My online slots videos (plus UK AWPs)

[incrediblestuff]

Honestly, if there was an easy way for me to deposit and play at 3Dice, I'd happily reinstall their software and head off for a session there. I remember it was entirely common for me to deposit £100-£250, and fully expect to get an evening or a weekend's play out of that, and quite often make a withdrawal at the end of it. (And making a profit on a reasonably regular basis as well.)

Did you check the site lately mate? No more download as they upgraded a while back..Also know for sure that some folks from the UK are playing there..
I suppose paysafe and trustly are available to you? Surely one of their options is available to you..

They have two new slots as well... (one is a more or less a clone of Tut-ank-amun, with some modifications, but definitely a better theme)

Go check for yourself mate! With your playstyle you should indeed get some decent playtime, although on a bad run 3Dice slots can be just as nasty as the best of them, the tourneys and awesome loyalty system will make sure you get some of it back (playtime that is)

 

[ChopleyIOM]

The volatility of some of these slots are now taking the piss. I’m also not sure if there is a massive market of people that like these slots. I’m more than content with a reasonable chance of a 1000x or a series of 250x wins tight together, rather than jackpot like frequency of 10000x.

Couldn't agree more. By all means have A SINGLE MONSTER HIT on the paytable like IR did with the five reel Wild Desire possibility, so we all know it's in there. But beyond that I think most players would rather have a decent distribution of wins in the 250x-1000x range at the expense of 'semi lottery odds' wins up at nonsensical amounts such as 8000x stake and thereabouts.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Electrocoin have actually released a new cabinet with some classic arcade slots from years ago. They have Labyrinth, Tuts N Aspers and Ghost Train.

Labyrinth is excellent, they've been very faithful to the old game, which is good.

Chopley would probably find it entertaining that the cabinet has had a few critical updates to correct some 'development mistakes' on certain games hehe.

Surely you must remember the SKILL CASH feature, it is true skill right up to £40 on the latest version.

Sounds very interesting! Unfortunately fruit machines are basically extinct on the Isle of Man now, as I covered in my video 'The Death Of The Fruit Machine'.

As such, there's basically zero chance of me seeing one of these

 

[JGslots]

It's a very good cabinet and has some decent content. Trono is playing one here in a Belfast arcade, so you don't have all that far to go lol.



One empty on these was very silly, you had to play a game with progressive pots, wait until you got a win and then press a sequence of buttons. This would restart the machine and upon booting the silver pot would be sitting on £100 on 25p.

The machines thinks its had lots of credits pumped through and pays £3-400 in features in succession.

I accidentally stumbled across this whilst in an arcade and played them for a few weeks before it inevitably went critical.

Some arcades had these machines set to ticket pay so you could REALLY take them to the cleaners if you wanted, pretty crazy in 2018 that glitches like these exist.

A double edged sword though, as I like the content, manu and cab, I want it to perform well so more are sited.

Rob

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I suppose paysafe and trustly are available to you? Surely one of their options is available to you..

This is all I can see in there. I've just signed up for ecoPayz but unfortunately autofill put something in the wrong field and my account started out as restricted as they think I'm in the wrong country d'oh! So I've already had to contact ecoPayz's CS to get my address changed and get my account de-restricted, and then I'll see if we can get the 3Dice show back on the road!

I've logged in with my account and had a little look around, it all seems very swish and nicely redesigned, even before I've deposited though, it's easy to see how 3Dice do things differently - with everything being 100% crystal clear on the screen where you make your deposit, and the amounts change dynamically as you change your deposit amount.

I'm not sure what the 'Pioneer Bonus' is, maybe it's something that you get on first logon after they've moved to the new site or something. Either way it's a pretty nice bonus so once ecoPayz is sorted out I'll be availing myself of it!

 

[ChopleyIOM]

So here's where I'm at with this.

NETELLER - I reactivated my account with them a few months ago but then brianmon advised earlier in this thread that they blocked deposits to all non-UKGC casinos a while ago. As such, even though I have access to my Neteller account and can deposit funds, by all accounts I won't be able to use those funds to deposit to 3Dice via Neteller.

SKRILL - I've just tried to login to my old Skrill account and it says access is restricted and to contact CS (probably because I've not logged into it for years). Apparently though they've blocked non-UKGC deposits as well so there seems little point pursuing it.

ECOPAYZ - Thanks to the autofill issue they've put my brand new account in a restricted status because there's a mismatch between where my IP says I am and where the country I put on my registration says I am. I have raised this with their CS but not sure it'll get sorted on a Sunday. (And will this suffer from the same issue as Neteller and Skrill?)

THE BITCOIN OPTIONS - Not sure I'll be going down that rabbit hole.

PAYSAFE CARD - According to the Paysafe site there are three sellers on the Isle of Man, all in Douglas, so I could avail myself of one tomorrow. (I'm not driving to Douglas and back just to get one, but I'll be in Douglas for work tomorrow.)

So that's about where I'm at, unfortunately I have no immediate way to get funds into 3Dice.

However, it appears my VIP status has been retained, I'm still a Silver 4 Star VIP, which gives me £125 of Rainy Day Funds, so I could actually 'deposit' with my rainy day funds (and still take the bonus!), and get the show on the road that way, and then sort out the Rainy Day funds repayment once I get a proper payment method sorted.

