Do casinos dislike frequent small deposits/withdrawals?

[Nicola]

Over the past month I have switched from high-rolling to low-rolling for reasons mentioned in the affiliate section. I usually deposit £20-£25 a time (without bonuses) and play DoA at 9p a spin which in most cases lasts several hours. If I at least double my money, I cash-out.

Without turning this into another DoA thread, playing 9p has proven to be rewarding in the past by paying £225-£500 for getting 5 scatters and/or a wildline and as much as £800 on 9p bets if you're lucky enough to get multiple wildlines early on. And I love the thrill of a DoA challenge!!

It's widely reported that casinos have huge processing costs for both deposits and withdrawals. But do I face the risk of being banned for low-rolling and for making frequent small deposits and withdrawals?

 

[snotter999]

I think most casino's would love to boot you!
Especially if they see your winner screenshots on here from DOA

But, you don't break any rules at all, so that makes it a bit hard for them to even think about it.

Now, if you had a big beard and tatts all over your arms!!!

 

[dunover]

Over the past month I have switched from high-rolling to low-rolling for reasons mentioned in the affiliate section. I usually deposit £20-£25 a time (without bonuses) and play DoA at 9p a spin which in most cases lasts several hours. If I at least double my money, I cash-out.

Without turning this into another DoA thread, playing 9p has proven to be rewarding in the past by paying £225-£500 for getting 5 scatters and/or a wildline and as much as £800 on 9p bets if you're lucky enough to get multiple wildlines early on. And I love the thrill of a DoA challenge!!

It's widely reported that casinos have huge processing costs for both deposits and withdrawals. But do I face the risk of being banned for low-rolling and for making frequent small deposits and withdrawals?

The majority of my lifetime play has been like you mention, never ever had an issue.

 

[goatwack]

Oh God please don't start giving casinos ideas. Now it's been thrown out there, it probably shan't be long before lowrollers are phased out altogether and minimum deposits are £50 a pop

 

[KasinoKing]

It's widely reported that casinos have huge processing costs for both deposits and withdrawals. But do I face the risk of being banned for low-rolling and for making frequent small deposits and withdrawals?

Very unlikely - but so what if they do think you're a pain in the arse ban you? There's plenty more casinos to chose from!
Casinos can choose to accept or not any customer they see fit, for any reason.

KK

 

[Casino2014man]

Virtually every deposit I ever make is £20-£25, never had an issue. Sometimes I do multiple deposits, £20 a time.

So I think they are ok with it..

 

[dunover]

Very unlikely - but so what if they do think you're a pain in the arse ban you? There's plenty more casinos to chose from!
Casinos can choose to accept or not any customer they see fit, for any reason.

KK

I've been a pain in the arse all my life and never been banned from a casino.

 

[suzecat]

I am fairly certain the casino would give you the boot if it did not like your style.

 

[Casino2014man]

Over the past month I have switched from high-rolling to low-rolling for reasons mentioned in the affiliate section. I usually deposit £20-£25 a time (without bonuses) and play DoA at 9p a spin which in most cases lasts several hours. If I at least double my money, I cash-out.

Without turning this into another DoA thread, playing 9p has proven to be rewarding in the past by paying £225-£500 for getting 5 scatters and/or a wildline and as much as £800 on 9p bets if you're lucky enough to get multiple wildlines early on. And I love the thrill of a DoA challenge!!

It's widely reported that casinos have huge processing costs for both deposits and withdrawals. But do I face the risk of being banned for low-rolling and for making frequent small deposits and withdrawals?

Out of interest, how often from this do you get a cashout?

 

[spintee]

I think some casinos would struggle without all the low rollers, I admit I deposit small amounts, No shame in that & I bet many do, I do feel guilty some times but always remember casino's are not there out the goodness of there heart, so should not really feel bad if winning,

I rarely win, Took out 85 from spingenie on the 1st and 40 from costa bingo the other day, That only took 3 days to hit my bank and thats good going for them, I stick any think from 20 - 60 a day Im down over 200 this month so the small depos add up for the casino,

 

[cncas2123]

Surely its the small depositors and low rollers that are the lifeblood of most casinos?? They will make their deposits, £10, £20 or £50 and play around for a while, with only a very small percentage making a cashout. It would always be easier to pay the wins of a low roller than that of a high roller IMO, hence the max bet limits on some slots. And low rollers are less likely to cause problems after losing sessions, whereas high rollers would possibly be more inclined to move to other sites after a bad session or if they hit a dry spell?? With more sites charging for deposits and withdraws, the cost of having the small roller is less, therefore that should increase there attractiveness to the site IMO.

