For the card game, see Blackjack.
And the OP may well have learned that the time spent using bonuses would be better spent on overtime at work and playing without them? Any thoughts T?
Hi Lojo,
Why do you keep saying I am playing or using a bonus, when their terms state beyond any shadow of a doubt that I didn't? This is the 'smoking gun' point I made, and Cypreat re-iterated succintly, which I note Spearmaster has not addressed yet - despite it being 100% Crystal Clear from their terms that I am entitled to all, bar the bonus - which they have now made a Play bonus anyways.
As regards to all this clarifications and adding on of terms etc. though, wouldn't a reasonable & honest casino operator, at the minimum. just say to you 'sorry - we meant pontoon too, we can see you didn't employ any bonus abuse strategies though, so if you could please wager another 12k on allowed games before withdrawing, enjoy the casino'. Do some here really think instead it is acceptable to take the opportunity to sieze all my funds, bar the deposit, because of this confusion, at least partly caused by themselves, & that I therefore have no case?!
This assertion that I should know it is blackjack is nonsense. For one thing it is not - it is just like it. When a casino says 'any blackjack game' that to me, and most other people with a day-job, means simply any game with the word Blackjack...Surrender, Single-deck, switch etc. They would think that Pontoon is allowed as there is a lot more risk involved, with tie's counting as a loss - and numerous ways of tripling your money. All other casino's bother to make this clarification. The ones who don't merely revise the terms & get on with life.
Also you are all simply guessing that the issue is related to Pontoon by the way - after numerous phone calls and emails from them - they still haven't even deigned to give the reason for this 'bonus abuse'. The re-wording of their terms this week still treats Pontoon as if it was a completely seperable game to Blackjack, the only thing they have in common is being banned. A very reasonable conclusion a layman could come to, is that therefore they just simply decided, post-wager, they didn't like this game they barely know, and decided to confiscate my funds as a result.
I am only commenting - pontoon is commonly known as a form of blackjack - if you go to the Wizard of Odds
As regards to all this clarifications and adding on of terms etc. though, wouldn't a reasonable & honest casino operator, at the minimum. just say to you 'sorry - we meant pontoon too, we can see you didn't employ any bonus abuse strategies though, so if you could please wager another 12k on allowed games before withdrawing, enjoy the casino'. Do some here really think instead it is acceptable to take the opportunity to sieze all my funds, bar the deposit, because of this confusion, at least partly caused by themselves, & that I therefore have no case?!
The re-wording of their terms this week still treats Pontoon as if it was a completely seperable game to Blackjack, the only thing they have in common is being banned. A very reasonable conclusion a layman could come to, is that therefore they just simply decided, post-wager, they didn't like this game they barely know, and decided to confiscate my funds as a result. ie. does not 'Blackjack (all sorts of Blackjack, Craps (all sorts of Craps), SicBo (all sorts of SicBo) or Pontoon.' mean that Craps is not a sort of BJ, nor is SicBo, nor Pontoon?
Blackjack is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Pontoon is an English variation of Blackjack with large rule and strategy differences. In Australia, however, Pontoon is exactly the same as the American game Spanish 21 but played without a hole card.
Pontoon is sometimes said to be an early version of blackjack. Today Pontoon is offered by Real Time Gaming, Playtech, Microgaming, and Cryptologic Internet casinos. In Pontoon any five-card hand or a pontoon (same thing as a blackjack) pay 2 to 1, including after splitting. However there is no dealer up card and the dealer wins on ties. There are several other rule changes from blackjack so read carefully before playing.
pon•toon
Pronunciation: (pon-tOOn'), [key]
—n. Brit.
the card game twenty-one.
blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un
I think I will differ on thatas I have said earlier, since they are both "21 Games" however pontoon is not Blackjack. In Blackjack an ace and a Ten is a "Blackjack" (hence the name) in Pontoon, its called "Pontoon (hence the name). If a casino banned "21 Games" that would include Pontoon. If you ban Blackjack, that wouldn't include Pontoon.As for Pontoon being a form of Blackjack, it it totally clear that it is. According to Hoyle's Encyclopedia of Card Games, "Pontoon" is a nickname for Twenty-One. Twenty-One is synonymous with Blackjack. Hoyle, by the way, is the definitive rule book on card games.
The promotion does not apply to Roulette, Baccarat, Craps, SicBo, Blackjack, Video Poker play and Pontoon.