Seriously, how many casinos could you get underway at with a balance of £250, without depositing a penny, having not played there for over four years?.......

I might ask support if they'd have a problem with me going down the Rainy Day route, with me explaining that I'm in the process of getting a proper payment method sorted.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

And we're back in the game

I think I'll crack out a few beers, Bandicam and the headset later on

(Just as well really, in fairness to EcoPayz support they have just got back to me (not bad for a Sunday afternoon) but I now need to send a load of docs off to them to confirm my identity and address......)

 

[jasonuk]

The thing is Jono, I've been going back through my old videos as I review them before I reupload them, and what's struck me is the incredible playtime I used to get.

Totally agree mate. BTG definitely changed things. But you also have to look at developers like Merkur, Push Gaming and Red Tiger too.

I can think of three things that are new to this puzzle:
* In the UK, the regulatory landscape having a negative impact on both bonus offerings and game RTP
* The proliferation of streamers (real and fake money) pushing the monster wins that are available in modern slots - some show both sides of the coin, some are more shady and eager to hide the "losses" and focus on the big wins
* Operators introducing FOBT-style features into the online games, such as bet multiples (e.g. QuickSpin's Hidden Valley: "Total Bet", then "Wild Multiplier Bet" - e.g. 40p x 3 - with graduated RTP) and Big Bet games (e.g. WMS Soldiers of Rome has 93.78% for small stakes, 96.00% for £2+ and 97.82% for Big Bet)

Some of the others aren't new, but seem to be handled badly by modern designers:
* The push for progressives - particularly the Daily Jackpot series where it's all about paying 4-8% for those monster progressive pots.
* The push for higher variance and the "ultra" hits (thanks Bonanza!) - rather than the days of Immortal Romance and Dead or Alive where those 2000x+ hits were not expected but to be congratulated, people now like to chase them... certainly not helped by some of the streamers and their "quest for 1000x"-type streams.

--

In the days of The Dark Knight Progressive (Microgaming) - even at 89+7.5% RTP, the base game had enough going on that you could get a decent hit, maintenance wins and occasionally it would give you a kicking - and with the minimum progressive at £10, a chance of hitting one.

I've played the progressive and non-progressive versions of Red Tiger (e.g. The 100k Drop - 94.08% and 96.14% respectively) and they play very different. With the progressive version often running around 88%, and the base game focus on bigger hits rather than maintenance wins, taking a kicking is the expectation rather than the exception. I've lost track of sessions where 250 spins have been greeted with a 30% RTP return... in that case the balance is only ever going one way!

Funny enough, this feels like the AWP story of 20 years ago - reduced RTPs, people focused on streaks rather than jackpots, and games designed for jackpot-or-bust style play...

 

[dunover]

So here's where I'm at with this.

NETELLER - I reactivated my account with them a few months ago but then brianmon advised earlier in this thread that they blocked deposits to all non-UKGC casinos a while ago. As such, even though I have access to my Neteller account and can deposit funds, by all accounts I won't be able to use those funds to deposit to 3Dice via Neteller.

SKRILL - I've just tried to login to my old Skrill account and it says access is restricted and to contact CS (probably because I've not logged into it for years). Apparently though they've blocked non-UKGC deposits as well so there seems little point pursuing it.

ECOPAYZ - Thanks to the autofill issue they've put my brand new account in a restricted status because there's a mismatch between where my IP says I am and where the country I put on my registration says I am. I have raised this with their CS but not sure it'll get sorted on a Sunday. (And will this suffer from the same issue as Neteller and Skrill?)

THE BITCOIN OPTIONS - Not sure I'll be going down that rabbit hole.

PAYSAFE CARD - According to the Paysafe site there are three sellers on the Isle of Man, all in Douglas, so I could avail myself of one tomorrow. (I'm not driving to Douglas and back just to get one, but I'll be in Douglas for work tomorrow.)

So that's about where I'm at, unfortunately I have no immediate way to get funds into 3Dice.

However, it appears my VIP status has been retained, I'm still a Silver 4 Star VIP, which gives me £125 of Rainy Day Funds, so I could actually 'deposit' with my rainy day funds (and still take the bonus!), and get the show on the road that way, and then sort out the Rainy Day funds repayment once I get a proper payment method sorted.

Seriously, how many casinos could you get underway at with a balance of £250, without depositing a penny, having not played there for over four years?.......

I might ask support if they'd have a problem with me going down the Rainy Day route, with me explaining that I'm in the process of getting a proper payment method sorted.

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I spoke to Enzo in London earlier in the year and he said he could reactivate my account if I got in touch with him. The 3dice interface and download portal is quite simply the best there's ever been. As Brianmon stated, Neteller and Skrill won't fund unlicensed casinos, something I was campaigning for a long time ago, as scumbag fraud sites were having funding facilitated by Neteller from the UK with no UKGC license being held. Unfortunately 3dice are caught up in this, despite as we know being 100% reliable for their players.

