Acceptable advertising? Whilst am on my soap box

[dionysus]

I don't have any proof, but I strongly suspect that you are right about it being "false advertising" - it's just the casino's mentality.

For example, if you were on a slot, played a $10 spin and the final result paid $20, the end screen says "You won $20!"
Not exactly a lie, but in reality you have only won $10 (i.e. profit).
Now if I played Thunderstruck for 4 hours and added up all my "wins" it could well come out as many $1,000's, even though in actual fact I could have ended up with a lot less than I started with.

Like I said, I've absolutely no proof, but I wouldn't be shocked to find out that's how casinos come up with these massive "winners".

KK

Semantics really, but you have actually WON $20..a win is irrespective of profit. You're UP 10 however.

 

[Scooter7]

A winners list feed for casino games just proves that marketing people with no farking clue about casinos are the ones calling the shots.

I can see how a large, single spin jackpot is an interesting point to promote (like in a brick & mortar casino where they take a picture of the winner with an oversized cheque).
I can also see how a player might win $20k in a session of blackjack and then see their name, but still know that they lost $25k in their OTHER blackjack, roulette, and slot sessions that day for loss of $5k, so the numbers on display are essentially meaningless (except that the specific player knows that the casino is encouraging players by misrepresenting a win that wasn't).

On the other hand, using Caribbean Stud Poker as an example, a ticker feed of anyone who had a progressive payout award for a flush or better would make much more sense. Promoting the fact that so-and-so had a $500 payout for four of a kind celebrates an event, but makes no mention of (nor cares) if that person showed a profit. By moving a level away from win/loss to 'positive event', focus is returned to entertainment and away from (inevitable) losses.

Basically, winner lists are both the wrong philosophy and they are bullshiat, even though (like deposit bonuses) they are obsequious.

 

[chayton]

There was a forum member here awhile back who won a pile of money on Tomb Raider on a smallish deposit, does anyone remember? They were playing and started winning so bumped their bet up a little higher, and a little higher. Then they cashed out a fairly hefty sum and had a few hundred left and went back to the game to throw a couple max bet spins ($37.50) and hit 5 wilds.

I mean of course normal players can't just walk in a start betting huge like that, but if you're lucky enough to find a game that's paying out consistently and raise your bet accordingly - or you could hit a progressive on a smallish bet - like the last guy who won Mega Moolah at Butler's.

 

[the_riz]

Well done for those wins!!!

But for the average player who thows in a quid or two... then it is false advertising!!! Damned if I could play 45pounds on a round.. (pounds written as the sign is not on my keyboard lolol)

Ive got a few screenshots with 200 or 300 odd quid wins. Dosnt sound much but considering i low roll at 30 -60p a spin these are actually cracking wins that possibly rival some of these "Huge" wins when you do the maths.

 

[mattsgame]

I cannot comment on MG casinos, but I know they are not all fake as I have had my name pop up on some of the NetEnt casinos lists and I think 3Dice when I hit 5 wilds on Squirrel Pike (3Dice does it bet x amount).

I still don't believe the MG ones are fake but I don't think they are updated as often as the others. So M.Petersbourg who won 23k on Tally Ho could have hit that 12 months ago.

Obviously these are not the huge 5k+ wins but I'am sure if they were they would still be on the list.

 

[mrmark21]

I think you need to take those winner boards at MG with a pinch of salt. I'm sure they are real but they are taking the BIGGEST winners and not everyone's going to win that big.

 

[Webzcas]

People do win big amounts. Bryan pretty much nailed it though in his response to you. The Kamikaze effect.

Here is one of my big wins. I call it Bloody Hell!

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[dionysus]

im drunk, my math sucks....1oK?

 

[Webzcas]

im drunk, my math sucks....1oK?

Aye. Ended up cashing out 20