Locked Account at Royal Vegas, Vegas Towers, etc
It's mighty unfortunate that the casino representative fails to understand that the players in question met the terms and conditions set forth by the casinos. They should demand documentation on the players to avoid gnomes, pay everyone what they're owed, unlock the accounts and get on with running a business.
The concerns about "bonus abuse" should be addressed by changing the terms and conditions of the bonus such that it is less attractive, possibly just break-even EV-wise.
That will chase away the bonus whores, but still attract casual players, and possibly attract some long term loyal players. I presume that is the kind of client mix the casinos actually want.
As long as casinos provide bonuses which are +EV, there will be individuals who look for the method which maximizes their EV and play the bonus in that manner. The casinos have nobody to blame but themselves when the casino loses money on +EV bonuses. Banning intelligent players (or those who at least do internet searches for maximizing the EV from a bonus) is not the solution -- it just generates negative press at a time when the industry can least afford it.
In my particular case I have been banned from a handful of the fortune lounge casinos for aggressively playing bonuses, which isn't a big deal to me or likely the casinos. However, due to the banning, I will boycott any online poker rooms associated with fortune lounge -- which is definitely -EV for fortune lounge (and me). I drop more in rake these days in a month than I've ever made on a casino bonus.
jeff
It's mighty unfortunate that the casino representative fails to understand that the players in question met the terms and conditions set forth by the casinos. They should demand documentation on the players to avoid gnomes, pay everyone what they're owed, unlock the accounts and get on with running a business.
The concerns about "bonus abuse" should be addressed by changing the terms and conditions of the bonus such that it is less attractive, possibly just break-even EV-wise.
That will chase away the bonus whores, but still attract casual players, and possibly attract some long term loyal players. I presume that is the kind of client mix the casinos actually want.
As long as casinos provide bonuses which are +EV, there will be individuals who look for the method which maximizes their EV and play the bonus in that manner. The casinos have nobody to blame but themselves when the casino loses money on +EV bonuses. Banning intelligent players (or those who at least do internet searches for maximizing the EV from a bonus) is not the solution -- it just generates negative press at a time when the industry can least afford it.
In my particular case I have been banned from a handful of the fortune lounge casinos for aggressively playing bonuses, which isn't a big deal to me or likely the casinos. However, due to the banning, I will boycott any online poker rooms associated with fortune lounge -- which is definitely -EV for fortune lounge (and me). I drop more in rake these days in a month than I've ever made on a casino bonus.
jeff