Unfair Promos - BBC Article

[pinnit2015]

There's an article on the BBC about the CMA telling 3 bookies that punters should be able to cash out when they want and not have to continue playing in order to release winnings. Not specifically about slots but similar - if you get a 10 quid matched bet on horse racing, having to wager that etc.

 

Specifically they reference 'trapping players' money - which is like your sticky bonus. That's always been a bone of contention.

 

I doubt it will mean that any bonus will be wager free! But it may put see an end to locking real and bonus money in terms of slots.

 

Guidance out later this year so will see the scope of it then. 

[ValDes]

Thanks for sharing mate.

 

Link to the article here. 

 

To be honest, cannot help considering all this just as some pretty undisguised attempt by the organization in question to make a cheap PR. 

[pinnit2015]

Had a wee think and read again...way it looks is that:

 

Leo Vegas Bonus - bonus and cash separate. You only start contributing to it when your cash is out? That's going to be ok

 

Royal Panda - many don't like this type. Can withdraw early, like Leo but only real cash contributes to the bonus wagering. I like this...but looks like it'll go

 

Front end bonus...whereby bonus and cash locked in. Like Unibets. That goes. I don't have a problem with that.

 

However....take the above Unibet type? Is is unfair? I MADE THE CHOICE to take them up on this. I made the choice that 'i'd give it a go'. So why is someone telling me that it's no longer allowed? Slippery slopes to nanny-ism. 

[pinnit2015]

And it's the same for the VIK's x2 max cash out. Should that be banned? After all i read the t's and c's and knew what i was signing up to...not like it was compulsory or I couldn't avoided it.

 

Had a wanted not to be caught by an unfair x2 max cash out, then here's a radical thought....DON'T TAKE IT!

[pinnit2015]

Sounding like my Dad and his spirit of the blitz talks 

[ValDes]

The bonus discussion could be literally endless I guess with so many casinos offering different bonus schemes, each one coming with different bonus terms audited by different regulators....

 

The bottom line is that there are certain let's call them ''factors'' within the industry who are slowly but surely mastering the bonus debate towards one and only long-term aim - online casino business without bonuses. Just think for a moment and try to determine how much more easier would be then for casinos, for regulators, for investors... 

 

Yeah, whatever, long live King Bonus!