How was your gambling 2017? [poll included]

[ValDes]

Hello there, dear AG community!  

 

Sincerely hope you all has a fantastic festive season! 

 

A week after the New Year and all the inevitable euphoria is now fading, I guess it's about time for a recapitulation of your gambling 2017. Big wins and epic fails, new favorites and old preferences, your ups and downs... we want to know them all!  Cannot wait to hear about your gambling adventures, so come on folks, let me see who managed to break da bank in 2017.  

 

PS. Don't forget to cast your vote. 

 

 

[Afi4wins]

Okaaaay...so I'm always the first one in almost everything...not that it's a bad thing...tinga-tinga-ling...hehehe. 

 

2017 was nothing exceptional for me...just another mediocre year...with lots of ups and downs...with some excellent Mega wins but with lots of small miserable wins too! BUT...there's always a butt somewhere...err...I mean but...2017 saw the most winning screenshots that I have ever gotten in any of my previous gambling years...thanks to Supe It Up of course...although I'm still losing on the game overall...damn! 

 

In terms of Askgamblers...2017 saw me achieving great heights like never before...reaching the top 7 spot in all 4 categories of the Leaderboard, not to mention reaching the top number 1 spot for Global and Country dominance...and the only member heading towards Planet 11...plus various more other number 1 achievements, hehehe... 

 

Still, I'm hoping that 2018 would be a better year for me though, where monetary winnings are concerned. 

[Fiekie247]

Nothing exeptional - I played 50% less tournaments from my previous year. So i won a bit here and there,  but 70% of my game play I lost whenever I took bonuses, where as the previous year I cleared 60% of my wagering bonus deposits.. So 30% in bonus deposits lost last year and 50% less tournament playing.

 

My budget was less and didnt much write any reviews for extra game play funds.

 

Hope this year will be wonderful. and will be chasing my wild line for DOA.

[helenakp]

Mine was Ohhhh...man it was a nasty one   hope this new 2018 will be awesome,filling it will be awesome 

[cocopop3011]

I've gone with 'Oh man, it was a bad one'.

 

For me 2017 was less despoits and less withdrawals than I've seen  in about 5 years mainly due to lack of time and budget.    In terms of ratio between the both I would probably say I broke even but I've gone with that vote anyway as 2017 really was a grim year when it came to actually playing let alone winning 

 

Here's hoping 2018 will give me chance to catch back up with you all!

[ValDes]

Well, personally I find 2017 to be somewhere between "Pretty good" and "The best one I have ever had"! With Play'N Go & Lady Luck making the difference this year in a positive direction! For which I am extremely, extremely, extremely grateful! 

 

As most of you might have already noticed from my content in the winner screenshot forum threads, I have almost completely abandoned both NetEnt and Microgaming - my favorite providers for the last 5 years. Unlike the widespread opinion though that the NetEnt and MG latest releases and renovated old hits are simply not paying as good as it should/supposed/expected to, I still DO believe their games are just as good and fair as they always have been. It's just a matter of luck, right timing and getting used to the new/renovated  RNG cycles and learning to 'predict' its behaviour.  

 

Despite not being able to keep my gambling records throughout 2017 as detailed as would like to ( insane busy with AG), the rough calculations are showing some pretty curious results, but the most surprising one was Big Time Gaming being the worst performing gaming provider for me with the measly overall RTP of less than 50%. As much as I truly adore Bonanza and Danger High Voltage, gees, these games could be such a brutal balance killer! 

 

Looking forward for an even better year ahead and hope to hit all the remaining unconquered Play'N Go dream hits such as 15x hammers on Viking Runecraft and clearing the whole grid on Golden Ticket and Energoonz! 

[pinnit2015]

Twas the year Netent and MG really showed how lazy they are. Seriously...is Fortune Girl by MG from the same company that made Immortal and Thunderstruck. Even BDBA. Both these have lost the plot. 

 

Few shaking it up - Merkur/BTG and to a lesser extent Thunderkick are at least trying.

 

Been a bit of a year in which bonus lovers have taken a beating - bans on e-wallets, increases in wagering in bonus offers, more restricted games. Bonus bans. And there's the breaching of terms etc. Now getting to the stage whereby taking a bonus is a liability.

 

Had a poor start to the year and then went on runs - Pragmatic's 1000x for me wasn't a massive win but didnt think it was possible on the provider. 

 

Sadly more and more casinos are becoming less player focused - bit like bet365 and the Kindred group. 

 

Biggest game had been Bonanza - incites and excites in equal measure. This is a brutal game and not for the lighthearted - you need a big balance most of the time and be prepared to get butchered. But it's bonus is one of the few that still excites me.

 

Play n Go have really overtaken a lot of others. Viking Runecraft when you see the Lure of Loki make them all red hammers is a beauty to behold. 

[cocopop3011]

Twas the year Netent and MG really showed how lazy they are. Seriously...is Fortune Girl by MG from the same company that made Immortal and Thunderstruck. Even BDBA. Both these have lost the plot. 

 

Few shaking it up - Merkur/BTG and to a lesser extent Thunderkick are at least trying.

 

Been a bit of a year in which bonus lovers have taken a beating - bans on e-wallets, increases in wagering in bonus offers, more restricted games. Bonus bans. And there's the breaching of terms etc. Now getting to the stage whereby taking a bonus is a liability.

 

Had a poor start to the year and then went on runs - Pragmatic's 1000x for me wasn't a massive win but didnt think it was possible on the provider. 

 

Sadly more and more casinos are becoming less player focused - bit like bet365 and the Kindred group. 

 

Biggest game had been Bonanza - incites and excites in equal measure. This is a brutal game and not for the lighthearted - you need a big balance most of the time and be prepared to get butchered. But it's bonus is one of the few that still excites me.

 

Play n Go have really overtaken a lot of others. Viking Runecraft when you see the Lure of Loki make them all red hammers is a beauty to behold. 

 

Yes I have to agree this really has been Play'n GO's year. Even though I am no where near as big of a fan of their games as a lot of members here I'm sure this will come to me over time!

[ValDes]

Yes I have to agree this really has been Play'n GO's year. Even though I am no where near as big of a fan of their games as a lot of members here I'm sure this will come to me over time!

 

I dare to say their time is still to come actually and that 2018 has all the chances to be the Play'N Go year where they will come really really close in terms of popularity among players to Microgaming and NetEnt - the undisputed giants on the slots market over the last decade...

 

It's just that too many players, including me, who are already sick to death from been offered same concepts under different skins /MG/ OR ultra funny and innovate slots, but with mediocre to poor payout potential. The biggest problem with huge companies such as MG and NetEnt is that they are 100% B2B and thus, slowly but surely losing the 'real connection' with their end-users/customers - us, the players. And no customer likes that, guaranteed!  <_>

[pinnit2015]

I dare to say their time is still to come actually and that 2018 has all the chances to be the Play'N Go year where they will come really really close in terms of popularity among players to Microgaming and NetEnt - the undisputed giants on the slots market over the last decade...

 

It's just that too many players, including me, who are already sick to death from been offered same concepts under different skins /MG/ OR ultra funny and innovate slots, but with mediocre to poor payout potential. The biggest problem wit huge companies such as MG and NetEnt is that they are 100% B2B and thus, slowly but surely losing the 'real connection' with their end-users/customers - us, the players. And no customer likes that, guaranteed! 

And at the same time some casinos are losing their B2C ethos