3dice were accredited here but now like good US-facing RTGcasinos no longer can be as they are technically the 'grey' market - decent fair operations which due to licensing costs in relation to smaller markets, or lack of licensing relevant to their target market, cannot meet the CM accreditation requirements. As Chopley is discovering, you can fund 3dice from the UK still if you know how, and good job too! One thing I will say is that they may not appreciate a full public synopsis of how they facilitate deposits/withdrawals on a public forum as they faced at one time a hell of a task getting this organized when other possibilities were removed.

Whatever, I look forward in eager anticipation to another Chopley blast at the Ice Bitch and falling balls.

 

[09237653]

There is still plenty of longer playtime games around. Its just the insane brutal high variance games get much more attention on sites like this, usually via the screenshots.

Reactoonz is a good example, it has insane high volatility, it's still very popular because it can turn 20p into £300 surprisingly regularly (check out the average VS Reactoonz freeroll battle to see what this monster can do) but to counter that it plays brutally 90% of the time.
Instead try Gemix (low) or Viking Runecraft (medium) essentially the same type of game but both are way less volatile and yet both also still have a chance of reaching their win caps (3000x and 5000x respectably) with a single win and multiplier.

Energoonz, Troll hunters, Golden ticket, Sweet Alchemy and even Cloud quest can all give good playtime but they can also still pay extremely well and these are the kind of games I use to keep my wagering up on VS.
Moon princess on the other hand plays very much like the rest of its 5x5 sister slots but on a Reactoonz level of volatility.

 

[dunover]

I can think of three things that are new to this puzzle:
* In the UK, the regulatory landscape having a negative impact on both bonus offerings and game RTP
* The proliferation of streamers (real and fake money) pushing the monster wins that are available in modern slots - some show both sides of the coin, some are more shady and eager to hide the "losses" and focus on the big wins
* Operators introducing FOBT-style features into the online games, such as bet multiples (e.g. QuickSpin's Hidden Valley: "Total Bet", then "Wild Multiplier Bet" - e.g. 40p x 3 - with graduated RTP) and Big Bet games (e.g. WMS Soldiers of Rome has 93.78% for small stakes, 96.00% for £2+ and 97.82% for Big Bet)

Some of the others aren't new, but seem to be handled badly by modern designers:
* The push for progressives - particularly the Daily Jackpot series where it's all about paying 4-8% for those monster progressive pots.
* The push for higher variance and the "ultra" hits (thanks Bonanza!) - rather than the days of Immortal Romance and Dead or Alive where those 2000x+ hits were not expected but to be congratulated, people now like to chase them... certainly not helped by some of the streamers and their "quest for 1000x"-type streams.

--

In the days of The Dark Knight Progressive (Microgaming) - even at 89+7.5% RTP, the base game had enough going on that you could get a decent hit, maintenance wins and occasionally it would give you a kicking - and with the minimum progressive at £10, a chance of hitting one.

I've played the progressive and non-progressive versions of Red Tiger (e.g. The 100k Drop - 94.08% and 96.14% respectively) and they play very different. With the progressive version often running around 88%, and the base game focus on bigger hits rather than maintenance wins, taking a kicking is the expectation rather than the exception. I've lost track of sessions where 250 spins have been greeted with a 30% RTP return... in that case the balance is only ever going one way!

Funny enough, this feels like the AWP story of 20 years ago - reduced RTPs, people focused on streaks rather than jackpots, and games designed for jackpot-or-bust style play...

That is possibly the best post I read in a while. 100% agree. WMS have simply added these big-bet varying RTP's since they acquired Barcrest and like the 100 quid max FOBT stake I believe those and the 'feature purchase' will be the next target of the RG lobby and TBH I have some sympathy with them.

AWP's were a joke under the old BACTA with jackpot holds and other crap to bypass the 'enhanced pay-out period' rules and as I haven't played one in nigh on 12 years now cannot comment accurately on the newer ones, but with 100 quid jackpots there will be a very unpleasant side to them most definitely and the usual trickery. The UK is one of the few countries that permits these compensated pieces of garbage and IMO they should be recycled for firewood forthwith. They ceased to be 'Amusements' for anyone other than sharks or those with 'free win' or 'emptier' knowledge when they went up from 20p a spin back in the early 1990's.

I see respondents on here bemoan a perceived lack of value and game time on 96%+ online slots and if you are from outside the UK, thank your lucky stars you probably didn't have AWP filth in your nation, you'd have been pissing blood!

That said, the advent of common game mechanics nowadays, whether the Netent 'egg-timers' or BTG high volatility games, does seem to have created a consensus that value for the low-stake small-time player has been seriously compromised.

 

[dionysus]

ps ty for the Pioneer bonus heads-up

 

[ChopleyIOM]

As Chopley is discovering, you can fund 3dice from the UK still if you know how, and good job too! One thing I will say is that they may not appreciate a full public synopsis of how they facilitate deposits/withdrawals on a public forum as they faced at one time a hell of a task getting this organized when other possibilities were removed.

Whatever, I look forward in eager anticipation to another Chopley blast at the Ice Bitch and falling balls.

I will simply say then that I have been able to successfully fund my 3Dice account and take the Pioneer bonus (No need to use the Rainy Day approach in the end.)

Attempt to kiss the Ice Queen will follow in due course

I managed to get a couple of hours play in last night so I'll split the session into a couple of videos. If I get chance I'll get last night's session edited and rendered out this evening, and uploaded for viewing.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Here you go, my first session at 3Dice in over four years.

