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[Rhyzz]

That is interesting - 95% of PROFIT from lowrollers. I'd take that to mean that highrollers win and cash out more, no? I mean obviously someone who's playing a dollar a line gets paid more than someone who's betting a penny a line. Maybe I'd better start highrolling...can anyone loan me a couple hundred grand?

There is actually some truth in there, in that payout percentages often increase slightly on slot machines if you 'max bet' - purely down to coin multiplier I believe.

95% from low rollers seems high to me but like I said, these companies need the smaller players, so to ignore them and try to deter them from playing wouldn't make sense!

[rainmaker]

Hello chayton, petro and Rhyzz

This is from the Ladbrokes Preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2010




Net revenue (excl. High Rollers) £ 976.6M
Net revenue from High Rollers £ 3.5M
Net revenue £ 980.1M

Operating profit(1) (2) (excl. High Rollers) £ 202.3M
Operating profit(1) (2) from High Rollers £ 5.0M
Operating profit(1)(2) £ 207.3M


1) Profit before tax, finance costs and non-trading items.
(2) Before non-trading items and discontinued operations. Non-trading items are profits or losses on disposal or impairment of non-current assets or businesses, unrealised gains and losses on derivative financial instruments, business restructuring costs and litigation and transaction costs

[Jasminebed]

It would be interesting to know how casinos classify high rollers vs others.

Deposits? Total Losses? Total Rollover, average betsize?

Who's a high roller may vary from casino to casino as well.

I'm pretty sure that there are many many more low rollers than high rollers. Also, if you are depositing $20-$50 at a time, you are not probably cashing out at under $100. Whereas a player that deposits $1000 may very well be satisfied with doubling their money.

[petro]

Landbased casinos classify high rollers on how much they wager in a certain timeframe.

It changes from casino to casino but its somewhere from 50k upwards for most.