I Remember When (Old Skool Veteran) Thread

[bpb]

I remember when online blackjack bets were randomly won or lost through blackjack rules instead of forced RTP "compliance". (In other words, if you are winning more than the RTP %, then you would lose most of your subsequent hands until you are at or under the RTP %.).

I don't think you get the point of this thread. It's for things that used to be true but no longer are. Not for making up random shit to justify your personal losses.

 

[maphesto]

I'll give bpb this one:

I remember when people spoke about the casinos advantage as House Edge instead of players "winnings" as RTP.

 

[MisterBJ]

I think I actually came close to crying when Global Player booted USA players out (not long before they closed the doors). More VP than you could shake a stick at, some games I never saw elsewhere online, good paytables, good CS, VP progressives from pennies on up, withdrawals paid out to NeTeller within minutes to under an hour (unless they were swamped, then it might take 2 hours... LOL).

*sigh* I really miss those days....

I LOVED THIS PLACE!!!!! THIS IS WHERE I FIRST PLAYED ONLINE SPANISH BLACKJACK!!! THEY WERE GOOD AND FAIR!!!

 

[Westland Bowl]

I don't think you get the point of this thread. It's for things that used to be true but no longer are. Not for making up random shit to justify your personal losses.

Believe what you want about the supposed randomness the unregulated online casinos but I've heard worst than blackjack behaving like a slot machine.

 

[67Mustang]

You must be really old because I was playing MGS casinos in the 90's and they came with a free $10, $15 or $20 (depending of the casino) automatically added to your account after you were done installing them.

Well, I am thinking of Gamingclub (1996, 1997), Riverbelle (1998), Golden Palace (1998), Sunny Casinos (1998?) and of course Intertops (somewhere around there too). I am talking specifically casino and not sportsbetting.

There were no freebies. The best you could hope for was an adjustment to your for transaction costs.

The money came with no condition at all, freebie hunters were installing the softwares and withdrawing the money without even playing a penny (that's how I found internet casinos). That's back when you'd get a handwritten check in the mail and USD was the only currency available.

I even had to open a bank account in USD because I was regularly getting checks (from my winnings) and I was getting hammered with fees. Oh the memories....


Edit: speaking of freebie hunting, during the dot-com bubble (before the burst) many college kids (such as myself) could almost make a living with internet freebies. It was ridiculous. There were Usenet groups dedicated to find freebies and referals and stuff. Many, many companies would give away money and products for free at the time. Anyone remember all those "pay to surf" schemes? My roomate was paying rent with this and there was enough left for beer money.

Trying to place this period, if memory serves it was around 1999 that the bonus wars started. Everyone took advantage and the casinos lost out big time.

I remember when online blackjack bets were randomly won or lost through blackjack rules instead of forced RTP "compliance". (In other words, if you are winning more than the RTP %, then you would lose most of your subsequent hands until you are at or under the RTP %.)

I'm pretty sure I can remember a time when players didn't believe this nonsense about blackjack.

 

[tryme]

I think I actually came close to crying when Global Player booted USA players out (not long before they closed the doors). More VP than you could shake a stick at, some games I never saw elsewhere online, good paytables, good CS, VP progressives from pennies on up, withdrawals paid out to NeTeller within minutes to under an hour (unless they were swamped, then it might take 2 hours... LOL).

*sigh* I really miss those days....

Good to know it wasn't just me that thought Global Player were awesome, even if I couldn't remember their name. They were kind of the 3Dice of their day - just doing their own thing their own way.

 

[MisterBJ]

I remember when they had to send you a pin # in the mail in order to cashout. I remember the 8088 processor. I remember 16k of RAM. I remember, when you had to dial up the number and sit the phone on the modem.

 

[Rachel Charlie]

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[dionysus]

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