Classic spin, with the REAL issue being brushed aside with the "rules are clear" argument.
It's theft, it's the same as leaving a land casino slot with some money left in the tray in order to get some more change from the cage, only to have casino staff dart in and confiscate the money you left behind, and then justifying it by pointing to a poster at the entrance that says that any money left in an unattended game is immediately forfeit to the house.
I expect the players who like the game have no idea that they are receiving a LOWER RTP simply because they have had to redeposit.
As for an "exploit" by depositing in a different window, load of bollocks, this would simply make sure the player got a FAIR game, and in no way would they be able to cheat the casino. If this WERE an exploit, a player could do the same simply by having a large enough bankroll to start with.
As for the fact that Malta passed this game so making it acceptable, this is an even BIGGER load of bollocks, since Malta can't even police it's own licensees effectively, let alone have the skills necessary to assess a game.
If Intercasino want to prove their case, let Michael Shackleford calculate the loss of RTP for a player that has to leave the slot to redeposit, over one who has a big enough bankroll to see it through.
In effect, a low roller could NEVER get the bonus round, and their RTP would be only that of the base game. If Intercasino believes players "like" this, they are deluding themselves. Some of the biggest moans seen here are of the form "xxx spins and STILL no bonus round.............. this game is a cheat.....".
The person who first though this rule was a good idea should be fired, as he has no idea how to make players happy and KEEP them happy. Even those players who like the game will change their mind on the day they have a terrible session, struggle to make 9 horns, and grudgingly redeposit just to get the last one, only to find everything gone.
This comes hard on the heels of the "no 9 line slots allowed" rule on a SLOTS bonus, yet nothing about playing only 9 lines of a 15 or 20 line slot, which is the same thing, and again with the 60x WR seen at a different "white label" Ecash casino. Both were in the rules, but I didn't see ONE player "liking" it when the issue was raised.
Microgaming have a number of such games, but they have used a FAIR design, and all tokens are preserved from one session to the next, let alone when redepositing in the same session.
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Back to port for unloading.
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