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Geeze guys - take a look at the calendar - perhaps some of these people are at home spending time with their families instead of hanging on every post made in this forum.

Thank you for affirming the fact that I have no life and my family is thousands of miles away.![]()

So basically in my example above you are saying that it would not be more clear for the player and offer extra clarity to add those three words?
OK, this is getting silly...what do you not understand on a bonus saying Slots ONLY Bonus? You can discuss this till the moon turns blue but those words will not make it change to Slots only bonus and some blackjack... I do believe the OP played blackjack ON PURPOSE to boost his stash...I play blackjack when I get low on funds too , to make my stash last longer..You cannot mistake a slot machine for blackjack cards..
Geeze...How much clearer can this bonus be?? We do not need programs etc to keep us from doing what the bonus states..we are adults..we can understand rules..etc..to try and fudge on a rule..when it states BOLDLY...SLOTS ONLY...how much more direction does one need???
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I said that the current term was not ambiguous. Please don't twist my words.

And I said in my example above!! So please don't twist my words around either big boy!![]()

As I made no reference to your example at all, I hardly see where I can be twisting your words - yet you put words in my mouth. You can stop with the baiting and slights now.
I guess if you call it "baiting" by me trying to get an actual response from you regarding my specific example that I so well laid out... then ok...I'm guilty I guess...Sue Me! 
Just a reminder here to everyone to keep it friendly. Else ...![]()


Geeze...How much clearer can this bonus be?? We do not need programs etc to keep us from doing what the bonus states..we are adults..we can understand rules..etc..to try and fudge on a rule..when it states BOLDLY...SLOTS ONLY...how much more direction does one need???
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So basically in my example above you are saying that it would not be more clear for the player and offer extra clarity to add those three words?
This is what I call putting words in my mouth. I did not imply nor say anything of the sort.
So yes, that is baiting. Your little slights didn't go unnoticed either.

Totally agree!!! You can't get it any clearer than that! That is why whenever someone is going to play with a deposit bonus to READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS and understand them clearly...
Dude, lighten up man...I was just kidding around with you with the "Big Boi" comment...surely you can take a joke can't ya bro...I mean peeps do joke with each other over yonder in your land don't they...must you always be soooooooooo serious? All of the time...jeeze man...life is short...lighten up and enjoy it a little!!
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Just FYI, my land is the same as your land, despite the fact that I live elsewhere.

Well if you are in the good ole USA then I know you got to get a nudge from a bro ever now and then...
I thought you were in Hong Kong or somewhere in Asia...you back in the states now?
My point being that "my land" is the USA. Thus my "peeps" should understand things the same way I do, at least the last time I checked, which was last month.


The only reason why a casino would have this term, is so that they have a "get out clause", however I believe the getout clause was not improvised properly, and therefore should pay out!
My point being that "my land" is the USA. Thus my "peeps" should understand things the same way I do, at least the last time I checked, which was last month.
No, this is not a discussion, it is a free for all play on words and semantics..the discussion ended on page 3.uungy:Come on, this is a discussion.
The term is clear in my opinion is, it sides to the fact that only that winnings from the restricted games will be removed. The fact that OP played on a disallowed game, is completely side point, as the terms are there to state what should happen in such a case.
Did the disallowed games fund the bankroll that caused the winning jackpot? If I was another player playing for a progressive against this player I would cry foul and want my money back.By 'many' you must mean 1 or 2.There are many here that feel this is an unclear term. No matter what should have been done, that is no reason to throw out $46K, because OP "should have known better".
The term is clear in my opinion is, it sides to the fact that only that winnings from the restricted games will be removed. The fact that OP played on a disallowed game, is completely side point, as the terms are there to state what should happen in such a case.

Firsrly this was not a prgressive. Secondly, if its within the terms, you can cry foul for many reasons, such as why should the random JP be won by someone who has bet 1c a line and not by me who spins at $1 a line. It its within the terms, thats fineDid the disallowed games fund the bankroll that caused the winning jackpot? If I was another player playing for a progressive against this player I would cry foul and want my money back.


