Black Jack Ballroom? Did anybody get the e-mail?

[Tdoggy]

How can this be for real? Did anybody get the Blackjack Ballroom e-mail stating a free 500 for an hour and whatever winnings you win you get to keep? Looks way to good to be true? Anybody know anything about it?

 

[winbig]

How can this be for real? Did anybody get the Blackjack Ballroom e-mail stating a free 500 for an hour and whatever winnings you win you get to keep? Looks way to good to be true? Anybody know anything about it?

Nothing other that other casinos have been offering it for months now.....the most you can claim from the free play is $200.

Typical up to 1000% bonus, with 30(+)xB WR's attached, along with having to make a $20(min) deposit before the funds are transferred to your bonus account.

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[vinylweatherman]

it's not that good, just highly misleading advertising.


I have had this translated into "RTG".

Free $500 chip.

terms

1) You must wager this chip through at least 100 bets.
2) If you happen to win, the max cashout is two fifths the value of the free chip provided you have a balance of at least seven fifths or more the original value of the free chip (the original free chip will be removed from your account).
3) Once this two fifths has been cashed in, you must wager it AGAIN by 30x, as well as make a deposit of at least $20.


Well, it makes those RTG free chips with 1x/2x max cashin look positively generous

 

[Tdoggy]

sounds like....

Sounds like it might be worth a shot. Is it first time new players though? And has anyone actually been paid by this Online Casino? I don't see it on the "Good" list here.

 

[winbig]

3) Once this two fifths has been cashed in, you must wager it AGAIN by 30x, as well as make a deposit of at least $20.


Well, it makes those RTG free chips with 1x/2x max cashin look positively generous

You're making it out to be worse than it is. Once you wager any winnings 30x there is no max cashout.

 

[Nifty29]

I'm thinking this might be for new players only...and seems pretty much run of the mill as per other casinos in the group. Ho-hum

 

[KasinoKing]

Sounds like it might be worth a shot. Is it first time new players though? And has anyone actually been paid by this Online Casino? I don't see it on the "Good" list here.

Yes it's for first time new players only.
It is part of the Casino Rewards Group (BlackJack Ballroom, Golden Tiger, Lucky Emperor, Virtual City, Yukon Gold, Zodiac, Strike It Lucky, Captain Cooks, Casino Kingdom, Casino Classic, Aztec Riches & Phoenician).
Not my favourite group, but you should get paid OK if you win, as long as you haven't had any 'issues' with any other casino in the group and you don't claim sign-up bonuses at more than one at a time.

Loads of MG's now have this type of offer and I think it's a excellent way for new players to try out the casinos 'for real' without having to make any deposit initially, and then only a small deposit if they win from the free chips!

Let us know how it goes...

KK

 

[LaurieJim]

tried it along time ago at captain cooks(crooks)

very hard to do with the w/r and they are there. most youll win is 200.00 i asked the host myself. hey its fun to play and do if you want to take the chance but hit a jackpot and your s. o. l . what i hate is the c.ds that say 100.00 free" no strings" i always call and ask w/r and max cashouts and its usually not worth the time after they tell you the truth. but hey thats my exp with them ,to each their own.

 

[redline4]

Look out for ten timers

yes, I have done a few of these and lost on most. A pleasant enough way to spend some time and if lucky, you can control the size of the winnings if the maximum is too high. Of course, if you do not like the casino, no deposit means no bonus.
The 100 bets required is done very quickly and if you reach the maximum winnings allowed, stop and claim them.

Be aware that some casinos have added an extra requirement for the one hours free play, to the effect that the free cash must be wagered ten times in order to transfer any winnings to your Real account. This is it:-

"You need to make a minimum purchase of $/Є/40, place a minimum of 100 bets and wager a minimum of 10 times the value of your casino credits, in order to transfer your winnings from your Free Play account to your Real Account. Youll need to comply with the minimum requirement, if you wish to secure your winnings."