PLEASE NOTE - For a lot of this video I'm just saying how shit I think modern slots are.

 

[JGslots]

Here you go, my first session at 3Dice in over four years.

PLEASE NOTE - For a lot of this video I'm just saying how shit I think modern slots are.

Thanks Choppers, that's the rest of my evening catered for.
Holy cow, you do hate every slot made since 1999

Rob

 

[Balthazar]

Attempt to kiss the Ice Queen will follow in due course

That's what I'm looking for.
I can't believe they only got 2 new slots in the last 5 years that's crazy. The whole US facing thing really keeps them low profile I guess, it's probably their bread-and-butter though...

 

[lotusch]

Chops, you ever got my PM?
Just wondering if you did.

Going to watch your video now!

 

[lotusch]

Here you go, my first session at 3Dice in over four years.

PLEASE NOTE - For a lot of this video I'm just saying how shit I think modern slots are.

Some really well said stuff in regards to the current state of online slots.
And I do agree with you.
Don't get me wrong, I like my fair share of high variance but some of the current slots make me wanna puke all over them.
I think for example BTG slots are dangerous, people who have no control over their gambling can get destroyed by them.
I am playing Donuts on €0.20 stakes at Slotsmillion and I am about 1500 spins in and have yet to trigger a feature.
If I would have played my usual €1.00-€3.00 bets this slot would have taken several hundreds if not thousands from me already.
Shocking.

Same with Bonanza, for the love of God I cannot seem to trigger the FS within let's say 50-100 spins, it has to be hundreds of spins before it triggers.
And the pay, ah well, we know how that ends.
7 or 8 dead spins and you are gone on this too.

I think some slot providers have forgotten their ethics and left them home at the dinner table.

I am all with you, gambling should be fun and a form of entertainment.

I'd rather play a slot with a decent chance of a 500-1000x stake hit than a slot with a possible 8000-10000x stake hit that never ever will appear.
If you fancy the chances of hitting big of those, you might as well play the Euromillions. Astronomical low chances of a win.

 

[AC7X]

Here you go, my first session at 3Dice in over four years.

PLEASE NOTE - For a lot of this video I'm just saying how shit I think modern slots are.

Two questions:

1. WHEN IS PART TWO? and

2. How much does it cost to deposit/withdraw via EcoPayz?

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I think some slot providers have forgotten their ethics and left them home at the dinner table.

I am all with you, gambling should be fun and a form of entertainment.

I'd rather play a slot with a decent chance of a 500-1000x stake hit than a slot with a possible 8000-10000x stake hit that never ever will appear.
If you fancy the chances of hitting big of those, you might as well play the Euromillions. Astronomical low chances of a win.

Sounds like we're on the same page The problem is though, that unless players vote with their wallets and show the software providers that these dreadful money-sucking designs aren't acceptable - they'll just keep on doing it.

Chops, you ever got my PM?
Just wondering if you did.

Ack! Sorry I meant to reply and then forgot! I'll get that done shortly, I'm notoriously bad at having every intention of replying to PMs but then if I don't do it there and then it slips my mind completely

Two questions:

1. WHEN IS PART TWO? and

2. How much does it cost to deposit/withdraw via EcoPayz?

1) Part Two should be online today or tomorrow.

2) I'll drop you a PM

 

[Jory]

I'm currently on a break from slotting till December so I've unsubscribed from almost every gambling related channel apart from yours as I feel I genuinely want you to do well. I have to say, it's really refreshing to watch a non-affiliate make a video.

That is something that has been lost and I miss from the early days of people capturing. These days every video is compromised in the sense that the person playing wants you to sign up to that casino. The cringey thumbnails with the mouth open and eyeballs popping, the click-bait titles. It almost feels like a spam email in the medium of video.

You're depositing your own money and talking about your thoughts with 100% honesty. As a non-affiliate you can do this without the worry of it turning people off from clicking your link. That is what "turns me on" when watching your videos and gives that feeling of rooting for you to win.

I suppose the worry is that once your channel takes off and becomes financially economical, then you will join the bandwagon and become just another affiliate whose videos are compromised.

By the way, this is not meant as an attack on anyone who is an affiliate as they may read my words with contempt. The point I want to make is that I really miss watching a true and honest online gambling experience and I can only hope that continues.

I've only watched Part 1 so far and I was doing other things at the same time so maybe I missed this but, I thought 3Dice doesn't hold a UK license?

 

[Jono777]

Did anyone TRULY enjoy my affiliatless, advertless, financeless, 0.20p/0.30p "big" win videos, honestly??

 

[Jory]

Did anyone TRULY enjoy my affiliatless, advertless, financeless, 0.20p/0.30p "big" win videos, honestly??

You were the other guy I was thinking of when I wrote that. The every-day-guy who you hope wins.

Probably you're a bit like myself were capturing doesn't feel worth the effort. You end up with 99.6% footage that gets deleted and the rare wins don't feel like they paint an accurate picture.

 

[goatwack]

Did anyone TRULY enjoy my affiliatless, advertless, financeless, 0.20p/0.30p "big" win videos, honestly??

