Casinobuzz was offered the opportunity by email to have his balance put back and additional wagering applied a couple of days ago. We have also sent a copy of Star12war gaming session which shows he made a substantial number of $20 bets while the bonus was active.
Nobody is accusing either member of fraud, the issue is they broke the terms and conditions of the bonus (implemented 24.11.11) I have no reason to lie and I will send a copy of the game logs to CM if requested and agreed by each member.
With regard to the other issue I have addressed this with gambling grumbles, should the member PAB I will also provide CM with the same information.
Thank you to all those that have supported my character its very much appreciated and I will always continue to respond to members issues.
Best Regards
Ms Sloto
I found 2 cases there. One was a dispute over proof of address, which was resolved and the player got paid, the other was where a player deposited $500, took a 400% bonus, and proceeded to wager $50 per spin. The player then claimed his winnings were void because he "ground out WR" on $20!! It was left at that, the report relying on the player's story and the only backing evidence being the email he received from Sloto.
At the time, there was supposedly no max bet rule in place, and in terms of such rules elsewhere, $50 per spin on a $500 deposit is 10%, and of a $2000 bonus is a mere 2.5% of the bonus credited. Where the rule is used elsewhere, the max bet is between 20% and 30% of the bonus credited, and the most extreme restriction seen so far is 5% of the bonus credited.
The report as it stands indicates that this was winnings voided on nothing more substantial than "spirit of the bonus" as it occurred prior to the max bet rule. $20 is hardly "grinding", but a very substantial bet that under current terms would be too LARGE, rather than so small as to constitute "grinding". Grinding would be switching to, say, $1 or less and setting autoplay to do an "all nighter" and cashing in the next day. This case was marked with the skull & crossbones, and if it has been taken up with Gambling Grumbles, they have not updated the report.
$6.50 is a pretty substantial bet for RTG slots, not known for their low variance. I tend to bet $5 if faced with a similar bonus as with this case, maybe switching to $2 if the games seem overly tight, as well as switching between games. I might let rip with a limited number of $10 or even $25 bets, but not if I spotted a term limiting bets to $6.50.
It's not a term I expect to see with RTG software, but it is so common for MGS that I question it if I can't find a term limiting bet size. Max cashouts is also something I expect to see at RTG, but not at MGS.
I am surprised that the max bet term was never seen at Rival casinos, yet had to be added soon after the switch to RTG, even though other RTG casinos have managed quite well without it. They have a max win rule on all their slots of 50,000x line bet, max cashouts galore, and phantom bonuses.
The "no progressives" rule is also a little odd unless there is a max cashout making such a win pointless. Some casinos have this rule, others don't, and there seems no real consistent logic behind it. Progressives are slots after all, and all RTG slots are progressive in the form of the Random Jackpot. Since part of the RTP of a progressive slot is paid from the jackpot, the base RTP is lowered, making it harder to win without hitting a fair share of random jackpots than it would be for a non progressive slot where all the RTP came from the base game and regular bonus rounds.