- Joined
- Oct 14, 2004
- Location
- United Kingdom
I have a question. Why do players take it so personally when they are bonus banned? It seems to me that bonuses are at the discretion of the casino and not a "right." I agree, it's annoying when one gets an email offer and then cannot redeem it, but I also believe that a player knows when he is bonus banned and when said email is just a mass emailing to all players.
If one was bonus barred by Sloto before they switched over to RTG, why would one believe they 'should' be given bonuses now as a matter of right.
To comment to the casino about their marketing strategy seems a bit out of place, if you ask me.
If you are bonus barred, get over it. Either play without a bonus or go to another casino.
I completely understand complaining when a casino does not play, or changes its rules midstream, etc, but I believe that complaining about not getting a bonus is rather trite.
Just MHO.
enjoy the rest of the weekend all.
Surely the PLAYERS have the right not to be SPAMMED by offers they are not eligible for. It is annoying and misleading as it wastes their time, and also tricks them into installing (or reinstalling) the casino. Casinos are also dishonest about this aspect, and surely players who have been bonus banned have the right to hear the TRUTH. In the above chat, Nifty is first fed a load of BS about it being a general ban for his country, and only when he queried this did CS admit it was "personal" to his account because of previous activity.
Bonuses ARE marketing, they are NOT a "perk". Bonuses have become almost the exclusive marketing tool used by casinos, and are at the expense of other aspects of the service like withdrawal times (which have steadily become worse and worse), CS (which has been cut to the bone at some places), and non-bonus promotional offers (again being cut back, such as prize pools. A example is the MGS "weekender" MPV tournament, which once had a pool of 30K, but has steadily eroded to 20K, and now 10K). Comp point rates are derisory, and are not actively used much as a marketing tool because of bonuses. Rewards (after wager bonuses) also seem confined to Cryptologic casinos, with few (if any) other casinos using them regularly.
When a player is bonus banned therefore, they are banned from EVERYTHING, since they don't suddenly get withdrawals paid in under 24 hours, for example, or a higher comp rate (although there are a couple of exceptions to this).
Casinos also use bonus banning in a manner that makes it feel "dirty" and/or something to be ashamed of for the player concerned. It also carries the implied accusation that the player has done something wrong in how they played, which in most cases comes across as meaning that being lucky enough to win is unacceptable to the operator.
Rather than being something secretive, eligibilty for bonuses should be stated in the terms, such that a term covers the fact that players with a lifetime overall win can expect to no longer be eligible for the bonus offers until such time as their account again shows a lifetime loss. The player may well move on, but will at least feel there is no stain on their character. The bonus ban should be a badge of HONOUR, to be proudly worn to demonstrate that you beat the house

I have a chestful of such "combat medals", and now see them as a badge of honour, rather than something to be ashamed of. I aim to clock up even more by getting those lucky big hits at casinos I am well down at.
I am also banned from half a dozen seaside arcades too, for my Fruit Machine play back in the "Golden age" that lasted from the late 1980's to around 1996. I was told by one Brighton operator to "F*** off down the pier where your sort belongs" after taking a mere £17 off a couple of his machines
Blackpool pleasure beach was more tolerant, the "F*** off" didn't come till I was on the penultimate Fruity, and had a jumper full of 10p coins, and a back pocket bulging with £1 coins
I saw a manager at Southwaite services near Carlisle thinking of telling me to "F*** off", but I emptied the machine and left before he could make up his mind
These games paid around 72% to 78%, and there were NO BONUSES involved

Naturally, the emergence of online AWP slots got my attention, and some pretty detailed study



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