vinylweatherman
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- Oct 14, 2004
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Wrong AGAIN!!!
I really think you need to do some in-depth research before you come here posting these incorrect sweeping statements.
Referring to the 130+ welcome offers on my SB site again: Only 27 of them are "Sticky" (Phantom) bonuses.
And those 27 are nearly all at RTG or Playtech casinos.
KK
It seems the rep is referring only to Rival casinos, but calling this "most casinos".
My experience is mostly Microgaming. Bonuses here are cashable once WR has been met, and max withdrawals are usually only set on free chips, and even here it's those free chips one gets to "try before you buy".
The WR on Microgaming is from 30x BONUS ONLY, up to 50x BONUS at a few sites. The majority use the standard 30x B, and the bonus becomes cashable once WR has been met. Strangely, Microgaming casinos rarely go bust, unlike Rival where casinos seem to be going bust all the time.
If a Microgaming operator can make a decent profit on 30x B WR, cashable boni, and no max cashouts, surely an equally clever Rival operator can do the same.
Many casinos now use max bet rules to prevent overly leveraged play, such as "max bet is 25% of the bonus credited". The max bet on the games can also be set in the software such that very large bets cannot be made.
The welcome bonus is what sells the casino to a player, so if they see draconian rules here, they will judge the casino on these, and will never know that most other boni don't have such draconian terms.
A Rival casino making it to accreditation breaks the mould, so why not break the mould that says Rival casino means sticky boni and max cashouts left, right and centre even when deposits are made.
It will also mean not offering those stupid 10000% boni that some dodgy operators have used to blind players to the fact that they are getting screwed by the smallprint. You won't see a 10000% bonus at any Microgaming casino, and even boni over 100% are pretty rare. The fairer bonus terms mean that it just isn't feasible to offer such stupidly high bonus percentages.