Virgin Casino bonuses. A bit of a joke?

[AudiManinBoro]

I hadent played at virgin casino in quite a while, as i didnt really like it very much. Every week i receive promotion offers from them of one form or another tempting me to come back. Finally i succumbed last night, with an offer of `We miss you. Deposit ten pounds receive ten pounds bonus`
So i did. i actually deposited 20. The casino played terrible. It lasted literally minutes and the next day when i went to check to see if the bonus had been credited it hadent, so i contacted CS. they told me the reason i hadent received their crappy 10 pds bonus was because i hadent wagered my INITIAL deposit 20 times first The fact that i doubt if i made it 3 % of the way into the wagering requirement before busting means that now no bonus is forthcoming. How bad is that? having to wager your DEPOSIT 20 frickin time before you can receive a promotional bonus.

If your a bonus player DONT get duped into Virgin casinos `promotional emails` they are pretty much a scam and my advice would be to steer clear of this casino at all costs!

[Avatar73]

I totally disagree. If you read the T&C then you would realise it is obvious that you only get the bonus after wagering.

I actually prefer this, long term. Playing relatively high stake VP, sometimes I go down say 300, but recently I hit a pat 4oak for a £500 payoff near the end, making a big fat profit. If I had busted out I would never have got that!
You are right tho, it depends on ur method of play. Probably not good for slots, coz having to wager 35x bonus FIRST could leave you 50% of money wagered down, or worse.

Beware BJ bonuses tho, it works out as 70x bonus or something :P also their monthly bonus works out at 70x playthru, which can still be beaten into a profit using texas bonus, but takes ages and i dont think is really worth it!

[SlotsWizard]

Originally Posted by AudiManinBoro

i contacted CS. they told me the reason i hadent received their crappy 10 pds bonus was because i hadent wagered my INITIAL deposit 20 times first

I was expecting you to say that you were denied the bonus because you deposited £20 instead of exactly £10.

[AudiManinBoro]

not really much of a bonus then is it tho? and the casino gets away how many times out of ten with never having to pay out a bonus. Well some may prefer this but i dont, i class it as a sneaky way of trying to make cash cows out of their customers. But never mind, one learns from ones mistakes and Virgin has been assigned to the oblivion bin

[SlotsWizard]

Aren't they UK whitelisted? I thought one of the rules of being whitelisted was that they can't entice people to deposit by offering bonuses. I could be wrong. I have enough trouble keeping track of the laws on this side of the Atlantic.

[niklas]

Originally Posted by AudiManinBoro

not really much of a bonus then is it tho? and the casino gets away how many times out of ten with never having to pay out a bonus. Well some may prefer this but i dont, i class it as a sneaky way of trying to make cash cows out of their customers.

With a post-wager bonus you can deposit more to clear the WR you have left. Still doesn't make it very good for slot players, but for VP or holdem bonus players it makes sense.

[Simmo!]

I can see both sides of this coin. Firstly I agree with Avatar73 that I perefr the pre-wager way of collecting a bonus - firstly it doesnt stop you cashing out at any point if you win, and secondly it prevents bonus fraud.

However, I agree with Audiman that the promo should clearly state up front that you get the bonus after a certain amount of wagering id complete. I'm surprised Virgin don't - to me it makes good business sense to avoid raising expectations which are then going to get lowered, and in a manner which will p*ss people off. A good "incentive" will deliver more than it promises, not less.

[lojo]

Here's my favorite bonus.

1. Deposit $50
2. Forget about it
3. Next week deposit $50 more
4. Play with $100!!!

The T&C are awesome too!

• Place bet, win, get paid.
  
• Place bet, lose, don't get paid.

/derail

[niklas]

Originally Posted by lojo

Here's my favorite bonus.

1. Deposit $50
2. Forget about it
3. Next week deposit $50 more
4. Play with $100!!!

I've got an even better one:
1. Receive email bonus offer from casino you haven't logged in to in a while, then find out that you had €50 in your account that you had totally forgotten about.
2. ???
3. Profit!

Happened to me this week

[lojo]

Sweeeeeet!

Hope you got this too

• Place bet, win, get paid.