Rival Casinos

[clj7221]

Some of these Rivals really do not want you to win. On a few of them it seems if I win and cashin they punish you with stopping the free money and no longer give you matching bonuses.

 

[BingoT]

I think in the most part No Casino wants you to win.
They are in it to make money not to give it away.
It's not just any Rival casino It's most all the casino's.

 

[bigbonytony]

i know thats right. I made a cashout a few months ago only to go back a couple of days later to find my free chip and match bonuses (the good ones) gone. All that was left was a 15% match. In a way I felt kinda good. Did they recognize my superior slot skills? LOL

 

[BingoT]

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[clj7221]

Well not exactly, whenever I have had cashins at microgaming casinos I play, they always give me 100 percent matching bonus. As far as all the bonuses at slotto cash , they give me free money sometimes and weekly 100 percent match and the constant reloads with 25 and 35 percent. I have won like almost 9000 at that casino and just started playing there a few months ago so I can understand why I do not get as much bonuses there as you do. I am talking about Lion slots I have had some wins these passed few weeks not huge ones but now they stopped the V.I.P Gold free money and matching bonuses.

I think in the most part No Casino wants you to win.
They are in it to make money not to give it away.
It's not just any Rival casino It's most all the casino's.

 

[Tengil]

Some of these Rivals really do not want you to win. On a few of them it seems if I win and cashin they punish you with stopping the free money and no longer give you matching bonuses.

So vote with your money. If there are Rivals that still offers bonuses to you play at them. And when they bonusban you its time to look for other softwares.

I think in the most part No Casino wants you to win.
They are in it to make money not to give it away.
It's not just any Rival casino It's most all the casino's.

Rivals are probably the only ones that bonusban you for winning on slots.

 

[clj7221]

Thanks your right. Rival is the only casino I have played to stop bonuses when you win. I play many other casinos for years on line and never had this done to me except with Rival.

So vote with your money. If there are Rivals that still offers bonuses to you play at them. And when they bonusban you its time to look for other softwares.



Rivals are probably the only ones that bonusban you for winning on slots.

 

[mistye81]

I recently became a VIP Gold member at Lion Slots, and since becoming I have not recieved any free chips, not one. I recieve my 15% cashback, but no free n/d bonuses, and I have deposited more now than I ever did before, I have 40-50 deposits in the last 30 days, maybe 10 withdrawals, but I am still not up. I thought for sure I would get something, I used to get free $15 every friday, now I get nothing.

 

[love2winalot]

Hiya: There is an Ol saying here in Vegas.

"A Loser will bring one person to the Casino. A Winner will bring a Hundred".

Go to any Local casino, and what do you see? The Wall plastered with all the Winners holding up all the money they won. You don't see Pictures of people waling out with their empty wallet. Or a Picture of the line at the ATM Machine.

imhop: On Line casino's need to do a better Job promoting Winners. I would even have it in the TOS that your screen name may be used for advertising as they see fit. "within reason".

Hell, Casinomeiser has a, Winners Pic section. If I was a Casino rep on this board i would have the same type of thing, on any Gaming boards they are a part of.

 

[clj7221]

Same here I became V.I.P Gold about 6 weeks ago and every week getting the 100 percent match 50 percent and the free money no deposit ones plus the 15 percent cash back. Then I had a cashin and it all stopped.

I recently became a VIP Gold member at Lion Slots, and since becoming I have not recieved any free chips, not one. I recieve my 15% cashback, but no free n/d bonuses, and I have deposited more now than I ever did before, I have 40-50 deposits in the last 30 days, maybe 10 withdrawals, but I am still not up. I thought for sure I would get something, I used to get free $15 every friday, now I get nothing.

 

[vinylweatherman]

Hiya: There is an Ol saying here in Vegas.

"A Loser will bring one person to the Casino. A Winner will bring a Hundred".

Go to any Local casino, and what do you see? The Wall plastered with all the Winners holding up all the money they won. You don't see Pictures of people waling out with their empty wallet. Or a Picture of the line at the ATM Machine.

imhop: On Line casino's need to do a better Job promoting Winners. I would even have it in the TOS that your screen name may be used for advertising as they see fit. "within reason".

Hell, Casinomeiser has a, Winners Pic section. If I was a Casino rep on this board i would have the same type of thing, on any Gaming boards they are a part of.

Not much of a reader of T & C then.

Many go FURTHER, saying your PICTURE can be used for "promotional purposes" should you win big.

When I won that trip to Berlin & the 2006 World Cup Final, part of the terms for the competition was that I had to give a kind of "diary" of the experience, with a few pictures, which they would, and did, use on their "winners" section of the website. They wanted at least one picture of ME, which I could select myself, as the centrepiece. It is the picture that is in my user profile, enjoying a "weissbier" at Lorettas just next to our hotel. (Bet that makes CM salivate for a few)

 

[clj7221]

Speaking of Winners..... I forgive them for not giving me any matching buses or free money...LOL
Last night I went in there and had 4 cashins a total of 2000 dollars.

