Online Casino Bankroll Blog - page 6

Desert Dollar - details

19th May 2007
After my success at the last 2 MicroGaming Casinos I decided to give Desert Dollar a run and deposited $60 to claim the 150% of $90 giving me a total of $150. Again like at Vegas Palms I went straight to Blackjack and started wagering $30 a hand, I was in a very positive mind set after winning the first 3 hands giving me a total of $240 but that's when things turned grey and I lost the next 6 hands straight then managed to sit around $60 for 5 or six hands before busting out. -$60.

Vegas Palms - details

18th May 2007
Vegas Palms offer US players a 400% bonus but since I am in Australia I was able to claim a 200% of $100 from a $50 deposit giving me $150 to play with. I went straight into Atlantic City Blackjack wagering 1 hand of $30 and after wagering around $500 I managed to hit my goal of $350, giving me a cashable balance of $250 and a bonus balance of $100. I then decided to hit the American Roulette to see if I could clear some of the bonus because it counts towards 75% on the dollar wagered.

The Clearplay bonus system which all the MicroGaming casinos use clears $10 of bonus after every $300 wagered and after wagering $1200 (1200x.75 = 900) on American Roulette I had cleared $30 of the bonus and had a total balance of $370. An easy way to see your account status is to click on the bank button then withdraw, the next screen details how much you can withdraw and how close you are to clearing the next $10, here is what mine looked like before cashing out $300 for a +$250 profit.

Your Balance Summary:
   Cash Balance : (USD) 300.00
+ Bonus Balance : (USD) 70.00
= Total Balance : (USD) 370.00
Your Cash Balance available for withdrawal is: (USD) 300.00

• Your BONUS BALANCE may not be withdrawn.
• As you meet the playthrough requirements, credits will automatically be transferred from your BONUS BALANCE to your CASH BALANCE.

Current Playthrough Achieved: (USD) 3.50

River Belle Online Casino - details

15th May 2007
River Belle Casino has a new promotion where you spin a bonus wheel and get a bonus of 50, 100, 150 or 200 that is credited after a deposit of $50. Don’t worry if you don’t hit 200 of the 3 spins that you get I didn’t and just reloaded the page and tried again. Once you hit the 200 bonus download the software and register a new account make sure you click on the claim button and then deposit at least $50, the bonus $200 will then be credited to your account within 24 hours.

So after that I had $250 in my account ($50 cashable, $200 bonus). I proceeded to play blackjack at $50 a hand and managed to make it to $425 ($225 cashable, $200 bonus) after a scare almost busting out on my last $50. Blackjack really doesn’t do much to clear the bonus at River Belle Casino only counted at 10% on the dollar so I decided to give European Roulette a go at it clears at 67%.

The good thing about the River Belle bonus system is that after every $300 wagered $10 is cleared and moved from bonus to cashable. I had good luck at Roulette and managed to hit a fair few even money bets and one 36 to 1 and win another $205 giving me a total of $630 ($450 cashable, $180 bonus). I then decided to cut and run giving me a total of a very handsome $400 profit.

Imperial Casino - details

29th April 2007
Now this 100% up to $200 bonus is very interesting, it's a non cashable bonus with a comparably good wagering requirement (15 times bonus & deposit) but has several advantages. The first advantage is that once the wagering requirements have been cleared the bonus stays even after you withdraw. The second is that at any time you drop below the bonus amount anything you win back is counted as cashable, so you could drop to $50 make it back to $400 and then withdraw $350. I had great luck then very poor, with a high of $600 and a low of $300 when I cashed out $100 leaving me with $200 to play with. My luck did not change and even though I had several chances to withdraw $50 or so I didn’t and lost the lot playing low limited blackjack.

All Jackpots Casino - details

27th April 2007
All Jackpots, these guys offer a huge 400% bonus and played properly can give a great return. I played this bonus like a sticky bonus even though it is cashable it has very large clearing requirements for my game of choice blackjack but is very doable if you prefer Roulette with only 30 times the bonus play through. Here is how I went, I deposited $50 and was granted the 400% bonus after 2 hours. My plan was to double what I had to make a total of $500 of which $200 would be bonus money and not cashable, $300 would be, leaving me with $250 profit. I played blackjack with a large bet of $125 and managed to win the first hand, this is when I hit a serious down turn of luck and the dealer managed to get 2 blackjacks and a 3 card 21 against my 20 on the last hand. Things did not turn out as planed but the offer is really too good to miss with almost even odds that you will lose $50 or gain $250.