- Joined
- Aug 25, 2004
- Location
- Bexhill on sea, England
At least 3 new Rival casinos will go live in September (two already have), but I my fear that they will follow the other recent new ones with totally unrealistic sign-up bonuses is being realised...
In my opinion the "industry standard" should be what Microgaing have;
30 times the bonus amount, and fully cashable.
This still makes the bonus +EV for the casino, but at least it gives the players a realistic chance of completing the WR without losing their whole deposit.
If Microgaming casino can do this, why can't Rival casinos????
A good example was new Ruby Royal who launched last month with a ridiculous WR of Bonus x 50 and to make it 10 x worse it was Phantom!
They did reduce this to Bonus x 30 when I pointed out how ludicrous it was, but it still remains phantom.
The first new Rival this month has gone with Bonus x 60 - only TWICE what MG casinos offer...
The second new Rival this month has gone with this:-
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(Note: The word "reversal" is the worst spelling of the word "deposit" that I have ever seen!)
I am almost speechless about this one. Surely this is the WORST sign-up bonus anywhere on the internet!
For slots you have to wager Bonus x 160...
For the allowed card games it's Bonus x 320...
If that's not ludicrous enough - it's PHANTOM!!!
It you took the maximum bonus & played slots you would have to wager $64,000 and get a return of 100% or more on games with an average RTP of 96% in order to be able to cash out anything...
Do you feel lucky, punk? ... Well, do you?
As an affiliate and as a player these bonuses are totally useless to me - I certainly wouldn't take a bonus with such a crazy WR, and I wouldn't expect many other players would either.
I'm still listing ALL the Rivals on my site because despite their insane welcome bonuses I still trust them to treat their players fairly, and some people are happy to try new places without taking bonuses. Not for me, but that's their prerogative!
So what do YOU think - have most new Rival casinos lost the plot over bonuses?
Or do you think they are just trying to encourage people to play without bonuses?
KK
In my opinion the "industry standard" should be what Microgaing have;
30 times the bonus amount, and fully cashable.
This still makes the bonus +EV for the casino, but at least it gives the players a realistic chance of completing the WR without losing their whole deposit.
If Microgaming casino can do this, why can't Rival casinos????
A good example was new Ruby Royal who launched last month with a ridiculous WR of Bonus x 50 and to make it 10 x worse it was Phantom!
They did reduce this to Bonus x 30 when I pointed out how ludicrous it was, but it still remains phantom.
The first new Rival this month has gone with Bonus x 60 - only TWICE what MG casinos offer...
The second new Rival this month has gone with this:-
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(Note: The word "reversal" is the worst spelling of the word "deposit" that I have ever seen!)
I am almost speechless about this one. Surely this is the WORST sign-up bonus anywhere on the internet!
For slots you have to wager Bonus x 160...
For the allowed card games it's Bonus x 320...
If that's not ludicrous enough - it's PHANTOM!!!
It you took the maximum bonus & played slots you would have to wager $64,000 and get a return of 100% or more on games with an average RTP of 96% in order to be able to cash out anything...
Do you feel lucky, punk? ... Well, do you?
As an affiliate and as a player these bonuses are totally useless to me - I certainly wouldn't take a bonus with such a crazy WR, and I wouldn't expect many other players would either.
I'm still listing ALL the Rivals on my site because despite their insane welcome bonuses I still trust them to treat their players fairly, and some people are happy to try new places without taking bonuses. Not for me, but that's their prerogative!
So what do YOU think - have most new Rival casinos lost the plot over bonuses?
Or do you think they are just trying to encourage people to play without bonuses?
KK