Can someone please explain to me why most “free spins” aren’t free anymore?
When I started playing online casinos, about 5 years ago, I was offered freebies on a regular base. Depending on the casino, I’d get free spins on a weekly or at least monthly base.
“Back then”, free spins actually were free. I’d get an email telling me free spins were waiting in my account. To claim the free spins, all I had to do was login and open the specified slot. It was as simple as that and I liked it a lot, made me feel I was a valued player.
A while ago I started noticing the free spins offers were changing, offers were sent out a lot less frequent than before and all of a sudden, free spins weren’t free anymore. Suddenly you had to qualify, meet certain requirements, in order to claim free spins?! In that regard the term “Free spins” seems like a “contradictio in terminis”.
When you are required to deliver (deposit, wager a certain amount) in order to be rewarded (free spins), the reward (free spins) by definition isn’t free.
This type of marketing / advertising should IMO be forbidden because it’s misleading.
For example a few days ago reading the subject of a couple of offers I received, I got excited.
Subjects:
"[Name], today is Friday 13th - claim your lucky 13 freespins"
And
"You get 10 free spins and a lottery ticket today"
<:-P Yes! I'm getting some free spins!
So I quickly opened the offers to read the details. My initial excitement went down the drain at the speed of light and instead I felt misled, tricked even.
"Subject: [Name], today is Friday 13th - claim your lucky 13 freespins
[…]
Claim your lucky 13 free spins
Our biggest jackpot at the moment is in Hall Of Gods. So let’s turn the number 13 to your advantage. Play for €13 in real money on Hall Of Gods today, Friday 13th, and we will give you 13 Free Spins for Hall Of Gods, which you can play over the weekend. Each free spin is worth €0.20. Whatever you win from your free spins is yours to keep and will be credited to your account as cash.
[…] ”
And
"Subject: You get 10 free spins and a lottery ticket today
[…]
Lady Luck gives you 10 Free Spins on Starburst when you deposit as little as €20 or more and use the bonus code CRAB16. Like that is not enough, you also get a lottery ticket to participate in the raffle to win a Lenovo IdeaTab A1000L 7" 8 GB Android tablet.
[…] "
I'd like to hear what you guys have to say about it.
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