Not much of a reader of T & C then.

Many go FURTHER, saying your PICTURE can be used for "promotional purposes" should you win big.

When I won that trip to Berlin & the 2006 World Cup Final, part of the terms for the competition was that I had to give a kind of "diary" of the experience, with a few pictures, which they would, and did, use on their "winners" section of the website. They wanted at least one picture of ME, which I could select myself, as the centrepiece. It is the picture that is in my user profile, enjoying a "weissbier" at Lorettas just next to our hotel. (Bet that makes CM salivate for a few)

 

[clj7221]

UPDATE

Since I won the 2000 every Rival casino except slotto cash has stopped and or taken away all my bonsues. All my Rivals say " Promotions not available" I never heard a casino doing this except Rival but on all of them that I play, is crazy. I deposit a couple of hundred a few times a week, if not every other day in those casinos. Also, I know slotto has a different customer service but I saw on line that all the other Rivals are owned by one company. I thought they were seperate casinos. No matter the Rule is, if you win, you can't get any bonsuses! Thats ok as long as I am winning then bonuses are not that important. But I do love that free money.

Speaking of Winners..... I forgive them for not giving me any matching buses or free money...LOL
Last night I went in there and had 4 cashins a total of 2000 dollars.

 

[Nifty29]

So stupid.

The ONLY way they are going to get that $2000 back is to encourage you to deposit again and again.....so someone at Rival obviously thought "Well the way to keep them playing and get our money back is to ban them from any further promotions and really p*ss them off - they will come back and deposit even more!!".

Now clj7221 will probably just take their $$$ elsewhere and one of Rivals' competitors will get the action.

Yup thats Making Money 101.

 

[clj7221]

My Thought Exactly! I played so much because of the bonuses. This is certainly not a way to keep my business.It is not exciting to play Rival anymore when you get so use to the bonsues and now they just all stop. I will stick with slotto cash since they are the only rival who gives me bonuses and will go back to playing microgaming again.

So stupid.

The ONLY way they are going to get that $2000 back is to encourage you to deposit again and again.....so someone at Rival obviously thought "Well the way to keep them playing and get our money back is to ban them from any further promotions and really p*ss them off - they will come back and deposit even more!!".

Now clj7221 will probably just take their $$$ elsewhere and one of Rivals' competitors will get the action.

Yup thats Making Money 101.

 

[NicolasJohnson]

Hiya: There is an Ol saying here in Vegas.

"A Loser will bring one person to the Casino. A Winner will bring a Hundred".

Great quote. Thank you guys for this thread. Just so you know, we are reading and changing things based on what you write; your satisfaction is our priority. Many settings Rival provides are by default, but can easily be overwritten. :notworthy

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[chuchu59]

Great quote. Thank you guys for this thread. Just so you know, we are reading and changing things based on what you write; your satisfaction is our priority. Many settings Rival provides are by default, but can easily be overwritten. :notworthy

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Nice to you posting Nicolas. What I cannot understand is why the casino keeps ignoring my numerous emails and live chat requests to get my play logs. Not even replying when a dozen requests have been made is plain rude. You can check out the emails from chuchu59 to your casino if you want and pm me with your findings.

 

[Nifty29]

YES YES YES!!!

A Rival casino that LISTENS!!

:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

Your casino stocks just went right up in my book

Great quote. Thank you guys for this thread. Just so you know, we are reading and changing things based on what you write; your satisfaction is our priority. Many settings Rival provides are by default, but can easily be overwritten. :notworthy

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Nicolas Johnson

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[NicolasJohnson]

@ ChuChu59

It's 2am here and tomorrow I'll be off, but I'll try to log in at night to get you an answer personally, if not have someone else get that for you.



@ Nifty29

You are really too kind. I thank you for the great thread. There is nothing better than criticism, it means we can improve :notworthy


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[Tengil]

Does anyone know of any Rival that tells you your payout percentage, wagering etc. (not any Bonne Chance)

Just closed my Slotocash account as they refused to even tell me my spins, let alone my payout%. Wouldnt have been a problem if they had a decent game history like Cryptos Log Viewer.

So far all Rivals have been huge disappointments. I actually like some of the games but not the casinos.

 

[Pinababy69]

I'm sorry.....but there are red flags everywhere for me as far as Rival goes. I could type a whole page long post itemizing what's wrong...but why bother?

Highlights:

They're being sued for 1/2 million dollars for breach of contract. Not settled yet, and while nothing has been proven in a court of law, the plaintiffs allege that the reason that the owners of Rival (aka Gaming Solutions/Black Chip) wished to terminate the contract was that they were experiencing financial difficulties.