 

[Jono777]

Small addition to add to the other posts Nicola, more for extra reassurance than anything else.

I've been low rolling all my gaming 'career' 9p - 90p (90p v rare lol) - total of 12 years.

Wife joined my 'hobby' (same IP, accounts at same casinos etc) 7-8 years ago, again low rolling.

*This is the bit I whisper....*

Never any issues, all accounts still active, all withdrawals honoured, etc etc etc.

I've recently (2 weeks ish) dropped my DOA play from 27p to 9p bets and hit 2 wild lines (with spins to go) and several 'almosts' which have paid well around the 500x mark.

I'm 99% confident you will be fine, never bothers me about huge wins as I've always been a 'small fish' but seeing some of your older HR screenies surely you must think 'What if?' when hitting well at 9p bets when you were 'used to' much bigger bet sizes

 

[dionysus]

When I began, I low-rolled all the way....quarters, 50 cents was being brave, 60 cents was ouright saucy lol....and I've pulled 1k out of my $50 deps many, many times..and never been booted out. And noone's complained when I WDed small wins or sunk it all.

Casinos KNOW in the long run they're going to get it back after good runs if you remain loyal with them...several times over! And sure, every casino loves a big fish who will sink in large funds, but remember the little guys are the bread and butter that keep the lights on month after month. Your winning dep is balanced by the thousands of players who didn't.

And like me, those little bitty bettors? Well, I spin buck plus these days as do many who've gotten a taste for bigger wins.

Play by the rules, treat your managers and CS well, remain loyal, and you can have a long, fruitful relationship.

 

[Nicola]

Out of interest, how often from this do you get a cashout?

Only a couple of times a week, I play for those wildlines these days which seem to happen maybe once a month. My attitude to slots has changed recently so play for the entertainment rather then the money.

 

[winbig]

I won't mention the sites name, but I found their only withdrawal method for Americans to be bank wire. Fine and dandy, right? Well, in the cashier page within the client, it says there's no fees. Pretty cool! *not!* When you click "read more," only there does it tell you that the bank (their bank) charges $75 for a processing fee. I'm sure that 90% of low-rollers wouldn't be willing to pay 50%+ of their winnings towards withdrawal fees.....ya think? hehe

This little tidbit was hidden, and if you didn't click on the "read more" part, you would be blindsided. I called them out on this, asking why the $75 fee, and they never responded. I simply uninstalled their casino.

 

[mcgameboy]

I've never had an issue since I started my "Sure Win Cup thing", I've done plenty of deposits of £25 or £50 and cashed out £50 or £75.

In fact, on a couple of occasions, I've done a deposit of £50 built it up to £59, kept the £9 for the Sure Win Cup and cashed out the remaining £50.
Then cashed in the Sure Win Cup and withdrawn another £50. I should point out that I did this at Casino Rewards. And I probably did it out of 1. pettiness because they bonus banned me and 2. because I could cashout anytime I wanted because they bonus banned me

And there's been a few other times I've cashed out for the same amount that I deposited after a tilting session that put me in a big huff lol.
Not so much as an e-mail from any of the casinos asking me "any reason you did that?"

To sum up, you've nothing to worry about (IMHO). I think most casinos would see the bigger picture (retention of the casual player etc).

 

[winbig]

I've never had an issue since I started my "Sure Win Cup thing", I've done plenty of deposits of £25 or £50 and cashed out £50 or £75.

In fact, on a couple of occasions, I've done a deposit of £50 built it up to £59, kept the £9 for the Sure Win Cup and cashed out the remaining £50.
Then cashed in the Sure Win Cup and withdrawn another £50. I should point out that I did this at Casino Rewards. And I probably did it out of 1. pettiness because they bonus banned me and 2. because I could cashout anytime I wanted because they bonus banned me

And there's been a few other times I've cashed out for the same amount that I deposited after a tilting session that put me in a big huff lol.
Not so much as an e-mail from any of the casinos asking me "any reason you did that?"

To sum up, you've nothing to worry about (IMHO). I think most casinos would see the bigger picture (retention of the casual player etc).

No reason to not cashout once you get to even...I know there's a number of times I would have been happy to break even and cash out

 

[psychogene]

No issues low rolling which is pretty much all I've done since playing slots a year ago. $20-$30 deposit and betting at minimum stakes is my usual session but I sometimes do multiple deposits across a few places when I got the urge to play various slots.

