MG free tourneys

[catrina m]

I have yet to see any sense to play these unless you are willing to rebuy several times.

It seems like if you are close to winning a paying spot they give you the free spins and cut you off, just to try and make you rebuy. Not just a 2 or 3 tourney observation but 2 or 3 HUNDRED!

Its all designed to DEPOSIT

after 2 months of playing these I wish someone would tell me they won something without a rebuy

Doubt it

One more reason I haven't deposited since November, and probably never will unless it starts being worthwhile for the player


So far it looks like 3Dice is my best bet if I come back to the reels

Jackpot Factory have forgotten I exist!

[vinylweatherman]

I have yet to see any sense to play these unless you are willing to rebuy several times.

It seems like if you are close to winning a paying spot they give you the free spins and cut you off, just to try and make you rebuy. Not just a 2 or 3 tourney observation but 2 or 3 HUNDRED!

Its all designed to DEPOSIT

after 2 months of playing these I wish someone would tell me they won something without a rebuy
Doubt it

One more reason I haven't deposited since November, and probably never will unless it starts being worthwhile for the player


So far it looks like 3Dice is my best bet if I come back to the reels

Jackpot Factory have forgotten I exist!

Try playing the high variance ones, Hitman, Loaded, and particularly Thunderstruck. Don't expect the jackpot, but look for the second best 5OK during free spins, as this hit would be big enough to get a prize without a rebuy.

Look also for tournaments where there are fewer continues. It seems lately that the "free" tournaments offer so many continues that not playing beyond the free round leaves no realistic chance of winning a prize, even if you get the big hit. The addition of rebuys has made things worse, especially when there are dozens of them. Players can effectively buy their way to the top of big prize tournaments, and it is only the low prize ones that those not wishing to pay for continues and deposits should bother with.

I have bought my way to the top several times recently, and without the rebuys, I would probably done far worse if I had to settle for the first round I started with, and just had continues.

[Luigi810]

I won 15.00 without a rebuy, and I was playing a feeder and came in 1st place, I got 5 ladys in a row, but thats the best I ever did..
I did win $8.00 and .60 before too without a rebuy..

[pmhcfc]

I have yet to see any sense to play these unless you are willing to rebuy several times.

It seems like if you are close to winning a paying spot they give you the free spins and cut you off, just to try and make you rebuy. Not just a 2 or 3 tourney observation but 2 or 3 HUNDRED!

Its all designed to DEPOSIT

after 2 months of playing these I wish someone would tell me they won something without a rebuy

Doubt it

One more reason I haven't deposited since November, and probably never will unless it starts being worthwhile for the player


So far it looks like 3Dice is my best bet if I come back to the reels

Jackpot Factory have forgotten I exist!

Good post in my opinion- I agree with all of it apart from playing at 3-dice---but we won't go there

Anyhoo-- In those MG torny's, I agree that it's very very difficult to win anything much without rebuying..I have won a few of the smaller torny's there but only by rebuying.

I think the best way to play them is see where you are after the free round and perhaps one rebuy round...If you're languishing near the middle/bottom of the leader board then just give it up as a bad job...If it's the opposite and you're in the top 20 or so, try another rebuy.

But it's good business practice from MG if you think about it. None of the rebuy money goes into the prize fund on most of the tornys so they're not losing anything...quite the opposite actually. I think they are there to pull people in, advertising (as they do) that there are 'x' amount of free tornys to win 'x' amount of money.

As long as you're aware as to how these things work, you can chose to play in them or not.

[Luigi810]

I agree with pmhcfc, if I liked one of the games they have for the tourneys I would definately invest my money in playing for real, plus the casinos make money with the rebuys..very smart these casino's are with their tourneys..

[max1mike]

i won $750 without a rebuy. screenshot is in the winning screenshot thread.

[lfrancis]

I think you are absolutely right about the tourneys and rebuys. It is apparent to me - playing consistently for MONTHS on end, that if you do NOT rebuy - you have little chance of getting up top. I often wonder just WHAT it really costs to win and though some of the payouts are WORTH the investment, unless you get to the top 5 positions, you have just pissed away your money as I do constantly. Even with add-ons at $10 and $15 a whack, I cannot seem to creep up to the top page and on Loaded am lucky to get into the top 50 where it actually pays. Don't know why I continue to throw my hard earned money away, other than the hope that someday it will be MY TURN to win big. Have been waiting a very long time though!! I want to believe that some day I WILL win the big money, but it's not looking good! I wish they would eliminate that rebuy option to make it more fair, but.... they are obviously "cleaning up" keeping it there. Laura

[catrina m]

Here's where I am now in the weekly $10,000, in 2 days I will be out of the money. I will post my results when its over but I already know the outcome unless I buy a continue or a rebuy. I will more than likely be knocked down to almost out by the time I post this, lol.

Its the same with "free" tourneys. They are not free.

I am given these every week by allslots, I do not buy in. I have placed in several free feeders, currently the $15 k, but if I get 3rd or 4th place I am pushed out of the money constantly.

I do not see it changing, I just need to stop playing unless I start rebuying, which I have before, only to have the slot shut down and pay nothing else (sigh)

Maybe one day I will gamble again, but being about even for last year I hate to start it up again given the current situation in the US.

[catrina m]

I agree with pmhcfc, if I liked one of the games they have for the tourneys I would definately invest my money in playing for real,

I have invested for years, lol.

[LisaG]

I have won $17.50, $10.00 and $12.10 without a rebuy.

Lisa