Those small- stakes videos are a lot more enjoyable and relatable than some £10- per- spin- affiliate- douche- shill's fake enthusiasm

 

[dunover]

I'm currently on a break from slotting till December so I've unsubscribed from almost every gambling related channel apart from yours as I feel I genuinely want you to do well. I have to say, it's really refreshing to watch a non-affiliate make a video.

That is something that has been lost and I miss from the early days of people capturing. These days every video is compromised in the sense that the person playing wants you to sign up to that casino. The cringey thumbnails with the mouth open and eyeballs popping, the click-bait titles. It almost feels like a spam email in the medium of video.

You're depositing your own money and talking about your thoughts with 100% honesty. As a non-affiliate you can do this without the worry of it turning people off from clicking your link. That is what "turns me on" when watching your videos and gives that feeling of rooting for you to win.

I suppose the worry is that once your channel takes off and becomes financially economical, then you will join the bandwagon and become just another affiliate whose videos are compromised.

By the way, this is not meant as an attack on anyone who is an affiliate as they may read my words with contempt. The point I want to make is that I really miss watching a true and honest online gambling experience and I can only hope that continues.

I've only watched Part 1 so far and I was doing other things at the same time so maybe I missed this but, I thought 3Dice doesn't hold a UK license?

They don't - they are a (very reputable) 'grey' casino. They left the official UK market back in April 2016 when licensing was required from the UKGC. It wasn't viable for a small casino.

 

[Jory]

They don't - they are a (very reputable) 'grey' casino. They left the official UK market back in April 2016 when licensing was required from the UKGC. It wasn't viable for a small casino.

Thanks, I noticed on their website they say they don't allow players from the UK, but when speaking to live chat they said it was fine so long as you deposit via Neteller or bitcoin as all others will get blocked.

I was under the impression that any casino who accepts UK players without a licence must be up to no good, but in 3Dices case and having played there a lot 4 years ago, I would probably trust them more than some of the UK licences casinos.

I guess that says more about the UK license than anything else. There are probably 40 casinos I could sign up to but I havn't joined a new one for years because unless you can fully trust them, it just doesn't feel fun to play there even if you win. Instead you feel stressed if you win in case there is some bullshit term you just happened to miss.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I'm currently on a break from slotting till December so I've unsubscribed from almost every gambling related channel apart from yours as I feel I genuinely want you to do well. I have to say, it's really refreshing to watch a non-affiliate make a video.

That is something that has been lost and I miss from the early days of people capturing. These days every video is compromised in the sense that the person playing wants you to sign up to that casino. The cringey thumbnails with the mouth open and eyeballs popping, the click-bait titles. It almost feels like a spam email in the medium of video.

You're depositing your own money and talking about your thoughts with 100% honesty. As a non-affiliate you can do this without the worry of it turning people off from clicking your link. That is what "turns me on" when watching your videos and gives that feeling of rooting for you to win.

I suppose the worry is that once your channel takes off and becomes financially economical, then you will join the bandwagon and become just another affiliate whose videos are compromised.

By the way, this is not meant as an attack on anyone who is an affiliate as they may read my words with contempt. The point I want to make is that I really miss watching a true and honest online gambling experience and I can only hope that continues.

I've only watched Part 1 so far and I was doing other things at the same time so maybe I missed this but, I thought 3Dice doesn't hold a UK license?

Thanks Jory I really appreciate the comment

I have to say I find it impossible to watch obviously affiliated videos, with the exception of dunover (until his channel disappeared) as I at least felt he showed the rough along with the smooth and gave honest human reactions to what was going on. Other than that I can't help but think I'm simply watching an extended advertisement.

As for becoming affiliated myself or monetising the channel in any way (i.e. Patreon or suchlike) - I can 100% assure you that's never going to happen. This is a hobby for me, it's something that I do in my own time, with my own money, I enjoy the creation process - and that's not something I want to change. (Some of the fruit machine emulation videos take a lot of effort to make, but it's effort I expend because I want to, not because I have any financial interest in it.)

As for the (lack of) a UK licence at 3Dice, I'll cover that below

Those small- stakes videos are a lot more enjoyable and relatable than some £10- per- spin- affiliate- douche- shill's fake enthusiasm

Yeah I agree, I find them completely unwatchable, I'm sure we'd all feel comfortable doing £10 spins if we knew we had an infinite supply of bonuses the likes of which normal players will never see in a million years.

They don't - they are a (very reputable) 'grey' casino. They left the official UK market back in April 2016 when licensing was required from the UKGC. It wasn't viable for a small casino.

Totally agree they are completely reputable IMO, the fact they don't have a UKGC licence doesn't bother me one bit. I remember making withdrawals from 3Dice at 11pm on a Sunday evening and it being in my Neteller account 10-15 minutes later. 12 hours over a bank holiday weekend would be a 'slow' pay for them.

Their support is great too, named individuals who will actually interact with you as a human being. I remember I got REALLY into Arctic Adventure when it was first released and made loads of deposits over a 10 day period or so (nothing I couldn't afford, but a fair chunk of cash), Enzo actually opened a private chat with me whilst I was playing one day to check all was OK and just give me a nudge to remind me I'd been playing an awful lot and losing quite badly, and remind me it might be a good idea to take a break.

Thanks, I noticed on their website they say they don't allow players from the UK, but when speaking to live chat they said it was fine so long as you deposit via Neteller or bitcoin as all others will get blocked.

