Grand Monaco Free-Spins... ?

[AudiManinBoro]

You managed to satisfy the wagering requirements on that slotmonster on roulette? lol Quite an achievement in itself i believe.

My experience with Monaco wasnt as succesful unfortunately. The casino played brilliantly while i had high bonus money. And i mean brilliantly, loads of bonuses, loads of high wins. When the bonus balance decreased to about 25 % of its original value it was almost like a switch had been turned. From that point on balance continued to go down and very little came out, to the point where i finally had little over 20 USD left by the time the wagering requirement was met (from over 350 odd). In my experience this only ever goes 2 ways anyway. either you satisfy the requirements with money over or you dont.
I call this the `promotional period` and im a firm believer that all Mg software has it. Anyway to cut a long story short whenever i join a new mg casino I use this an as example to me of whether or not I will carry on supporting the casino after the initial welcome bonus. For me it is all based on what my balance is once the wagering requirements have been met on the welcome bonus and im sorry to say that Grand Monaco failed as my balance was almost nil. Several of my regular played at casinos passed this test(which is why i still play there) but unlike the others `didnt click the off switch` just because i was nearing the end of the bonus money and was able to cash out.

I know some of you will think this is daft and some of you will think there is no such thing as a `promotional period` and thats fair enough, but ive joined enough mg casinos and received enough opening offers to know that almost ALL of the ones ive joined have played great for at least the first few days after joining some a lot longer. Surely others have noticed this trend as well? or am i alone here? lol If so so be it but we all play to our own theories and ideas and this happens to be my criteria for continued play at a casino.

[lojo]

... Surely others have noticed this trend as well? or am i alone here? lol If so so be it but we all play to our own theories and ideas and this happens to be my criteria for continued play at a casino.

The only reason I started to use bonuses way back when, was that it gave me enough of a cushion to get thru the 'probablility' veil on games like Tombraider with a hunder dollar deposit.

Is your experience possibly that with a bonus, during the 'promotional period' you have more opporunities to hit a well paying feature, then when you are playing with no bonus, your deposit size, thus number of spins, is lower?

Unless I read you wrong, (and that's possible - in a hurry, no coffee yet lol) You could just sign up at new mg casinos without bonuses and expect 'promotional period' odds. Play at each one and cash out when ahead. Of course you would eventually run out of casinos (have already?) but didn't someone say earlier that they 'reset' the odds after uninstalling the casino for a period of time then re-installing?

Whatever it is, I'm glad to read and sometimes discuss.. keeps things interesting.

Good luck

[AudiManinBoro]

Interesting point Lojo. Im not sure to be honest because like many people im a fun player. i wager a fair amount of money each month on online casinos and I DO play with bonuses whenever I can because as you know that extends the play time and the fun you have. if i win thats a bonus to me, of course i Always hope to win. To answer your question I dont know ive never signed up with a casino and not claimed a bonus, but I do know that the ones that dont rob me blind or throw the off switch when the bonus nears running out are the ones that get my continued loyalty, especially the ones that enable a cash out from your very first deposit. Its kind of like a sign for me, call it superstitious or not lol

[KasinoKing]

I want to tell you how it was for me use this promo.
At first I deposited 50$ from my Moneybookers account, wagered it 1x and received the bonus…I cut the long story, just tell you I busted. Actual result = -50$. OK. The second deposit was 100$. And I busted again waiting for Free Spins! Must to say it was my fault. Actual result = -150$. After few hours I received 100 Free Spins. Played it and won something about 100$ in Bonus Money and decided to blow this money on Roulette. Played 3-4-5 numbers with 5$ per number and won pretty 304$!! Actual result = +154$
So I decided not to try one's fortune and withdrew. Now status of my withdraw “in progress”. I think it’s not bad to double my total 150$ in two deposits

P.S. I impeach myself cause loss of my second deposit was soooooo stupid

Your post makes it sound like you didn't finish the WR on the bonus chips - so how could you withdraw $304...?

Depending on how much you wagered on roulette, I would have thought your max would be around $160 - $170...

[AudiManinBoro]

As an addendum to my previous post really. Kudas has to be given to grand Monaco and a few of my words have to be eaten. Since my previous post on this topic I signed into Monaco to use up the bonus points i had accumulated during my sign up not expecting it to go very far in the slightest and low and behold Dolphins tale played like a dream and I ended up making a significant withdrawal ironically enough. Ironic huh, Maybe ill moan a bit more often lol But Kudas given all the same, they might even make it into my regular list

[SlotMonster]

Your post makes it sound like you didn't finish the WR on the bonus chips - so how could you withdraw $304...?

Depending on how much you wagered on roulette, I would have thought your max would be around $160 - $170...

I won 304$ in CASH cause all my winnings were credited into my Cash balance. My actual balance was about 404$ (304$ in cash + about 100$ in bonus). Be more attentive reading posts, KK
Of course, when I withdrew I lost my bonus.