Warning - bonus terms at Absolute Slots

[Nifty29]

Hi Gang

Just noticed this little gem at the bottom of the latest freebie offer from Absolute Slots:

$3 Free bonus may be wagered on all slot games excluding progressives. Max cashout is 7x bonus amount. Please note that consecutive Free Chips may not be cashed out unless a deposit bonus is redeemed in between.

Remind you of any other casinos?? Its a fav with the rogue RTGs if memory serves. I bet there are some who get caught out with this as it ALWAYS causes problems. Oh, and did I mention its $3...

Rival. Great games - stupid policies.

[vinylweatherman]

Hi Gang

Just noticed this little gem at the bottom of the latest freebie offer from Absolute Slots:



Remind you of any other casinos?? Its a fav with the rogue RTGs if memory serves. I bet there are some who get caught out with this as it ALWAYS causes problems. Oh, and did I mention its $3...

Rival. Great games - stupid policies.

Stupid. If the casino didn't want players using consecutive free chips, they are free to not OFFER consecutive free chips. They could also lose trust over this policy, as players expect that there is trust, and that if a free chip is dropped into your account, it is a gift, not a trap.

Virtual do go further, they will ban cashouts FOREVER after you use two consecutive free chips, and they literally throw free chips at you in an attempt to get you to entrap yourself. They will then spring this breach on you the next time you have a big win, but will keep it quiet whilst you are still losing.

The Absolute term seems to imply that the restriction is removed each time you deposit, and it does not apply to consecutive deposit bonus offers.

A gain of $3 is hardly worth risking this trap.

[RobWin]

Hi Gang

Just noticed this little gem at the bottom of the latest freebie offer from Absolute Slots:



Remind you of any other casinos?? Its a fav with the rogue RTGs if memory serves. I bet there are some who get caught out with this as it ALWAYS causes problems. Oh, and did I mention its $3...

Rival. Great games - stupid policies.

Yea LOL, I got that email earlier and was thinking "wow", can't wait to play and see if I can manage to cash-out for $21...SWEET !!

I didn't even realize that they would let you make a cashout for less than $25.

[rockycatt]

so i think ill un install this one nothing pizzes me off more in life as a entrapment tactic

[oldtrvlagt]

I'm finding more and more Rivals with restrictive terms. At Pantasia if you take their current 100% bonus (and happen to get lucky) the max you can cashout is 50 X the bonus. You have to roll over the deposit and bonus 31 X but they put a cap on your winning ability. Not as bad as Vegas Regal but getting close. My computer is going to be happy...I'm uninstalling almost everything

[Jasminebed]

I received this offer too...but I knew I had not made a deposit, since I joined just before the ban on Canadian Players.

[Pinababy69]

Isn't Absolute Slots the casino/skin that is owned by Effective Media (aka CAP/Lou and Warren)? Didn't one or both of them admit to this in their statement(s)?

I'm a bit surprised (but not really I guess), that anyone who is aware of that whole situation is playing there, or promoting them at all.

[spiderlegz]

If they didnt want to offer consecutive freebies couldnt they just ask Rival to write a script that wouldnt "allow" this?

At this point I think that most players assume that everything in the promotab can be claimed. This is one thing that Rival has done good, now we may suddenly see different policies that ruins this simple system.

Isn't Absolute Slots the casino/skin that is owned by Effective Media (aka CAP/Lou and Warren)? Didn't one or both of them admit to this in their statement(s)?

I'm a bit surprised (but not really I guess), that anyone who is aware of that whole situation is playing there, or promoting them at all.

Im not a bit surprised. Its like with MG a while ago, everyone tought they were ok just because of the software.

Maybe we will see a Rivalgroup go under like TUSK did (its BTW still ongoing for over a year).

[vinylweatherman]

If they didnt want to offer consecutive freebies couldnt they just ask Rival to write a script that wouldnt "allow" this?

At this point I think that most players assume that everything in the promotab can be claimed. This is one thing that Rival has done good, now we may suddenly see different policies that ruins this simple system.





Im not a bit surprised. Its like with MG a while ago, everyone tought they were ok just because of the software.

Maybe we will see a Rivalgroup go under like TUSK did (its BTW still ongoing for over a year).

These constitute a "personalised offer". Rival have already established this by having scripts that tailor offers in the cashier to be visible only to players who are eligible.
More recently, this has begun to break down when players claim an offer visible in the cashier, but it fails, and support THEN tell them they were not, after all, eligible - although conveniently the casino NOW has the deposit, and have clearly taken an "in good faith" deposit from the player for an invitation in the cashier, and acted in "bad faith" by making the player pay the price for a systems failure, rather than honouring what was offered, and then fixing the problem, as is seen with support then removing the rest of the promos from that player's cashier.

Absolute now seem to have gone from "bad faith" to "entrapment", a similar tactic to that used by Virtual. Flood the player with personalised offers, but set traps that are stealthily applied, even if not necessarily hidden.

Now that we know who is behind Absolute, the behaviour of Absolute towards it's players reflects the ethos of it's owners, who have displayed this ethos elsewhere in the great CAP debacle.
Their ethos to me seems to have been to make money, even if it means leaving their morals at home. Simply the playground bullies who would steal your lunch money if they think they could get away with it, but all grown up now.

I remember those days, the bullies would do anything they liked (and again and again so long as they got away with it), but if they got hurt back they "ran home to mummy", and tried it on someone else the next time.

[spiderlegz]

These constitute a "personalised offer". Rival have already established this by having scripts that tailor offers in the cashier to be visible only to players who are eligible.
More recently, this has begun to break down when players claim an offer visible in the cashier, but it fails, and support THEN tell them they were not, after all, eligible - although conveniently the casino NOW has the deposit, and have clearly taken an "in good faith" deposit from the player for an invitation in the cashier, and acted in "bad faith" by making the player pay the price for a systems failure, rather than honouring what was offered, and then fixing the problem, as is seen with support then removing the rest of the promos from that player's cashier.

Absolute now seem to have gone from "bad faith" to "entrapment", a similar tactic to that used by Virtual. Flood the player with personalised offers, but set traps that are stealthily applied, even if not necessarily hidden.

Now that we know who is behind Absolute, the behaviour of Absolute towards it's players reflects the ethos of it's owners, who have displayed this ethos elsewhere in the great CAP debacle.
Their ethos to me seems to have been to make money, even if it means leaving their morals at home. Simply the playground bullies who would steal your lunch money if they think they could get away with it, but all grown up now.

I remember those days, the bullies would do anything they liked (and again and again so long as they got away with it), but if they got hurt back they "ran home to mummy", and tried it on someone else the next time.

Now I remember, there was recently a thread about it. I think it was Lion Slots. Stupid name IMO, lions and slots failed to see the connection

So Absolute wasnt the first to "misuse" this. Why do they deliberately try to mess up a working and simple system?