I was under the impression that any casino who accepts UK players without a licence must be up to no good, but in 3Dices case and having played there a lot 4 years ago, I would probably trust them more than some of the UK licences casinos.

I think that whilst the 'front door' might not appear to be open, I suspect that if you do as you've done (contact them directly) they'll be advise on ways to sign up/deposit/play.

However on the UK thing I think I avoid that as I live on the Isle of Man which is NOT part of the UK, we're a Crown Dependency. This is a separate legal entity and affects things like the Google Play Store, if you open the Play Store from an IOM IP, you get the free version of the store (no paid apps at all) as we're classified as 'rest of the world' by Google. You have to VPN your device to see the full Google Play Store!

When Friends was added to Netflix earlier in the year, if you logged into your Netflix account from an IOM IP it wasn't in the list. Turn on your VPN for a UK IP, load Netflix back in, and Friends then appeared in the list. (They'd licensed it for the UK, but not us.)

 

[snorky510238]

What does this remind you of? Lose lose x2 lose lose, 2 scatters lose lose x1 lose lose 2 scatters lose lose x3 lose lose 2 scatters lose lose etc. Answer = Pretty much every game out there. Oh for something different it’s getting so predictable and boring.

 

[goatwack]

What does this remind you of? Lose lose x2 lose lose, 2 scatters lose lose x1 lose lose 2 scatters lose lose x3 lose lose 2 scatters lose lose etc. Answer = Pretty much every game out there. Oh for something different it’s getting so predictable and boring.

You got your hands on the Press Release for Bonanza II?????

 

[Balthazar]

However on the UK thing I think I avoid that as I live on the Isle of Man which is NOT part of the UK, we're a Crown Dependency.

Interesting. What about the passport/citizenship of babies that are born there?

 

[YouTubeSlots]

For me personally im all about the multiplaction of stake. Regardless if its a 10p spin or a £10 spin. Its great to see huge mega hits for the lowroller as more people can relate to them and appreciate the win more . Unlike watching someone win a huge amount and its nothing to them. It then makes you feel not bothered either. IMO

In response to Jono. As you can clearly see im an idiot and cant use the quote properly. Apoligies.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Here's Part 2 of the new 3Dice session

PLEASE NOTE - This is an upload of the raw, unedited Bandicam footage from this session. As such it will be a bit scrappy and feature bloopers, repetition (even more than usual!), very 'sharp' Bandicam pause edits, some commentary duffers and suchlike. However, it's unlikely I'll have the time this week to get it edited together properly and this seemed like the best way to make it available in a timely fashion.

Do please make allowances on that basis though!

 

[lotusch]

YaY something to watch this evening.

 

[dunover]

Here's Part 2 of the new 3Dice session

PLEASE NOTE - This is an upload of the raw, unedited Bandicam footage from this session. As such it will be a bit scrappy and feature bloopers, repetition (even more than usual!), very 'sharp' Bandicam pause edits, some commentary duffers and suchlike. However, it's unlikely I'll have the time this week to get it edited together properly and this seemed like the best way to make it available in a timely fashion.

Do please make allowances on that basis though!

I am most disappointed - I went on Xhamster to look for 2 lesbians making out by a live tiger, and couldn't find them! YOU LIAR!

 

[lotusch]

I never heard anyone before being so happy to hit a 25 quid win...Haha that was so funny...And also funny that they rolled in while you were talking about the bars and their pay outs...

 

[mcgameboy]

Did anyone TRULY enjoy my affiliatless, advertless, financeless, 0.20p/0.30p "big" win videos, honestly??

I certainly did Mr. Jono sir. I've told you once before, I don't think many of us here would ever be guilty of "stake snobbery" when it comes to watching winners vids.
A good win is a good win, end of. You only have to look at some of the screenies that robby posts (big wins on 10p spins on Pink Elephants) to know that.

What goatie said in an earlier post about "relatability" rings true for me. Even if some of us have moved onto significantly bigger stakes (Mr.D being an obvious example of that), we still haven't forgotten the levels we played at when we first started.

Besides, bigger bets doesn't always mean better bets - something I found out to my cost once I got stuck in a seriously long losing streak at the higher bet levels.
Enough to put me in a position one time this year where my "passion" for slotting was on life support.
To the point that I really was thinking of quitting slotting, CM, the whole bloody lot.
It took me to go back to doing some "proper low-rolling" to re-ignite that passion. In many ways, it was a trip down memory lane, all the way back to 2014, when I was still in the early months of my time as both a CM member and a fairly naive slotting rookie.

And you know what? I actually have discovered that I really like it so much more "down here", grinding on the low stakes like you would be.
I might not win, but at least I'll get enough playtime to enable me to "enjoy the struggle".
I might not ever land a four-figure win again in my life, but at least I'll be getting some three-figure wins along the way, instead of seeing £100 vanish before I've even had time to brew a fart that could even try and compete with one of Mr.D's.

And in case you hadn't noticed btw, Choppers sometimes plays at the same bet levels as you do. So you're far from alone "down here".

Be proud of your status as a low-roller, my friend.

