Lol, you shouldn’t be taking this thread personal, it’s just a discussion.
What I meant to communicate is that a freebie offer CREATES bonus hunters. The newbie player testing the casino is looking for some sort of challenge, and beating the wagering requirements IS a challenge. Soon the same innocent player will look for more challenges – i.e. more freebies.
This is not an evil person who came to rob the casino, this is an innocent player who found something that adds a little ****e to the play.
People like goals they can achieve, and cashing out a bonus is such a goal.
Granted, there are players who are totally oblivious to the wagering requirements and thus don’t see a challenge in beating them, these then fall under the categories of feeling cheated when they can’t cash out what they thought they won, or who just redeposit anyway after playing the free money away.
That said, freebies are a proven method for building a playerbase for a new casino. No argument there either. You almost have to offer them to get established. You need traffic.
Later in the game they become more of a choice. Bodog casino offers almost no bonuses at all and does fine for themselves. Gambling Wages are the opposite end of the spectrum, they do well for themselves also.
Anyway, I wasn’t really criticizing the bonus systems as introductory offers. I was trying to point out that there should be other ways to provide a challenge for people.
Even though in my observation freebies do make bonus hunters out of a certain percentage of new, innocent players, they are here to stay.
Personally, I don’t like offering them but have little alternative these days. G&C has been pretty free of bonus hunters over the years, sending fewer players with much higher value instead. I like it that way, no one complains and everybody is happy. :hattip:
Upcoming tournies are good news. They provide plenty of challenge and will do well for you. Unless they are too short, they need to last one or more days.