love2vegas
Dormant account
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2003
- Location
- Maine
Just when I thought that the online casinos had done about any trick you could think of- I am again proven wrong! Lately, I have noticed a move to something that is new, at least to me. In addition to those wagering requirements, maybe from 6 to 8 to 20 to 30 Times and beyond and the sometimes "sticky" bonuses, and the minimum cashout requirements, and the tricky terms about excluding or including only certain games, and - - well, you get the idea. But now comes what I call the "sleeping bonus".
The sleeping bonus has started to creep in to several casinos. You sign up or take a bonus offered through email and you don't see the bonus. Why not?
Because the casino has found a way to delay this bonus. It may be that rather than adding it to your account, they create a separate account (such as Challenge Casino & Golden Reef have started doing). This way, you have less money to attempt to win big and, no doubt, the purpose is to use up your deposit money in one account and then only have the bonus money to play with. (SInce the bonus money is usually credited later.) Another place where this is taken to the max is DESERT DOLLAR CASINO.
I recently signed up there, but didn't receive my "sleeping bonus" until 24 hours later. (Thus, if you want to wait and have your deposit and bonus together, you must wait at least 24 hours and "sleep on it"!) But DESERT DOLLAR adds another twist, they also add the fact that you must play your deposit amount twice, before the 24 hr. period starts. (thus, they get you into playing & hopefully you will lose some or all of your deposit before you are credited with any bonus.)
In addition, they conveniently didn't credit my bonus amount within the promised 24 hours (a fortunate delay for them) meaning that I had to contact support before they credited the bonus. They did then credit my account, but as I'm sure they liked, I had none of my original deposit left. One other little twist- there wagering requirements do not start UNTIL THE BONUS AMOUNT IS CREDITED. (So in my case, I am penalized for wagering due to their inept sytem-since they didn't credit my account within their promised time!)
Now, I do take responsibility for my own play. I could have waited for the bonus to be credited (although I did have to play my deposit a couple of times just to be eligible for the bonus.) But upon notifying them of their part of not crediting my account in time, the service rep said it was probably my fault for entering a different email address! (I only use one email address for all online accounts, so this was a bunch of BS)
So, my message- in addition to reading every term carefully (which I did) and
following every detail to the letter and realizing that if there is some way they can screw they will, also be aware that if THEY make the mistake, it is looked at as an "oh,well" or " must be you" attitude!
:sniper: WARNING WARNING !!!!
The sleeping bonus has started to creep in to several casinos. You sign up or take a bonus offered through email and you don't see the bonus. Why not?
Because the casino has found a way to delay this bonus. It may be that rather than adding it to your account, they create a separate account (such as Challenge Casino & Golden Reef have started doing). This way, you have less money to attempt to win big and, no doubt, the purpose is to use up your deposit money in one account and then only have the bonus money to play with. (SInce the bonus money is usually credited later.) Another place where this is taken to the max is DESERT DOLLAR CASINO.
I recently signed up there, but didn't receive my "sleeping bonus" until 24 hours later. (Thus, if you want to wait and have your deposit and bonus together, you must wait at least 24 hours and "sleep on it"!) But DESERT DOLLAR adds another twist, they also add the fact that you must play your deposit amount twice, before the 24 hr. period starts. (thus, they get you into playing & hopefully you will lose some or all of your deposit before you are credited with any bonus.)
In addition, they conveniently didn't credit my bonus amount within the promised 24 hours (a fortunate delay for them) meaning that I had to contact support before they credited the bonus. They did then credit my account, but as I'm sure they liked, I had none of my original deposit left. One other little twist- there wagering requirements do not start UNTIL THE BONUS AMOUNT IS CREDITED. (So in my case, I am penalized for wagering due to their inept sytem-since they didn't credit my account within their promised time!)
Now, I do take responsibility for my own play. I could have waited for the bonus to be credited (although I did have to play my deposit a couple of times just to be eligible for the bonus.) But upon notifying them of their part of not crediting my account in time, the service rep said it was probably my fault for entering a different email address! (I only use one email address for all online accounts, so this was a bunch of BS)
So, my message- in addition to reading every term carefully (which I did) and
following every detail to the letter and realizing that if there is some way they can screw they will, also be aware that if THEY make the mistake, it is looked at as an "oh,well" or " must be you" attitude!
:sniper: WARNING WARNING !!!!