Hi Chops
@ChopleyIOM How did you get offered a 100% bonus again so quick, i got quite a few in the past that I never took or took but forfeited before finished, but now I fancy having a good slot bash somewhere and not one in sight on my favourite site?
I can only speculate but I guess it comes down to my deposit/withdrawal patterns, I generally make single deposits in the £150-£250 range, and tend not to make much in the way of withdrawals, so I guess my transaction/processing fees aren't too bad on the casino's side.
Also, I'll often leave balances 'casino side' from one session to the next, because I know I'll be playing again before too long, and that can be measured in days or weeks. (I'd often have a decent live balance at 3Dice for example, over the course of an entire month, and eventually I'd lose it as the house edge did its thing. I only stopped playing there when they rather meanly (IMO at least) took a VIP star off me.)
Doubtless casinos such as VS are crunching the numbers on their backend, and I'd guess my profile looks something like:
1) This guy is
far more likely to deposit when we offer him a bonus (I like online slots well enough, but can cheerfully go for weeks without making a deposit anywhere, a nice bonus offer has a decent chance of getting a deposit out of me)
2) He tends to grind games at low stakes over extended periods and generally avoids HV games (i.e. lots of opportunity for the house edge to naturally do its thing, little risk of him hitting a mega win and making a quick cashout)
3) Doesn't withdraw that often, will leave balances in place over several days and continue to play from that balance until depleted
So for example in the Goonies session I was playing over two days at low stakes and just grinding away to a bust out, so the bonus did its job in that it got my deposit, but didn't lead to a withdrawal, so as far as VS is concerned the bonus essentially got my money, and didn't cost them anything.
Like I said though, I'm only speculating as to why I get offered these 100% bonuses more than some other people seem to.