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Hello fellow forum members!
Having recently found some luck on very low bonuses that had been magically credited to various accounts, I came up with this idea for this particular thread.
So to get to the question that I've been meaning to ask...
To be clear, I'm talking specifically about $5/$10 bonuses that were credited to your real account, when previously it had been sitting at $0.00.
Games I'd play.
Reasons why
- Starting with the slots, $5.00/$10.00 can be stretched out for a while on .09 cent spins. I'd take a "Tomb Raider"/"Mermaid Millions" over this trifecta of games, but there aren't that many MG casinos that have the minimum under the .45/.75 cent range for those particular games. Also, I've had a knack for coming up with the relatively big and timely hit during the "FREE SPINS" session on "Thunderstruck" in particular.
- I'll play various forms of VP (specifically the two listed above), because I can play on a .25 cent minimum bet per deal; just not in the FLASH version which has the minimum set at $1.25. If I get hot, I start increasing my bet and hopefully I can take that original $5/$10 and turn it into a $20 (and try my luck at something else after).
The games I'd most likely avoid even though I'd want to play them...
Reasons why
- At $2 minimum per hand, that's not enough to hang-in-there! I used to always go for it - and I'll get to that in another thread I'll be posting shortly - but not-no-mo'.
- Well, I've already stated why I won't play these particular slots, even though I'm drawn to them first... one could say hypnotized...
Random Thoughts...
- One of the main reasons I had started this thread, was my tracing my way back to my earliest steps, thinking about all of those squandered opportunities playing BJ on all of those $10 no-deposit bonuses I'd received (various MG casinos). I would do it much differently today. Out of all of the times I played off of the $10 no deposit bonuses, only once had I made it to the $100 mark. There must have been roughly 20 MG casinos that were offering that sign-up bonus back in '01/02, and at least half of them surprisingly still are.
- Around this time last year, I took a $10 Maple Casino bonus up to well over the $1,000 barrier, and cashed-out AND was paid as promised. That was far from my greatest run at an online casino, and I have greater stories than that one, but it was certainly my greatest story in '05 (what was certainly considered a down-year for me).
Games I'd play...
Reasons why
Actually, I think that PlayTech is God of the $5 bonus, in terms of the variation of games/minimum bets/return. I wanted to include a bunch of other games in here, but the list would be too long, and it show too much favoritism/bias on my part (to which I am because PlayTech is God of the $5 bonus).
- I went with VP Aces&Faces and JoB as my top two, because of the .05 cent minimum. That's a ton of bets off of $5, and I'll gladly switch games if I'm able to get to the $7 mark. All baby-steps.
- I really like "LOTTO Madness", and the other new slots are similar somehow although not nearly as good; though still good enough in their own way. Although the MG video slots (that I had mentioned) have a lower minimum bet per spin, these particular slots are vastly superior at giving you enough wins along the way to keep you going.
- "Chinese Kitchen"/"Vacation Station" seems to be generous enough, and if I can get into that $7-8 range, I'll switch to another game. I use these games as the trampoline/ladder to that next level (the $7-9 range).
- I'll take BJ here because the bets are only $1, and I've ALWAYS had good enough luck at PlayTech BJ when I'm in the soon-to-be-dead-zone. I'm comfortable enough on their BJ once I'm in the $9-12 range.
- "Triple Profits" has been around for quite some time, but like "Chinese Kitchen"/"Vacation Station", it's a bit different... albeit dated. In my earlier days, when I pretty much played exclusively at PlayTechs and after busting-out at BJ, whatever nickels and dimes remained were used at this game. It's good for a buck or two.
The games I'd most likely avoid even though I'd want to play them...
Reasons why
- Just based on my luck at this game, I'm excluding "A Night Out" from the other list. It ends up here, fair or not, I haven't done well on this game.
