cleared a 10x bonus properly and got £150 out of £612

[vogafox]

that's the MaxBet.rs case and it's real, but "a fella you know" is doing some heavy lifting there paul

it did happen and the detail people should take from it is the one you mentioned second, not first. the terms didn't clearly define a maximum bet threshold at all. they applied a rule that wasn't written down, after the fact, on the largest balance in the account

 

[paul7388]

Friend of a friend. Same difference.

 

[DagaW]

everyone knows a fella

 

[helenakp]

which sites are actually doing decent offers now then? i've been shopping around since bet365 restricted me and everything i look at is either tiny or has a cap on it

 

[Downsman]

and whats a deadlock letter

 

[shadow123]

its the letter an operator sends when they've decided your complaint is finished and they're not moving. once you have one, or once eight weeks have passed, you can take it to the ADR body without their agreement

 

[shadow123]

@sufferinsilence for what its worth i don't think you have a case here. the cap was disclosed and you cleared under it.route exists for terms that were hiden or applied inconsistently, not for terms you didn't like

 

[sufferinsilence]

yeah i know. im not going to complain im just sick. four days of forty pence spins for a hundred quid profit. i could have picked up a shift

 

[nataly.k]

thats the honest maths of it though isn't it. once you work out the hours nobody would take that job

 

[bill_collins]

One correction to something up-thread, because it matters if anyone acts on it.
The five material terms now have to be visible at the point you claim, not buried behind a link. Wagering requirement, maximum bet while the bonus is live, eligible games and their weighting, the time window, and the maximum cashout. A generic "T&Cs apply" is no longer sufficient on a UK site.

So @wagerwinner, if that March offer only disclosed the weighting in clause 9 and not at the point of claim, that's arguably non-compliant. Worth going back to.

 

[wagerwinner]

oww didnt know dat. ill dig the emails out tonight

 

[BillThornes]

and thats why the bonuses shrank. all this compliance costs money and the money comes out of what they give us

 

[bill_collins]

The bonuses shrank because remote gaming duty went from 21% to 40% in April. Promotional spend is the first line anyone cuts when the tax on the margin nearly doubles. Disclosure rules cost a developer a fortnight.

 

[BillThornes]

both of them are the same government bill

 

[Steven93]

honestly this is why half my mates play offshore now. no cap no weighting no clause 9. before anyone starts i know what the tradeoff is. i'm just saying that 's what's happening

 

[vogafox]

no cap, no weighting, and no eight week deadline either. the whole of @sufferinsilence's problem here is that he got £150 he wasn't happy with. on an unlicensed site the version of this story ends with £0 and a support ticket

not saying don't. saying know which problem you're choosing

 

[ak47]

so is it worth taking a bonus at all now or nah

 

[Scott1baird]

so is it worth taking a bonus at all now or nah

depends what you play. slots yes probably, if the cap isn't daft. tables no
ik that's not much of an answer but its the honest one

 

[helenakp]

still nobody said which sites though