 

[dunover]

I certainly did Mr. Jono sir. I've told you once before, I don't think many of us here would ever be guilty of "stake snobbery" when it comes to watching winners vids.
A good win is a good win, end of. You only have to look at some of the screenies that robby posts (big wins on 10p spins on Pink Elephants) to know that.

What goatie said in an earlier post about "relatability" rings true for me. Even if some of us have moved onto significantly bigger stakes (Mr.D being an obvious example of that), we still haven't forgotten the levels we played at when we first started.

Besides, bigger bets doesn't always mean better bets - something I found out to my cost once I got stuck in a seriously long losing streak at the higher bet levels.
Enough to put me in a position one time this year where my "passion" for slotting was on life support.
To the point that I really was thinking of quitting slotting, CM, the whole bloody lot.
It took me to go back to doing some "proper low-rolling" to re-ignite that passion. In many ways, it was a trip down memory lane, all the way back to 2014, when I was still in the early months of my time as both a CM member and a fairly naive slotting rookie.

And you know what? I actually have discovered that I really like it so much more "down here", grinding on the low stakes like you would be.
I might not win, but at least I'll get enough playtime to enable me to "enjoy the struggle".
I might not ever land a four-figure win again in my life, but at least I'll be getting some three-figure wins along the way, instead of seeing £100 vanish before I've even had time to brew a fart that could even try and compete with one of Mr.D's.

And in case you hadn't noticed btw, Choppers sometimes plays at the same bet levels as you do. So you're far from alone "down here".

Be proud of your status as a low-roller, my friend.

To be fair, my stakes didn't change that much initially, 50p-1.25 on twin Spin, 80p-1.20 on the Rapist or £1 on Bonanza. I would usually raise after big wins, or play at bigger stakes right from the outset IF I had banked some significant gains to fund the deposits like I did on my recent mad run on Bonanza at Casumo.

I haven't made a deposit for 2 weeks now, firstly because of my workload and secondly because it's now become apparent I was only doing it for YT content. It's really odd, almost as if subconsciously I was only gambling to make videos and had no real desire to do so.

In fact it's worrying because in all honesty when I make another deposit to provide some Twitch content I can't see my heart being in it; reluctance will be the overriding emotion rather than impulse or anticipation.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I never heard anyone before being so happy to hit a 25 quid win...Haha that was so funny...And also funny that they rolled in while you were talking about the bars and their pay outs...

Ha! The thing is, I think we've all been beaten about the head with modern HV monsters so much that it's easy to forget how nice it can to be to play a slot that can chuck 100x and better at you without batting an eyelid.

I mean, we're at the stage with Bonanza where reporting nearly getting a feature is a thing, because actually hitting the feature can be so incredibly difficult.

100x and better is my 'nice win' threshold, if I can be hitting 100x and better with reasonable frequency, with occasional bigger hits and knowing that the slot I'm playing can do 1000-3000x stake - I'm in my happy zone.

 

[mcgameboy]

To be fair, my stakes didn't change that much initially, 50p-1.25 on twin Spin, 80p-1.20 on the Rapist or £1 on Bonanza. I would usually raise after big wins, or play at bigger stakes right from the outset IF I had banked some significant gains to fund the deposits like I did on my recent mad run on Bonanza at Casumo.

I haven't made a deposit for 2 weeks now, firstly because of my workload and secondly because it's now become apparent I was only doing it for YT content. It's really odd, almost as if subconsciously I was only gambling to make videos and had no real desire to do so.

In fact it's worrying because in all honesty when I make another deposit to provide some Twitch content I can't see my heart being in it; reluctance will be the overriding emotion rather than impulse or anticipation.

I would agree totally mate. Your increase in stakes has usually been gradual and measured. I mean, after all, I've been watching your vids for 4 years.
So while the stakes are noticeably higher now than they were 4 years ago, it has taken 4 years to get to that point. It wasn't a single giant leap, it was more of an accumulation of minimal incremental increases, done in line with your spending ability/affy earnings/gambling budget/whatever else.

You should never be making vids merely for the sake of making vids mate. I have to say, it might have been a blessing in disguise that your YT channel was given the ban hammer. One that you might not truly appreciate right now, but almost certainly will do later.
This is the problem that having a YT channel can bring, you might feel like you are "contracted" to provide content for your audience/viewership.
But there's a fine line between saturation and neglect.
And tbh, in the final couple of weeks of your YT channel, I could sense some burnout, disillusionment, maybe even some frustration in your voice.
I couldn't help but think "this dude needs to take a break, before he suffers a break"

Maybe it would be just be better for you have some kind of "reset". Sometimes, less is more.

 

[Balthazar]

At the end of the day playing any game should be for fun and when you no longer have fun you shouldn't be playing anymore. The thing with gambling is some people play for the adrenalin rush and that's the main problem. I'm sure Chopley doesn't get a huge rush of adrenaline over a 25£ win but he sounded like he had at least some kind of fun playing and that's what matters.

Chopley I could be wrong here but I think that your fruit machine past might influence the way you play slots and your choice of slots.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Interesting. What about the passport/citizenship of babies that are born there?

You're officially classed as Manx if you're born here (and a British national resident), and will get an 'Isle of Man variant of the British Passport', which effectively functions as a British passport.