- Actually, I wouldn't WANT to play their series of Arcade Games... they suck! Really, they really really suck!!! The games that they chose, blow... HARD! Pong for a buck is a better concept. Memo to "PlayTech"... dump these games... dump them hard... bury them in that same landfill with *New Coke, the E.T. Atari game ('83), "Brandy Casino is #1" votes, and all the hype that came with movies "Ishtar" and "DUNE". Memo II... if you should find some "MINI-POPS" albums in that particular landfill, send one/some to me... I'd love to get my hands on one for nostalgic purposes.
Random thoughts...
- Excluding "Royal Dice" and everything "Sunny Group", I've had great luck at converting $5/$10 bonuses into something MUCH greater at most PlayTechs. Actually, PlayTech casinos are the only ones where I've made it past the $10,000 barrier, which I've managed to do several times. And although I could never make good on ALL of those opportunities that "Royal Dice" had given me with all of their free bonuses, this historically has been my best casino in terms of having success on big bets placed. I wish it were another operation, but "Royal Dice" has given me the highest peaks (luck/variance)... and it's not even close.
What games do you play if and when your account is credited with "$5/$10"?
Reasons why?
- I really don't like "Three Reel Classics" from any software provider, and frankly, I could never understand why people at B&Ms religiously played them either. That is... until I set my eyes on Video Slots. But getting back on topic here, "Triple Inferno" is the one slot game that kept me - and somewhat reluctantly - coming back when I was on my last nickels, and when I could no longer squint my way through another hour of RTG's VP!
- I'd put a bunch of their VP games at the top of the list, but talk about murdering the eyes. It's similar to PlayTech, by which they both have that superior .05 cent minimum per hand. Hopefully when you play their VP, make sure to win TONS and TONS of cash. After that - if you should be so lucky - put your winnings towards an eye-job, and load-up on anti-wrinkling cream... load-up as in how they spread the icing all over the cake in those "Betty Crocker's" commercials... just like that.
- You play "The Shark" once you're down to your final 4 cents... or cent. It's a progressive. You don't play this game in hopes of turning it around. It's too late at that point. What it can do for you though, is burn enough time off of your life clock from having to go and play one of PlayTech's "Arcade Games".
- I DON'T like RTG BJ, but then again, I LOVE BJ yet I literally hate almost all online BJ games. I'm just as confused about that last statement as you are. I kinda' sorta' don't mind RTG BJ when I'm on my last dollars. I "seem" to have good luck when it's crunch time. I am talking about the $1 BJ, not that crazy $5 hand minimum. Hmmm, come to think of it, most RTG casinos that give me a $5 bonus, almost always have that $5 minimum in place.
The games I'd most likely avoid even though I'd want to play them.
Reasons why
- One of my favorite "All-Time" slots would have to be Aztec Treasure! I love that game. But on $5, I'm staying FAR FAR FAR away from it. That includes all the video slots from this series. And it's a shame too, because at least to me, the only reason I like going to any RTG casino is because of their "Real-Series Video Slots". I can live with the .20 cent minimum, but like the "Marvel Slots", there aren't enough big (nor small) wins to keep you going in case you don't hit the feature... which you most likely won't. I hate playing slots where you have to wait over an hour to hit the feature "IF" you should be fortunate enough to hit it.
Sad but seemingly true.
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I wanted to include "Cryptologic", but I've never EVER received that small of a bonus from any of them, and probably never will. So, I'll leave this to someone else to tackle, "IF" anyone would dare want to.
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Thank you for reading this post. I'd love to hear how others play off of their small $5/10 bonuses. I'd also appreciate it if anyone could take the time to talk about their greatest wins in one of those situations.
Steed
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Hello fellow forum members!
Having recently found some luck on very low bonuses that had been magically credited to various accounts, I came up with this idea for this particular thread.
So to get to the question that I've been meaning to ask...
What games do you play "IF" and "WHEN" your account has been credited with "$5" or "$10"?
To be clear, I'm talking specifically about $5/$10 bonuses that were credited to your real account, when previously it had been sitting at $0.00.
Microgaming
Games I'd play.
