Hilarious new Betfair bonus terms

[elscrabinda]

As we all know, checking bonus terms regularly is important. After all there may be new excluded games, or different weightings for wagering requirements, or not being able to play a slot for more than 2 hours... wait! what?!

Thats just one of the little treats in Betfair's new terms

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General Terms and Conditions (applicable to all bonuses)
Bonuses are awarded to enhance your enjoyment of our games however we reserve the right to govern how bonuses are used before a player is allowed to cash them in. As such we deem it necessary to restrict certain types of wagering from contributing to the wagering/turnover requirements.
1. Any bonus issued is valid for a period of 7 days from the date of issue unless otherwise stated in the specific promotion. Any remaining/unused bonus at the end of the stated period will be removed from the player's account.
2. All bonuses credited must be ‘bought-in’ to, accepted or declined. Once accepted, a bonus is credited to your playable balance. Declined and/or forfeited bonuses will not be reapplied.
3. Wagering requirements for bonuses will apply to an account from the time a bonus is accepted and/or applied to an account.
4. When receiving a bonus, the player will first play with the money ‘bought-in’ to and only then will the player play with the bonus offered by the casino.
5. The casino reserves the right to withhold any withdrawals and/or confiscate all winnings for irregular play. Irregular play includes, but is not limited to, any one or more of the following types of play:
Placing single bets equal to or in excess of 30% of the value of the bonus + deposit before the wagering requirements for that bonus have been met.
EG – You deposit £100, accept a £100 bonus and place a single bet of £60 on any game.
Moving from a low weighted game (25% or less) to a high weighted game (100%) after large wins for the purpose of clearing wagering requirements.
EG – You place at least one bet on any game weighted at 25% or less, win 100% more than your stake and move your original stake and winnings to a game weighted at 100% in order to meet wagering requirements.
Playing equal to or more than 500 auto spins on a Slot machine and/or playing a Slot machine consistently for a period longer than two hours while a bonus is active.
EG – You set any game to run on auto spin for 500 spins while you have an active bonus in your account and/or you play for a period of two hours or more (irrelevant of how many sessions) while you have an active bonus.
Low risk Roulette bets. ANY bet spread combination on Roulette games covering 25 or more (67%) of the 37 unique number spots on the table.
EG - You bet on Red and Black, You are covering 36 of the 37 possible outcomes, therefore this bet would not count towards any wagering requirements.
All our standard terms and conditions apply.

The low weighted to high weighted rule is also a particularly fun one- you only have to play a single hand or spin of virtually anything that isn't a slot, win more than 100% of your stake (as in win an even money bet, on blackjack, roulette, or have virtually any winning hand in other card games) and then go on to play slots. Note this isn't putting your entire deposit+bonus on a single hand and then grinding out the wagering requirement, as that is already covered in the 30% rule, its just playing and winning any hand or spin of any size! The ONLY way to play one of their bonuses and to be able to cash out is to carefully and deliberately play within the letter of their rules- any kind of natural gameplay by a recreational player will be caught out by these supposedly 'fair play' rules. By demonising everyone as a bonus abuser, thats surely all they'll end up with.

 

[Simmo!]

The casino reserves the right to withhold any withdrawals and/or confiscate all winnings for irregular play. Irregular play includes, but is not limited to... playing a Slot machine consistently for a period longer than two hours while a bonus is active.

Methinks it's either a bit of a con trick, someone either hasn't thought it through or they don't intend on enforcing it. Unfortunately, Betfair's previous behaviour on promotions doesn't exactly work in their favour here

Although you can see why they thought this might be a good idea, that has to be a contender for one of the most ridiculous bonus terms ever invented.

 

[Richas]

The UKGC LCCP consultation (deadline 4 Dec)
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has a range of questions on this sort of thing that people should comment on to the UKGC:

Q1. The Commission welcomes respondents’ views on the proposed multi-agency review of
the marketing of free bets and bonus offers. In particular, we are interested in comments
on the issues that should be covered in the review and any changes thought to be needed
to LCCP in relation to marketing (for example code provision 4 relating to marketing).

