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    Playing with bonuses

    I want to know if you play with bonuses or not. I try my damnest not to play with a bonus I hate WR and I rather not deal with the extra BS attached with any of them..also if you take one do you make the WR or not. Please be honest with your answers.
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    i voted no meaning i dont tie my deposits to a bonus because of w/r, and the confusion and bad feelings that can come from that

    a side from that ill do a free chip birth day bonus or loyalty reward's

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    Quote Originally Posted by vegetagirl2008 View Post
    I want to know if you play with bonuses or not. I try my damnest not to play with a bonus I hate WR and I rather not deal with the extra BS attached with any of them..also if you take one do you make the WR or not. Please be honest with your answers.
    If I have some cash to play with, I like to play for a while, so I may just as wel play with a bonus. Clearing a WR can be a pita if the slots stop paying, I know, but it can also turn out good.
    It may sound strange, but I enjoy my play alot more when I play with a bonus.
    I mean, if I hit big in the beginning of my session, say after 5 minutes of play, my innervoice tells me to cashout! cashout! But hey, I just started my session, I wanna play some more!
    And when I lose my win then, I feel so shitty, damn..
    With a WR there's just no doubt, I can just relax, enjoy my play knowing that the win made it alot easier to clear the WR, feel positive and go and try to win some more.

    I do play MG without bonus sometimes, but no way I'm going to play Rival or RTG without a bonus.

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    I'm one of the people that don't believe free play is straight up. So, the only time I ever take bonuses is the first deposit and rarely the second time checking out a new casino so I get extra play time to get a feel for site. After I lose half of the deposit with a bonus while checking out the slots, I play video poker knowing its against bonus T&C's. Being a predominately video poker player if I like what I see all future deposits are all straight up with no bonuses.

    There are plenty of people here that will only deposit with bonuses and swear by them. I would guess their more concerned with extra play time on the houses dime, and slot junkies.

    I'm all about video poker and only visit slots when poker is ice cold. Bonuses will usually exclude video poker, and video poker bonuses will come with some stupid play through like 60x's. Obviously the sites realize where you have a better chance of winning.

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    I've ticked the bonus box, but not all my play is with a bonus. I'm picky about which ones I do take.

    I agree with de beuker about wanting to play for a while when I deposit. There are times I have won while playing a bonus, and then had another really good win because I am still playing.

    I find that playing with a bonus gives me a very clear cashout point...If I'm up when I've cleared that WR, it's cashout time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4 of a kind View Post
    I'm one of the people that don't believe free play is straight up. So, the only time I ever take bonuses is the first deposit and rarely the second time checking out a new casino so I get extra play time to get a feel for site. After I lose half of the deposit with a bonus while checking out the slots, I play video poker knowing its against bonus T&C's. Being a predominately video poker player if I like what I see all future deposits are all straight up with no bonuses.

    There are plenty of people here that will only deposit with bonuses and swear by them. I would guess their more concerned with extra play time on the houses dime, and slot junkies.

    I'm all about video poker and only visit slots when poker is ice cold. Bonuses will usually exclude video poker, and video poker bonuses will come with some stupid play through like 60x's. Obviously the sites realize where you have a better chance of winning.
    Thats right, I'm a slot junkie.
    Don't like videopoker.
    I just cant seem to hit the free spins on videopoker.

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    Its very rare that i take a bonus unless its a damn good one and they are getting hard to find at that, 60X and 99 x WR just seems a waste of time and money imo..............laurie
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    Quote Originally Posted by vegetagirl2008 View Post
    I try my damnest not to play with a bonus I hate WR and I rather not deal with the extra BS attached with any of them..

    i agree 100% when i win i want my money....with no BS....

    also when i play at rtg i am so scared that i have waited so long to hit a rj and to have a bonus with a max amount sucks....also hope i dont hit it on a free chip........
    A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at them..!!!!!

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    I don't, as a rule, play with a bonus. The WR seem to be outrageous lately, 15X, 20X are acceptable IMO, but lately I've noticed the WR are ridiculous. Why should I have to play 30, 40 50X WR, make it through the WR, then have to try to win so I can cashout a small win after the bonus amount is deducted? Then, have to watch because some of the bonuses aren't sticky and they have a max cashout limit. Because my funds are limited now, I can only play once or twice a week. Playing for 10 to 15 minutes is not enjoyable to me, and lately I haven't had a decent run at any platform. If I'm given a freebie now and then I greatly appreciate it as I feel as if the casino cares enough about me as a player to give me a small reward for choosing them. I've read more and more about people being bonus banned, IMO, this is bad "press" for any casino. Why offer bonuses, many which are ludacris in way of t&cs, to only ban players when they win? Are there that many people out there in the cyberworld playing, that the casinos can afford to bonus ban even one player? As in the real world, doesn't word of mouth mean anything anymore? Sure, one player may have a bad experience at a casino once in a while, but when you read where numerous people have complaints at the same casinos, whether it be for a bonus or withdrawal, bad CS or whatever, shouldn't these casinos at least try to figure out a way to fix the problems?
    I realize they are a business and out to make money, but when you can make deposit after deposit after deposit, with no playtime and no wins time after time, players will start looking elsewhere to spend their money. That's just my opinion at any rate....

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    It seems the bonuses with the lowest playthrough unfortuently are the ones that are in the 20 to 50% range. Anything where you want a pure match bonus or more they tend to pump up the playthrough just because there giving you more. Even though 9 out of 10 times they take it away from you in the end. Just kind of seems slightly silly if you ask me.

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