Why on earth would they want to put that in, since their whole point is "We do NOT want you to play ANYTHING but slots with this bonus", and that's excactly what it says now ?Existing Term:
6. All bonuses carry a wagering requirement that is to be completed on a specific selection of games. Any wagers made on games that are excluded from the wagering requirement before the wagering requirement is completed will result in the bonus and any winnings being void. The player must be aware of and accept these terms and conditions before playing the bonus.
New "More Clarity" Term:
6. All bonuses carry a wagering requirement that is to be completed on a specific selection of games. Any wagers made on games that are excluded from the wagering requirement before the wagering requirement is completed will result in the bonus and any winnings from those games being void. The player must be aware of and accept these terms and conditions before playing the bonus.
So basically in my example above you are saying that it would not be more clear for the player and offer extra clarity to add those three words?
As you can see also, by adding those three words the term would also be more player friendly in the sense that "All Winnings" would not be void but now with better clarity only winnings from those excluded games would be void.
As it stands the current term is what we call in contract law "Pro Casino" or "Pro Contractor" in my sense of use and experience writing contracts for large industrial and commercial contracts for years.
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Since this is a large amount of money I would advice the OP to contact a lawyer to get his view on the T&C.
The casino could have written a very clear T&C with absolutely cotton clear meaning if they wanted to. They could have also programmed the software in such a way that the player was not physically allowed to play a game that was not allowed. The way it is set up now, people are bound to make mistakes, and the casino will profit from the mistakes beeing done.
I am not a native english speaker, so Im not an expert, but I read it the same way blankley sees it.
Again, I would suggest that OP contacts a lawyer so the he can get an expert interpretation of the case, and then pursue the case via court if the lawyer supports your view of the case.
I have a friend who is a lawyer, If I see him on msn tonight, I could ask him what his thoughts are.
The best solution, as I have been saying for years and others have suggested above, would be for the software to PREVENT players using any games not allowed in the bonus until WR is met.
I like alabama5150's point about how the software could easily prevent play on prohibited games until the WR is met. Rival software has it. I don't know that because the software doesn't prevent play on prohibited games that there would be some kind of legal recourse for a player who only "accidentally" played blackjack or vp, but the point is why don't casinos just build the safeguards into the software?
At the end of the day, this was a SLOTS ONLY bonus. Huge amounts of sympathy to the OP, life changing sum of money but not to be.
Search through the old posts to see how many people have criticised casinos for not following their own terms & conditions. Like it or not, a slots only bonus was claimed & abused; whether deliberately or accidentally, it was abused. Claiming a slots only bonus & being aware of t&c which, post event, are being claimed as unclear - the lessons to be learned are "check first" and "don't risk it". If you don't like, or approve of, or understand t&c, the time to complain is before the conflict. The terms haven't changed. A decent casino will answer questions about t&c if you ask them. If you don't like the t&c, don't play there.
Bottom line, don't criticise the casino for following their own rules.
We can discuss this topic until the cows come home and it won't change a thing. The terms, however ambiguous to some, state for playing slots only, period. CW is within their rights to uphold the terms just as we expect them to uphold the rules if the shoe was on the other foot, so to speak.
If you are going to play online then be an informed player. If you don't know, ask. I won't even play a progressive slot until I have completed playthru just in case.
As for legal recourse, what are you going to do in the US? We are not even suppose to be playing online or rather, not funding our habit with our own money. Any other country you might have legal recourse but I really doubt it here.
I am so sorry this happened to the player. It did and it sucks but the casino is in the right about this.
This is Software !! there are some programming things that can be done to insure this NEVER happens. The casinos should take some of the blame in these kind of situations. It happens again and again. This is not the one in a million cases. The forums are full of stories like this. Both the player and the casino have a duty here.
I think the Software developers could easily design something that would intervene. They could very easily place a warning flag pop up into the casino that advises a player that game is not allowed at this time.
Or simply grey out games that are not allowed until a certain wager requirement has been reached. This way there would be none of this "Confiscation" stuff. The terms are there for I reason I do understand this, but there seems to be a lack of player protection too.
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At the tournaments at 3dice if you try and play a game that is not specified in the tournament list it displays a popup,so your aware you cant play that game
If a small operation like 3dice can do it surely RTG could come up with something similar in normal game play when a coupon has been triggered,
mstrike1978: I would really recomend that you see a lawyer ...
If you claim a bonus without reading the terms properly, its the same as signing a contract without reading it...
If you expect that people have to read through 48 pages of T&C before claiming a bonus no wonder you have to pull stunts like this...
