Well, it's a business. We take a 3% average commission (mix of table and slots, slots are about 3.8% across the board)on bets and that feeds marketing, salaries, services, payment providers, game providers and everything else required to give best service possible.
So let's look at this the other way: for the 3% to be true across the board, some players will win, some players will lose. Using real deposited funds of course. With us, the winning players aren't tied in to continue playing after a win; and the losing players are given further winning opportunity - so far i think above is agreeable?
here is a business scenario on a SUB player, on average:
deposit 20, get 20 SUB. SUB is at x30 so total WR is 600 (30x20)
He's a slot player so we take the commission at 4% (RTP of 96%)
To lose the 20 at 96% RTP a player will wager 500, out of the 600 required. Now he has another 20 with 100 WR remaining. at 96% RTP that is an expected loss of 4, with 16 euros cler to withdraw.
In this scenario, the casino made 4 euros out of the deposit of 20, after all wagering is completed. From player perspective, 80% of deposited funds are risk free.
So how come it works? Well, each and every player will very rarely hit the RTP as intended. Some will be over 100% RTP and win, some will have abysmal sessions and strike unlucky.
When a casino locks in the deposited amount against the bonus, any player that had some luck early on, is now FORCED to push though the necessary volume and continue risking his balance. Which is fair game - there is no such thing as free cash.
However, for a casino to have both early withdrawal option AND low WR, paired with high(ish) bonus amounts is a financial suicide. They will need to get the money from somewhere to stay profitable, whether being deposit+withdrawal charges, weekly withdrawal limits, less loyalty bonuses (after SUB's) or in worse case scenarios blatant player abuse, - whatever it is, that money will have to come from somewhere as costs must be paid or business will go under.
As a client, our choice is one of beauty - we get to CHOOSE what kind of business offering suits us and simply: select.
As a business, we have to make decisions that ensure profitability in order to sustain the service, while providing the best possible serive in order to be that place the customers simply "select".
We decided on a fair real money entry experience, as you would have in any B&M casino, charge-free deposits and withdrawals, no WD limits or delays, generous promotions and ample loyalty rewards and abundant NDB's and deposit matches for our existing customers and made sure that is balanced by SUBs that wont attract only the bonus lovers and make out player acquisition costs astronomical, but also players who will look at a business as a whole and hopefully see the good overcoming the "bad"
I hope that helps see both sides of the coin!
Ig