Q8. Do you have any comments on the proposed amendment to the licence condition relating
to fair and openness of terms to make clear that operators must comply with their own
terms and conditions?

Q9. Do you have any comments about the proposed amendments to the social responsibility
code provision relating to complaints and disputes?

 

[wobble33]

guys

corals are going down the same route, and this is only for a £20 bonus. look at term 15...getting a joke these playtechs...

1.Offer open to online real money coral.co.uk customers aged 18+.
2.To qualify you must have a minimum of £20 (or the currency equivalent $20/€20/SEK20) in your coral.co.uk account cash balance. You must then click "Claim Now" on the promotional page when logged in. This will automatically assign your £20 to the Bonus and show a pop up where you agree to these terms.
3.The Supercharged Slots promotion runs weekly from Monday 00:00 GMT (01:00 UK Time) to Thursday 23:59 GMT (00:59 UK Time).
4.Strictly one bonus per player, per week.
5.Once accepted, your funds will then be committed to the Casino Linked Cash section of your account.
6.Following acceptance, the Supercharged Slots Bonus will be automatically credited to the casino bonus section of your account.
7.Buy-in and bonus funds will only appear in the nominated game of the week (as seen above), and will not be playable in any other game.
8.Example bonus: If you deposit £100, and commit £20 to the bonus, then £20 of your funds will be ring-fenced, and you will receive a £20 bonus.
9.If the bonus does not appear automatically, please contact our customer services team, prior to placing any bets, and the bonus shall be credited for you.
10.A wagering requirement of 20 times the buy in plus bonus amount (example; £20 Buy in x 20 + £20 Bonus 20 time = £800) must be met before any winnings can be withdrawn. Bonus funds are assigned to the selected game only and won't be seen in your balance in any other game.
11.Please note that only play on the selected game of the week on the Casino website will count towards wagering requirements. Play via Bingo, sportsbook, poker, mobile and bingo/poker side games will not contribute to the wagering requirements.
12.The bonus shall expire within 7 days after acceptance of the bonus. If wagering has not been completed by then, the entire bonus balance (bonus + winnings) shall be removed.
13.Withdrawing any funds out of the Casino Linked Cash section of your account before completing all of the required wagering will result in your bonus funds and winnings being removed.
14.Players deemed at the sole discretion of the promoter to be adopting a low risk betting strategy to clear wagering will have the bonus along with any winnings removed. This includes, but is not limited to, betting on red or black.
15.If a player has an active bonus and wins more than twice the value of the bonus amount, they must stay playing in a game of similar or equal weighting until wagering has been completed. Moving from low weighted games like Blackjack, to high weighted games like slots, after a large win, for the sole purpose of completing wagering requirements, will result in the bonus and any winnings being removed
16.Please note that you can only wager towards one bonus in the bonus section of your account at a time. Other bonuses can be "stacked". Once you have completed the required wagering towards one bonus, you will then begin wagering towards the next bonus.
17.If a combination of bets placed in a roulette game amounts to coverage of 75% or more of the Roulette wheel, these bets will not count towards the bonus wagering requirement. This is applicable to all version of roulette on the casino and games tabs online, on downloadable client and on mobile
Players from the following countries are excluded from all promotions. Albania, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, 18.Russia, Slovakia.
19.This offer will run until further notice.
20.For additional promotional terms, please click here
21.Promoter: Coral (Interactive) Gibraltar Limited, Regal House, Gibraltar

 

[mimi26]

Can someone tell me what Betfair done in the past with regards to a bonus issue, I have heard mutterings on the forum but I have no idea what about

 

[007sam]

Why anyone would want to play at betfair is beyond me, there machines and payouts are crap....

 

[243 lines=daft]

Can someone tell me what Betfair done in the past with regards to a bonus issue, I have heard mutterings on the forum but I have no idea what about

This is the thread that tells the whole grisly story.

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/betfair-bonus-fiasco.41102/

Looking at these new t&cs I would definitely be caught out as I play the odd hand of cards between predominant mid/high variance slotting.


I still use Betfair as a sports exchange only (purely because it has sadly no credible rivals) but would never ever use their casino.