- "Thunderstruck"
- "SpringBreak"
- "LadiesNight"
- VP Aces&Faces
- VP JoB
Reasons why
- Starting with the slots, $5.00/$10.00 can be stretched out for a while on .09 cent spins. I'd take a "Tomb Raider"/"Mermaid Millions" over this trifecta of games, but there aren't that many MG casinos that have the minimum under the .45/.75 cent range for those particular games. Also, I've had a knack for coming up with the relatively big and timely hit during the "FREE SPINS" session on "Thunderstruck" in particular.
- I'll play various forms of VP (specifically the two listed above), because I can play on a .25 cent minimum bet per deal; just not in the FLASH version which has the minimum set at $1.25. If I get hot, I start increasing my bet and hopefully I can take that original $5/$10 and turn it into a $20 (and try my luck at something else after).
The games I'd most likely avoid even though I'd want to play them...
- BJ
- "Tomb Raider"
- "Mermaids Millions"
Reasons why
- At $2 minimum per hand, that's not enough to hang-in-there! I used to always go for it - and I'll get to that in another thread I'll be posting shortly - but not-no-mo'.
- Well, I've already stated why I won't play these particular slots, even though I'm drawn to them first... one could say hypnotized...
Random Thoughts...
- One of the main reasons I had started this thread, was my tracing my way back to my earliest steps, thinking about all of those squandered opportunities playing BJ on all of those $10 no-deposit bonuses I'd received (various MG casinos). I would do it much differently today. Out of all of the times I played off of the $10 no deposit bonuses, only once had I made it to the $100 mark. There must have been roughly 20 MG casinos that were offering that sign-up bonus back in '01/02, and at least half of them surprisingly still are.
- Around this time last year, I took a $10 Maple Casino bonus up to well over the $1,000 barrier, and cashed-out AND was paid as promised. That was far from my greatest run at an online casino, and I have greater stories than that one, but it was certainly my greatest story in '05 (what was certainly considered a down-year for me).
PlayTech
Games I'd play...
- VP Aces&Faces
- VP JoB
- "LOTTO Madness"
- "Dr. Lovemore"
- BJ
- "Chinese Kitchen"
- "Vacation Station"
- "Desert Treasure"
- "Triple Profits"
Reasons why
Actually, I think that PlayTech is God of the $5 bonus, in terms of the variation of games/minimum bets/return. I wanted to include a bunch of other games in here, but the list would be too long, and it show too much favoritism/bias on my part (to which I am because PlayTech is God of the $5 bonus).
- I went with VP Aces&Faces and JoB as my top two, because of the .05 cent minimum. That's a ton of bets off of $5, and I'll gladly switch games if I'm able to get to the $7 mark. All baby-steps.
- I really like "LOTTO Madness", and the other new slots are similar somehow although not nearly as good; though still good enough in their own way. Although the MG video slots (that I had mentioned) have a lower minimum bet per spin, these particular slots are vastly superior at giving you enough wins along the way to keep you going.
- "Chinese Kitchen"/"Vacation Station" seems to be generous enough, and if I can get into that $7-8 range, I'll switch to another game. I use these games as the trampoline/ladder to that next level (the $7-9 range).
- I'll take BJ here because the bets are only $1, and I've ALWAYS had good enough luck at PlayTech BJ when I'm in the soon-to-be-dead-zone. I'm comfortable enough on their BJ once I'm in the $9-12 range.
- "Triple Profits" has been around for quite some time, but like "Chinese Kitchen"/"Vacation Station", it's a bit different... albeit dated. In my earlier days, when I pretty much played exclusively at PlayTechs and after busting-out at BJ, whatever nickels and dimes remained were used at this game. It's good for a buck or two.
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The games I'd most likely avoid even though I'd want to play them...
- "A Night Out"
- Arcade Games
Reasons why
- Just based on my luck at this game, I'm excluding "A Night Out" from the other list. It ends up here, fair or not, I haven't done well on this game.