They don't pay out progressive wins in one lump sum, as any reputable casino should do. Progressive monies do not belong to the casino, they belong to the players. It is the players who fund the progressive jackpots, and those funds should be kept separate and should be paid out in full when a jackpot is won. No reason in the world a progressive should be paid in installments.

There has been more than one thread posted on various forums about absolutely ridiculous daily and weekly withdrawal limits being imposed on some players....as low as $500 in some cases. I won't post links here, but I have them if anyone is interested in reading. No valid reason has been forthcoming that I have read.

Over the last two years, there have been delays in withdrawal processing off and on. In some cases, long delays. Players have been told that it's processor problems. Just speculation on my part, but when your Neteller or Moneybookers merchant account is underfunded, that usually poses a problem for the processor.

And then we have all this bonus banning of anyone who has the audacity to initiate a cashout after winning a bit. While they are certainly within their rights to deny bonuses to anyone they wish....the message that this sends out, coupled with the above, sure doesn't instill any confidence in me.

And last but not least, the continual parade of glitches in their software...and now more than one player posting that they are unable to access or retrieve any sort of playlogs. Those should be available to any player, at any time. Maybe not at their fingertips, but they should be able to obtain them if they so desire.

I had such high hopes for this software when it first came online. But all of the above things just scream at me that this is an operation that "may" be operating on a shoestring. I am glad that they have bowed out of Canada, I think they have done all us Canadians a huge favour. I had already stopped playing there about a year ago, as I started having doubts then. Nothing I've seen in the last year has changed my mind.

 

[Nifty29]

Fair points Pina

Nicolas - On a Vegas Regal only note, the main thing that I dont like about them is their deposit bonus terms.

This is the latest:

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I just dont like the 5x max cashout.

The WR is already 30xD+B which is pretty tough to beat anyway, and the bonus is non-withdrawable.

Personally I would rather be offered a 150% or 125% bonus with those WR but NO max cashout....OR at least make the max cashout 10xB. The other restrictions are already tough enough. I know the casino has to make money, but accepting a bonus shouldnt be a death sentence for your deposit.

I hope Nicolas takes this on board and at least offers some lower % bonuses without some of these harsh limits...and based on his past responses Im sure he will

 

[KasinoKing]

The WR is already 30xD+B which is pretty tough to beat anyway, and the bonus is non-withdrawable.

Let's be honest - that's totally crap isn't it!
Bonus x 60 and it's phantom; Rival casinos really have lost the plot haven't they?

I started a thread about how poor Rival bonuses are about a month back. For some reason it didn't attract much attention, so here it is again!

Quoting me:-
I haven't deposited at one Rival casino yet this year because I hadn't been aware of any decent follow-on bonuses.
(i.e. Not first deposit bonuses)
What I call decent is on a level par with Microgaming; B x 30, cashable, no max cash-out.

So I decided to go through all the Rivals I have installed & analyse exactly what is on offer to me!
What I found was pretty poor - only one offer better than MG, one the same and 23 worse - some much worse!
What has happened to SlotoCash??? I used to have 5 or 6 good bonuses to chose from - now just 2, and one of those is for an alternative deposit method...
Superior now lead the field in this department - they have loads of offers!

Notes:
To compare bonuses I only go by how many times you have to turn over the bonus amount - it's largely irrelevant to me how much the deposit or the % is.
I did not take account of any games other than slots being allowed in WR.
All figures stated are based on taking the maximum bonus amount.
Any Rivals not listed I have either not joined yet or I have only taken the free-chip offers and so they are offering a first deposit bonus (which is generally a lot better than the follow-ons).
A lot of the bonuses do seem a little better than earlier in the year - I didn't see any with a minimum cash-out of more than B x 1.
I put all the phantom ones at the bottom - might as well deposit without a bonus if you're playing slots!
Disclaimer; I can't guarantee the table is 100% accurate - even I make mistakes sometimes!

What do you guys think - are these bonuses poor, or OK?
Are you seeing better bonus offers? (I'm in the UK - other countries might have different offers)
Some of these casinos have lost the plot, haven't they?

Below are my findings;
I hope it might help others decide where to play & might encourage some casinos to make better offers...
Well... I can hope can't I?

 

[chuchu59]

KK,

You might wish to add the ones which have a min 1x cashout requirement. It seems that sloto has recently joined the parade of casinos with high WRs and to deter you from cashing out even that little bit the bonuses are both phantom with a min. 1x cashout. So if you deposit $100 and finish with $60 you cant cash out and cannot claim another bonus unless you zero out and nor can you cash this bit out even if you make an extra deposit. Ah, trying to squeeze every single cent from the players.

 

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What I call decent is on a level par with Microgaming; B x 30, cashable, no max cash-out.

yeah, but you could hardly get more then 100% at MG.
So i don't think its really that unfair if they give 250% or more... i rarely take MG bonuses but often take(took) Rivals and RTG because they extend play time.


I am not a bonus expert but this is my opinion... may be i m wrong