something weird happened at partycasino

**miranda_x** · 15th July 2009, 04:14 AM

after looking at some winning screenshots here i thought that i would take a go at a non microgaming casino and try partycasino. they give a 100% match bonus and also 5 free spins on sinatra slot. so i made an account and deposited 25 euro. i saw in my account two lines where it said the first line was cash and the second line was bonus. it looked something like this
cash 25.00
bonus 0.00
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it said cash 25 and bonus zero. then i got a message a few minutes later saying a received my bonus. so i looked at the two lines again to see if the bonus was there. the bonus was there but they transferred my cash that i deposited also to the bonusline

it now looked something like this
cash 0.00
bonus 50.00
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so they took my cash that i deposited and put it with my bonusmoney wich means i had to now wager on my own money that i deposited

is this right

this sure can't be right if you have to wager on your own money

luckely there was an option to remove the bonus again so i removed it. oh yeah, i didn't received my 5 free spins on sinatra

needless to say that i didn't like the slots and played my 25 euro through in about an hour because i hardly got any scatters

anyway they thing with the cash being placed into the bonussection seems not legit to me

**CasinoKidd** · 15th July 2009, 04:51 AM

That's how bonuses work. Once you had wagered enough of your money, it would be transferred into the cash column, and at that point you can withdraw. It wasnt all listed in cash, because you cant immediately withdraw when you take a bonus. That would be stealing money.

**miranda_x** · 15th July 2009, 05:03 AM

uhm i am sorry but if i deposit in a microgaming casino and i get a 100% bonus the money that i deposited stays in my cashbalance and is not being transferred to the bonus balance

i don't think you are understanding what has happened. why on earth should i have to wager on my own money? wager on the bonus yes ofcourse but not on money that you deposited

here is a comparison
partycasino says this:
cash 25.00
bonus 0.00
after bonus added it says
cash 0.00
bonus 50.00
but at microgaming it say this:
cash 25.00
bonus 0.00
and after bonus added it says this
cash 25.00
bonus 25.00
notice the difference

**baabaa006** · 15th July 2009, 08:06 AM

They both really mean the same thing.
In micro-gaming you wouldn't be able to withdraw your $25 until you had converted all your bonus money into the cash column by making wagering requirement.
The same thing with PartyCasino, once you had met your wagering requirements the money would have been transferred to your cash balance and would have become withdrawalable.
Just a different way to get to the same result.

**miranda_x** · 15th July 2009, 11:27 AM

omg, so what you are saying is that if you take a bonus but don't touch the bonus and just play with your own money and you win a decent sum with your own money you cannot withdraw?

not even if you havent played any of the bonus yet? omg, that's crazy

**Quincel** · 15th July 2009, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by miranda_x

omg, so what you are saying is that if you take a bonus but don't touch the bonus and just play with your own money and you win a decent sum with your own money you cannot withdraw?

not even if you havent played any of the bonus yet? omg, that's crazy

You can withdraw, but you'll lose the bonus. Wager requirements exist so you have to bet a while before being able to keep the bonus, otherwise I could sign up to a casino, get the bonus and leave without staking a cent!