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- Actually, I wouldn't WANT to play their series of Arcade Games... they suck! Really, they really really suck!!! The games that they chose, blow... HARD! Pong for a buck is a better concept. Memo to "PlayTech"... dump these games... dump them hard... bury them in that same landfill with *New Coke, the E.T. Atari game ('83), "Brandy Casino is #1" votes, and all the hype that came with movies "Ishtar" and "DUNE". Memo II... if you should find some "MINI-POPS" albums in that particular landfill, send one/some to me... I'd love to get my hands on one for nostalgic purposes.
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The start (or was it?) of the great Video Game crash of '83...
The start (or was it?) of the great Video Game crash of '83...
Random thoughts...
- Excluding "Royal Dice" and everything "Sunny Group", I've had great luck at converting $5/$10 bonuses into something MUCH greater at most PlayTechs. Actually, PlayTech casinos are the only ones where I've made it past the $10,000 barrier, which I've managed to do several times. And although I could never make good on ALL of those opportunities that "Royal Dice" had given me with all of their free bonuses, this historically has been my best casino in terms of having success on big bets placed. I wish it were another operation, but "Royal Dice" has given me the highest peaks (luck/variance)... and it's not even close.
RealTimeGaming
What games do you play if and when your account is credited with "$5/$10"?
- Triple Inferno
- VP Aces&Faces
- VP JoB
- Joker Poker
- The Shark
- BJ
Reasons why?
- I really don't like "Three Reel Classics" from any software provider, and frankly, I could never understand why people at B&Ms religiously played them either. That is... until I set my eyes on Video Slots. But getting back on topic here, "Triple Inferno" is the one slot game that kept me - and somewhat reluctantly - coming back when I was on my last nickels, and when I could no longer squint my way through another hour of RTG's VP!
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- I'd put a bunch of their VP games at the top of the list, but talk about murdering the eyes. It's similar to PlayTech, by which they both have that superior .05 cent minimum per hand. Hopefully when you play their VP, make sure to win TONS and TONS of cash. After that - if you should be so lucky - put your winnings towards an eye-job, and load-up on anti-wrinkling cream... load-up as in how they spread the icing all over the cake in those "Betty Crocker's" commercials... just like that.
- You play "The Shark" once you're down to your final 4 cents... or cent. It's a progressive. You don't play this game in hopes of turning it around. It's too late at that point. What it can do for you though, is burn enough time off of your life clock from having to go and play one of PlayTech's "Arcade Games".
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- I DON'T like RTG BJ, but then again, I LOVE BJ yet I literally hate almost all online BJ games. I'm just as confused about that last statement as you are. I kinda' sorta' don't mind RTG BJ when I'm on my last dollars. I "seem" to have good luck when it's crunch time. I am talking about the $1 BJ, not that crazy $5 hand minimum. Hmmm, come to think of it, most RTG casinos that give me a $5 bonus, almost always have that $5 minimum in place.
The games I'd most likely avoid even though I'd want to play them.
- Real-Series Video Slots
Reasons why
- One of my favorite "All-Time" slots would have to be Aztec Treasure! I love that game. But on $5, I'm staying FAR FAR FAR away from it. That includes all the video slots from this series. And it's a shame too, because at least to me, the only reason I like going to any RTG casino is because of their "Real-Series Video Slots". I can live with the .20 cent minimum, but like the "Marvel Slots", there aren't enough big (nor small) wins to keep you going in case you don't hit the feature... which you most likely won't. I hate playing slots where you have to wait over an hour to hit the feature "IF" you should be fortunate enough to hit it.
Sad but seemingly true.
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I wanted to include "Cryptologic", but I've never EVER received that small of a bonus from any of them, and probably never will. So, I'll leave this to someone else to tackle, "IF" anyone would dare want to.
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Thank you for reading this post. I'd love to hear how others play off of their small $5/10 bonuses. I'd also appreciate it if anyone could take the time to talk about their greatest wins in one of those situations.
Steed
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