would recommend it. I wish they had better bonuses.

Gain/Loss at Kiwi Casino: -$100
Net Gain/Loss: +$5455

[winbig]

3 of my withdrawls were cancelled and returned. They said they required more info about my bank, even for a netller withdraw. I gave this in email, then they said my withdrawl would be approved.

They have no right to ask for your bank information. If they wanted proof the Neteller deposits cleared, the screenshot from Neteller should be proof enough. I hope they weren't looking for a bank statement or anything like that....


edit: Especially since Neteller guarantees the funds to the Casino..If there's NSF, they come after the player instead of doing a chargeback.

[aka23]

My birthday is in 2 hours. So far I have received:

--$50 100% match at Mummy's Gold (MG rules make me very likely to bust before reaching wagerng requirement)
--$10 free chip at Windows with 40x playthrough and max cash out of $50
--$10 free chip at Magic Oasis with 40x playthrough an max cash out of $50
--$10 sticky bonus at Brandy with 4x playthough

I am not impressed. The Brandy bonus is the only one I'll use. I'll probably select some slot games that I otherwise would never try.

[aka23]

They have no right to ask for your bank information. If they wanted proof the Neteller deposits cleared, the screenshot from Neteller should be proof enough. I hope they weren't looking for a bank statement or anything like that....


edit: Especially since Neteller guarantees the funds to the Casino..If there's NSF, they come after the player instead of doing a chargeback.

Yes, the information should not have been necessary for Neteller. They asked for my "bankoffice code" and sent me a form with several other things they wanted me to fax and sign. I only gave them my bank's routing and swift numbers. That was apparently enough.

[aka23]

I've been getting behind in updating this log. I plan to post several entries tonight.

I played at Nine casino. All usernames must begin with the letter 9 at this casino. I believe the SW is independent. It is not impressive. I wish they had a bet history option among other things. Support requires you to give both your username and password before doing anything. I think you should never have to give out your pasword to others. By far the worst thing about this casino is cashouts. You must wait a week after your first deposit before your first withdrawls. Withdrawls can only be requested over the phone during business hours, EST. Various documentation is required prior to a withdrawl. Once you do all this, the withdrawls are instant.

They offer a 100% $200 bonus with ~20x(B+D) playthough. The bonus is not credited until meeting the playthough. At first, the deck seemed really high. Both the dealer and I kept getting 20 and 21. I also busted far more than expected so I lost my $200 deposit before meeting the wagering requirement. I deposited another $100, hoping to finish off the wagering requirement and get the $200 bonus. This time I did extremely well. If a dealer won this often, I'd suspect cheating software. It was not long before I had turned the $100 into over $800 ($200 of which is the bonus) while playing low value hands.

Gain/Loss at Nine Casino: +$530
Net Gain/Loss: +$5985

[aka23]

As listed in the other thread, I received $23.50 worth of cashable, no wager birthday bonuses:

Starluck -- $10 (sucking less and less)
Planetluck -- $10
Omni Casino -- $3.50

Gain/Loss from Birthday Bonuses: +$23.50
Overall Gain/Loss: +$6010

[aka23]

I'm posting my largest wins first, not the actual order I played. Winward Casino uses Parlay SW, I believe. This was my first time using the SW. I was not impressed. The game was slow, the history options were lacking, and various cashier options were only available in the flash site (not the downloaeded one). Support was decent, and I did well at the casino, making a sizable gain. I received a $500 sticky bonus with unique rules:

1. If you withdraw cash or winnings, the bonus remains.
2. After a portion of the bonus is lost, any winnings above the remaining bonus can be withdrawn.

I gained $570 while playing my $500 deposit. I withdrew the $570, so I had $500 remaining. I bet $50 and lost. My bonus balance dropped to $450. I bet $100 and lost. My bonus balance dropped to $350. I bet $200 and won. My bonus balance remained at $350, and I had $200 of withdrawable cash. I would have played differently had I known rule #2. I withdrew $150. I believe this is the max that can be won from the bonus. I still have $350 of sticky bonus in my account. I'll see, if I can use the remaining bonus later.

Cashouts are done on Mondays. So withdrawls can take up to a week.

Gain/Loss at Winward Casino: +$720
Overall Gain/Loss: +$6730

[aka23]

My next largest win was at VIP Casino. It seemed like typical Cryptologic, which is better than most casinos. Payout was slow, roughly a week. They did not request a pin # like some Cryptologic casinos.

Gain/Loss at VIP Casino: +$320
Overall Gain/Loss: +$7050

[aka23]

I recently had a terrible experience gambling at Bet & Game. This is THE WORST ONLINE CASINO EVER. My first problem with the casino was not being compatible with my browser. It requires Explorer. I use Firefox. The site is not in good shape in other ways. Only one of the two BJ options works. After making my deposit, I asked support about an odd statement in the T&C, It mentions "net wins" and "net losses" counting towards the wagering requirements, rather than $$$ gambled. The explained this as winning $50 and losing $50 results in a net win/loss of $0 and $0 towards wagering requirements. This makes it near impossible to meet wagering requirements. I tried to withdraw my cash, but failed due to a Neteller fee of 0.73 GPB. I foolishly decided to win 0.73 GPB before cashing out to make up for the fee. I lost 8 sequential hands of BJ, losing all of my 25 GPB deposit. The chances of 8 sequential losses are roughly 0.5^8 or 0.0039.

Gain/Loss at Bet & Game: -25 GPB
Overall Gain/Loss: +$7005

[aka23]

I've been really bad about updating this log. Here is a summary of returns on some August (monthly) promotions

Intercasino: +$200 (includes $100 bonus)
I received my cash out in under 24 hours. This is my favorite casino.

UK Betting Casino: +$120 (includes 25GBP bonus)
I read that UK Betting Casino is the same as Totalbet. This is not the case. They are different casinos with different promotions. The information I read for signing up as US residents is also not accurate. This may have been the streakiest BJ round I have ever played.

William Hill Casino: +65 (includes $40 bonus)

Cherry Casino: +$55 (includes $30 bonus)

Littlewoods Casino: +45 (includes 25GBP bonus)
This is one of my least favorite Cryptologic casinos. I dislike the timer while playing BJ, the slow playing, and being forced to use GBP among other things. Allthough it is not the worst Cryptologic casino. By far the worst is Peach Casino. I have $1150 in my account there that I have not been able to withdraw for a month due to not receiving my code in the postal mail twice. It also uses an older software than the other Cryptologic casinos.

Casino Euro: +$2 (includes 30 Euro Bonus)
Casino Euro is clearly superior to its sister casino -- Cherry Casino. CE has two BJ programs. CC only has one. The one that is only available at CE is my preference. CE has a larger signon bonus and monthly bonus because of the currency conversion. There is also a lower wagering requirement for the sign on bonus.

32 Red: -$50 (includes $50 bonus)
I was disappointed with the new gold BJ. It was nice to have a $1 minimum instead of the usual $2. However, the game was far too slow, hands were not recorded in the log viewer, and I believe there was an autoplay mistake. I plan to switch from my usual Atlantic City BJ since I have been having poor results.

Sum: +$440
Overall Gain/Loss: +~$8500?