The IOM has reciprocal agreements with the UK on all sorts of things, including health for example, so we don't need to get health insurance if we travel to the UK and vice versa. There are no passport controls or anything like that, so we can just jump on the ferry to go from the IOM to the UK and the UK to the IOM. (We're an island in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland.)

The UK also takes care of the IOM's defence and we don't have an army of our own. (In the World Wars the Manx fought alongside the Allied Forces, and the RAF had air bases here.)

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We have negative unemployment (there are more job vacancies than people looking for jobs) and we encourage people to come here to live and work. (Nice people, not drug dealers and stuff.) Check out the locate.im site for details on that.

I absolutely love it here, having first visited in 1994 when I met my Manx girlfriend at a UK university (now Mrs Chopley), and I moved here permanently in 1996. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world.

At the end of the day playing any game should be for fun and when you no longer have fun you shouldn't be playing anymore. The thing with gambling is some people play for the adrenalin rush and that's the main problem. I'm sure Chopley doesn't get a huge rush of adrenaline over a 25£ win but he sounded like he had at least some kind of fun playing and that's what matters.

Chopley I could be wrong here but I think that your fruit machine past might influence the way you play slots and your choice of slots.

Absolutely this. I only play with amounts of money that don't have any financial impact on me, so if I lose it stings but it doesn't really make any difference, and if I win I'm happy but it doesn't really make any difference.

Playing the slots at 3Dice is fun, and I was enjoying playing Funky Five, which is what (hopefully!) came over on the video. It's nice to win, even if the amounts involved aren't substantial.

You might be right on the fruit machine thing, I do tend to gravitate towards line based slots with traditional style symbols and simple (but elegant) rule sets.

 

[JGslots]

At the end of the day playing any game should be for fun and when you no longer have fun you shouldn't be playing anymore. The thing with gambling is some people play for the adrenalin rush and that's the main problem. I'm sure Chopley doesn't get a huge rush of adrenaline over a 25£ win but he sounded like he had at least some kind of fun playing and that's what matters.

Chopley I could be wrong here but I think that your fruit machine past might influence the way you play slots and your choice of slots.

I have to say, the most exciting time for me playing online slots can only be the old Jackpot Party days, the site, the slots, the community just had a charming, relaxing feel.
Sure, Chopley did nothing but moan about the, quite frank low RTP's, but even he was drawn into it.

In my opinion Jackpot Party got pretty much EVERYTHING right here and no other casino has even come close to the mark for me.

I used to really enjoy playing there, it was exciting, fun, great promos, decent game selection. I think the sense of the community is what made it stand out?
I don't know, anyways wish a casino would pop up and copy the format!

Rob

 

[ChopleyIOM]

I have to say, the most exciting time for me playing online slots can only be the old Jackpot Party days, the site, the slots, the community just had a charming, relaxing feel.
Sure, Chopley did nothing but moan about the, quite frank low RTP's, but even he was drawn into it.

The RTP was poor (95% overall, divided up as 92% on the slot and 3% to the progressives), but as WMS slots had sensible variance it was still possible to have a decent extended session there. Also, the bonuses were fairly plentiful and the wagering requirements were never more than 20xB (and often less than that!).

Moreover, the Jackpot Party Progressive Feature was attainable by anyone, even a low roller such as myself hit it a few times and IIRC managed to get 1-star a couple of times.

(I think they went too far with the Life of Luxury slots though, as you were feeding into two progressive games which left just 88% for the slots themselves.)

The chat was good, albeit funny sometimes for the wrong reasons 'Slippers pls Glinda', and the casino itself was just really well run.

I think it also benefited from being single provider, so all the slots had a nice consistent UI and feel to them.

I'm amazed no one's thought to try and replicate the overall experience since then, although maybe it wouldn't work these days? Hard to say.

TBH though, I'd say 3Dice is a pretty close experience in many regards. It feels 'comfortable' in the same way that Jackpot Party did.

 

[AC7X]

Hoping part three will be up tonight Chops!

 

[Balthazar]

This isn't the thread to discuss it I guess but the purchase of JPP by SlotsMagic was one of the strangest thing I've ever seen in this industry. The biggest UK online casino sold its customer informations to amateurs who clearly had no clue what they were doing.

 

[dunover]

Sounds very interesting! Unfortunately fruit machines are basically extinct on the Isle of Man now, as I covered in my video 'The Death Of The Fruit Machine'.

As such, there's basically zero chance of me seeing one of these

Sometime at the end of the 21st. century somebody will accidentally come across this video in the cyber-ether.

It will be the equivalent of me today going to a car boot sale, buying a box of assorted bric-a-brac and getting it home and finding at the bottom a yellowing old booklet titled 'Cast Iron ploughshare attachments of North Yorkshire 1788-1804'

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Hoping part three will be up tonight Chops!

Yes yes yes here you go you nagging old fishwife!

 

[lotusch]

Ahahaha right on time for my evening feed I see..

 

[dunover]

Yes yes yes here you go you nagging old fishwife!

People - I'd watch this video with your foil hats on!

 

[JGslots]

More Jam than Hartley's! That Double Dough game looks like a clone of Spectacular, I'm 100% going to have to look at that.
It's so nice playing slots when you have a session like that. I think you should be doing videos at least 3/4 times a week now!

Rob