Well, my experiences there up until a while ago were always positive. The CH's are great, they give away tons of bonus money, and the deposit bonus was/is always at least 200%. The wagering requirements is 3x on bingo and 12x's on casino games. What I found was that cashing out was hard. I did manage to do so a few times and was always paid. It's a lot of the same winners (but that can be said at ANY bingo site), but lately I'm noticing that it's the same people over and over again. This morning I was in one of the rooms. There were only 5 players and the same person won every game during the hour and a bit that I was there except for one that I won, and two that others won. Anytime the pot was over $15 you knew straight away who was going to win it. These were fast patterns, too. So many, many games were played.
The pots in the quarters room are capped prizes, usually over $100 even during the day. At night there are very attractive looking jumping jackpots and a guarenteed $1500-$1000 game Friday-Monday. Sounds great, right? Well, try winning a game! I see the same names pop up over and over again. I know that some people are lucky, and play max cards so they're probably going to win more.. but everyone's luck eventually comes to an end, right?!
The clincher for me, and what sealed their coffin as having me as a customer, happened yesterday morning. I was playing in one of the quarters rooms, and there was typically 8-10 players a game. One of the fast patterns took forever to win, I had 1tg all over the place. Finally, my card turned red, said "winner" and matched the pattern. However, when the box that lists the winners popped up, my name was not on it. Someone else won on 3 cards (the same person as always!). I sent in a trouble ticket explaining what had happened, and of course, they came backing saying we've reviewed it, you didn't win, blah blah blah. I wrote back saying something to the effect of they better get their software checked, because this is not the first time this has happened. If it was a bigger prize, I would have freaked. Lucky for them it was very small. However, in thinking about it, I don't think I'll be going back.
I've given them more $$ than I care to even think about, and rarely had a cash out. Makes me wonder what the hell I've been doing all these years! You used to be able to play for a week on each deposit though, which was part of the allure. Kept you playing a long long time. Now, I'm lucky to get through one day. The big pots they advertise are impossible to win, unless you're one of the chosen few.
Is there a safe bingo site out there? I've read through a lot of the threads on here and most seem to say party bingo.. which I tried once and absolutely HATED.. I doubt I'd ever give that one a try again. Maybe I should stick to MG slots... seems like most bingo sites are crooked, and the ones that aren't don't offer big enough bonuses for a small time player such as myself. If I was smart, I'd quit gambling all together.. yeah.. like that's ever gonna happen