Yesterday I played the $1000 free play at River Nile, did the 100 bets, (I always count the first 100) and was $200 in front after 124 bets, so clicked the STOP button. A message came up, saying that the 10x wagering had not been completed and if I wished to stop then any winnings would be void. I gave it a go, but had little hope and busted.

My calculations tell me that to wager Ten Thousand Dollars in one hour would need 720
bets of $14 at the rate of one bet every five seconds. This is possible as the max wager is not throttled as in the one hour,100 bet type. However a lot of good fortune would be needed to finish with $1200.

I've had a lot of fun with these free plays, but I think I will stay away from the 10 timers.

See Ya!

 

[aka23]

Be aware that some casinos have added an extra requirement for the one hours free play, to the effect that the free cash must be wagered ten times in order to transfer any winnings to your Real account. This is it:-

"You need to make a minimum purchase of $/Є/40, place a minimum of 100 bets and wager a minimum of 10 times the value of your casino credits, in order to transfer your winnings from your Free Play account to your Real Account. Youll need to comply with the minimum requirement, if you wish to secure your winnings."

Yesterday I played the $1000 free play at River Nile, did the 100 bets, (I always count the first 100) and was $200 in front after 124 bets, so clicked the STOP button. A message came up, saying that the 10x wagering had not been completed and if I wished to stop then any winnings would be void. I gave it a go, but had little hope and busted.

Different groups have different Free Play rules. A summary of minimum wagering with the free play money is below:

Casino Rewards / Palace Group -- 100 Bets
Fortune Lounge -- $100
River Nile / Golden Riviera -- 10xFree Play Bonus
Belle Rock -- No Minimum?
Playshare -- Not applicable, offers are free spins, not free play

 

[vinylweatherman]

The main problem is the fact that you can only win $200, but they only say "...and keep your winnings". This is what has made it so bad, as it is possible to get a decent bonus round on one of the slots & find much of it is taken away. With the usual kind of offer, such an event would be 100% kept by the player, even though they would still have a deposit tied to the WR.
The only benefit of this offer is that you only have to deposit if you win with the free spins offer.
This is why it is so like those RTG free chips where you can not win more than 1x or 2x the initial value of the free chip, in this case, a $500 free chip, however well you do, will only yield $200 max, and this will have to be wagered 30x with a deposit. Winnings on this second set of wagering with the deposit ARE all cashable, but it is galling to have the good luck when limited to $200 to transfer, only to have the big MG suck when having deposited to play the resulting $200.

A better way might be to allow all winnings to be kept provided the player was prepared to match it 100% with their own money so the casino could see the player was prepared to risk as much as the casino on the offer.

It is certainly entertaining to play, but it is not as good as the big print in the promotional literature.

 

[aka23]

The main problem is the fact that you can only win $200, but they only say "...and keep your winnings". This is what has made it so bad, as it is possible to get a decent bonus round on one of the slots & find much of it is taken away. With the usual kind of offer, such an event would be 100% kept by the player, even though they would still have a deposit tied to the WR.
...

A better way might be to allow all winnings to be kept provided the player was prepared to match it 100% with their own money so the casino could see the player was prepared to risk as much as the casino on the offer.

It is certainly entertaining to play, but it is not as good as the big print in the promotional literature.

I see your point. Some of the offers are silly. For example, Spin Palace offers a $1000 starting balance, but you can only keep $100 in winnings. The problem is when playing very low house edge games without high rare payouts, there is roughly a 50% chance of doubling your starting balance before busting. With the current offers, where players are given as much as $1000 free play money, it would not be practical for a large portion of users having $1000 in bonus money winnings. Instead, they'd have to reduce the size of the free play starting balance. It might be a $50 starting balance, instead of $500- $1000.

 

[handkey]

Here is my step to play with such offer(ex,$500 Free Play):

1, Double the free $500

A,You won--------jump to 2
B,You lost---------game over----------you lost 0

2, Play 100 bets and $5000 in low risk table games with $1000

3, Deposit $50, and get $150 winning(or bonus)


OK,You can see now:
It's just a bonus -----deposit $50,get $150 bonus.

The only difference is that you have to be luck(A) to get this bonus.


That's ALL.