Used to low roll last year and had quite a few $500+ withdrawals these days when I deposit $20 and get to about $80 I'm thinking of withdrawing already lol thats how conditioned I feel I am now after suffering long losing streaks. Have had no issues withdrawing too for small amounts - some places I've had to wait awhile but all my withdraws have been honored by the casinos I play at so far.

I am not sure low rollers are the most essential player-base for casinos but we are significant enough that they cannot be ignored. It also probably helps that people usually start off low-rolling and given enough time can 'evolve' into more serious gamblers and that is where the money is at I believe. I read an article awhile back that stated that its about typical for 20% of a player base to provide about 80% of a casino's profit so I'm guessing the other 20% or so is casual and low rollers which combined should be a large sum enough to be taken seriously.

Anyway I find low rolling more fun and less stressful playing slots.

 

[Harry_BKK]

Over the past month I have switched from high-rolling to low-rolling for reasons mentioned in the affiliate section. I usually deposit £20-£25 a time (without bonuses) and play DoA at 9p a spin which in most cases lasts several hours. If I at least double my money, I cash-out.

Without turning this into another DoA thread, playing 9p has proven to be rewarding in the past by paying £225-£500 for getting 5 scatters and/or a wildline and as much as £800 on 9p bets if you're lucky enough to get multiple wildlines early on. And I love the thrill of a DoA challenge!!

It's widely reported that casinos have huge processing costs for both deposits and withdrawals. But do I face the risk of being banned for low-rolling and for making frequent small deposits and withdrawals?

I spoke once to a rep about this as i too have times were my gaming kitty is low on funds and then my deposits are in the 20-50$ range. He said that it does not matter what you deposit, the e-wallets take a fixed percentage.

He also pointed out that a big percentage of their players are low-rollers, hence it is still profitable to them.

What they don't like though is if you withdraw 50$ and then 30 minutes later you deposit again 20$. Meaning they pay the e-wallets for your withdrawal and then just a short time later they have to pay again for your deposit.

 

[ternur]

I spoke once to a rep about this as i too have times were my gaming kitty is low on funds and then my deposits are in the 20-50$ range. He said that it does not matter what you deposit, the e-wallets take a fixed percentage.

He also pointed out that a big percentage of their players are low-rollers, hence it is still profitable to them.

What they don't like though is if you withdraw 50$ and then 30 minutes later you deposit again 20$. Meaning they pay the e-wallets for your withdrawal and then just a short time later they have to pay again for your deposit.

For some merchants, this fixed percentage is shown on the payment confirmation. In my experience this has been 2% for Neteller withdrawals. So small deposits/withdrawals should not be problem for the merchant. Quite the opposite actually.

 

[spintee]

Normally its a fixed fee for deposit, Such as the 2.5% normally cost me £20.50 for my £20 play at alot of casino that charge, When it comes to withdraw than its a stranded charge, Normally £2.50,

I had a deposit at guts the other day and was not charged the deposit fee?

 

[Vegasbum]

Wild Jack casino must like small deposits. This is the bonus I got today and many other days:

"You only have one more day to opt in and get a 100% bonus on every deposit you make. Those bonuses will keep rolling in until you reach the maximum of $25 cashback!"


You can deposit as much as you want up to 25 dollars

 

[Jasminebed]

I don't think you will likely encounter issues most places, especially since you play until bust or two or three times your balance.

Some casinos reserve a right to charge fees. I have seen a only handful of complaints over the years, and I have been strongly opposed to those who do it retroactively. If a casino would like to implement such fees for a player, they need to inform them in advance, and the amounts, they want to charge.

What casinos do not want are players that say plunk down $10 on red or black and only take one spin, then either quit when bust, or cashout if they double their money. And do this daily, or even worse, multiple times daily.

It's more about the "action" (ie wagering) on accounts than it is about the deposits. Even a bad session on DOA at 9 cents will generate more than $10 worth of bets on a $10 deposit, whereas my example, that is all that is.

Also, some methods of depositing and withdrawing cost casinos more than others.

 

[oswaldwaspatsy]

Seems to me that on bling city casino witch iam stuck they with do not like big withdrawals, made 4 cashouts since joined last Monday but second withdrawal witch is 4 digit figure they do not want to transfer it to my skrill account (status - pending approval), 1st wave excuses by live chat reps was withdrawal queue due large volume of withdrawals now toady they told me that this withdrawal have technical issues

Most interesting fact is that 3 other withdrawals (3 digit amounts) were proceeded as usual - within 12- 24 hours