I wasn't aware that they limited withdrawls. I recall that they had conflicting T&C information in their sign on bonus. The general T&C listed no BJ towards wagering, but they also wrote, "Where use of the Bonus System is in place for the promotion, the terms and conditions around the Bonus System will prevail." ,implying he usual MG Clearplay bonus rules listed elsewhere took priority. I gained $530 on the $100 sign up bonus and cashed out without issue (aside from taking longer than expected). As stated previously, I lost the $530 and more later.
Thanks. I played my 1xD wagering with today's Grand Prive bonus on Mad Hatters. It did not go as well as my free mode experience. I dropped nearly 40% of my deposit.. from $50 to ~$30. I made it up and more in BJ. First I bet half backroll and won, then I bet half bankroll and drew a BJ. I played 4 more $1 bets. 2 were BJ's, so 3 of my 6 hands were BJ's. The odds of that happening randomly are about 1 in 500. After the losses and gains, I had a net gain of about $75 on a $25 bonus.
You had me going! Precisely why I don't play in free mode anymore-- I ALWAYS win.
I do enjoy reading your log. Thanks for posting your adventures.
Along the same lines as what Easy Rhino wrote, French Roulette has a 1.35% house advantage. So if you wager 60xB you are expected to retain (1-60*1.35%) of the bonus = 19% of the bonus. When playing through a bonus on FR, I put $1 on red or black, then put it on autoplay for 500 spins, stopping if I gain or lose $25. The bonus is cashed in increments. Each time you playthrough $300 ($600 on FR), you get $10 of the bonus.
That's an interesting post. Did you intend it to be in this log? For a variety of reasons (no table games, not reputable SW, no quality bonus), I am going to pass on Slotland.
The odds of a $432 loss over 9000 $1 spins are about 1 in 2000 , if I did my math right. Possible, but very unlikely. This was a binomial approximation with the FR odds.
I noticed many odd streaks when I played at CasinoShare. I almost always gained or lost $25 before I reached 500 spins. However, I gained more than expected overall.
I didn't know that you could type numbers in the pull down menu. I'll definitely do that the next time I use autoplay.You can type in your own number up to 9999 when setting autoplay.
Actually, I did about 3000 spins, paused, then about 6000 spins. Loss between two was $430 with one-dollar black bets.
Ironically, I continued playing after that and the next 5000 spins resulted in about a +20 gain (in addition to clearing more bonus)
I always bet on black because of the Wesley Snipes movie, Passenger 57
There are two reasons:Not bad, I just lost my first $100 to Jupiter before reading this post.
Silly question, but was there any particular reason you even played the $1 bets? It's generally not a +EV move with the microgaming casinos... did you just want to play some cards?
I received an offer for a 100% match up to $250 today. All these bonuses are coming from Jupiter, Bella Vegas, and Casino Grand Bay. I don't recall any from Lake Palace. I don't have a good explanation for the difference between our offers. I usually get poorer offers than others at MG casinos. Grand Monaco sent me a 7% bonus offer recently while others have received offers for 50%. I've deposited nearly $2000 to the Grand Prive group in the past week. Such large cash flow may improve my standing. Maybe I'm labeled as a high roller and valuable player.
Spend the money already. 
Thanks. It's "semi-retired". My plan was to rarely play unless there was an offer to good to pass up, then Grand Prive kept sending me quality offers.Nice doggie, I thought you retired.
I take back my thanks. My withdrawl was denied because Powerbet requires you to playthrough comps 60x or 120x on Blackjack before you can cash out previous winnings!!! I did not take risks and use progressive betting with the new 120x$8.4 playthrough. Instead I bet the $5 min on all hands with conservative doubling and splitting. My net loss from the $8.40 in comps was roughly $55.
I switched between ACBJ Gold and ACBJ (not gold).
The Grand Prive group requires that you play through the deposit once before receiving the bonus. I lost $8 of the $50 while playing 1xD on JoB VP.
I don't think BJ is allowed at Casino Extreme. With 30xB playthrough Pai Gow/War and war are barely EV positive. If you begin with a full bankroll sticky bet (note the not allowed games when making this bet), the EV is under +$10. VP is probably more EV+, depending on pay tables. It also has a higher variance.And on another unrelated note, I'd like to run a hypothetical by you... tell me if this is a bonus you'd want to chase: Sticky bonus, erased on withdrawal. $100 bonus for a $100 deposit. Wagering requirement before any cashouts are allowed is $3000. (The house edge on the blackjack game is .66%).
Just kidding, it's not a hypothetical, it's offered by Casino Extreme, and roughly similar terms are out there for many RTG casinos. By my math, the bonus's advantage if it was cashable would be 3.33%, but since it's sticky, it's risk-adjusted to only be worth just over 1.66%. In other words, it's +EV, but it's not particularly compelling. But I'm not sure if I'm missing anything in the analysis.
BTW, cute puppy
MissDevil said:
I finally followed through and made a bonus list that was not influenced by affiliate payout size. I selected the order before I knew which casinos paid US affiliates. The site is not complete or officially online yet, but I welcome opinons, especially on the table. This includes casinos that I neglected to list, incorrect information, and the order among other things. Note the the table can be sorted by a variety of measures including EV.
It depends where I play. Most of my recent bonuses have been Microgaming Clearplay. This involves making a few large bets, then a couple dozen smaller ones. I spend less than a half hour on such a bonus, often less than 15 minutes. If I play through the full bonus, then it might increase to 1-2 hours.aka, before you semi-retired (so, like say, a month ago), how much time would you estimate you spent wagering and bonus-hustling, either per day or per week?
I've been doing it a shorter time, but my returns have not been as eye-popping as yours.
You should be okay with the signup bonus. This is added to your account automatically, if I remember correctly. However, I'd be cautions about taking offers that have to be credited by Mario or any other one person (like their "Mystery" bonus). I received the signon bonus as expected and cashed out with a net gain of near $1000. They paid as expected. Others I have spoken with have also received this bonus without issue.
Thanks, I appreciate the support.
Most of my recent bonuses have been with the Grand Prive group. Under their game weighting (FR = 25%), playing through the bonus has a negative expected return on all games. I play a few dozen bets/spins before withdrawing to avoid being labeled as a bonus abuser rather than playing through the whole bonus. Considering how many bonuses this group gives me, my playing style has not been a problem.
I suspect they do this to everyone who makes a big win on the bonus playing while playing table games. This group has a history of labeling players as bonus abusers. I recall Casinomeister saying that players should be okay at their first casino within the group. Problems would occur if we chose to do this again at another.
