RNIA sitting in this chair trying to get my heart to slow down
I registered on the Roulette website (supercasino.com) and got a £10 bonus.
So far so good
So i've just been having another good look through the terms and conditions, and noticed a section about bonus cash gifts.
It works like this................
Join site - Get £10.
Now, if you credit your account (let's say £50) it means you have £50 in your cash deposite, and £10 in your bonus.
When you bet, it comes out of your cash.
When you win, it gets paid into your bonus account.
You can't withdraw money from your bonus account until you have met the "betting requirements" of the bonus.
I rang cunstomer service to see what these requirements are, and the guy told me that the requirements for the £10 are that we have to bet £990 within the next seven days
"A THOUSAND POUND?????????????????????? I asked, to which he replied that it was only £990 (that's almost funny
)
Initial reaction was panic
I told the guy there was no way I was playing that kind of money this early on (in the back of my mind I was cursing myself because i'd already clicked "agree" to the terms and conditions, so didn't really have a leg to stand on) and asked him to close the account.
He said OK to that (THANK GOD!) but then I thought that it would be OK to keep the account open as long as they took back the bonus so that should (when) we start to bet it will be with our own money, and there will be no obligations on how much we have to bet in what ammount of time.
We can just go at our own speed.
That's been done now, so I can calm down now
To be honest, thinking about it after the phone convo, over 50 games in a night at £20, that's £1000 laid, so it's not as bad as it seems.
But when you consider the original plan was to pay in £50 and get a £150 bonus, and a £10 bonus requires a thousand pound in bets in 7 days, what the hell would I be required to do for the £150 bonus?
So i'm just going to build the account out of my own pocket till there's £200 in it, then I can start.
The lesson - ALWAYS READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PEOPLE!