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Betfair bonus playthrough?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:01 pm
by GreatWonder
Was having a dull afternoon so signed up to Betfair, small deposit of £10 for (hoping) an hour or so's entertainment.

Got the 100% match bonus taking my available funds to £20 in the Casino. Played for an age and thought I'd just take my tenner back and leave it quits.

Left my bal. at £20 (fair enough the £10 match bonus might not be payed out). It's saying I have no funds available for withdrawal (or even transfer) - the £20 is now only available as playing funds.

I'm not that bothered but I didn't intend on losing a tenner. How do I go about getting my tenner back - they can keep their tenner I ain't fussed.

Spent ages checking the site (T&C's) etc. for the terms of the bonus but couldn't find anything.

Any BF regulars able to shed some light on this?

:?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:10 pm
by GreatWonder
Just found the information on their site.

I have to wager £300 in their 'main' casino in order to keep my whole £10 bonus! Wow, that's generosity for you!!

My balance ended up at it's original £20 though, £10 my deposit and £10 match amount = £20. But it's saying I can't have any of it.

:? :

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:20 pm
by harry 3
Bet £10 on red. If you lose STOP.
If you win keep betting until either

a) You have £10 balance or
b) You have wagered £300


ps Read the rules before signing up to any bonus schemes. All the decent offers finished years ago.

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:26 pm
by GreatWonder
Continued on BJ, lost the £20. Will never visit site again.

I have played live BJ in a casino for years and years. Have never seen a dealer as lucky as BF. Pulling 21 upon 21 - mostly when I was standing on 20.

Of course, it's not fixed.

:wink:

It's NOT fixed...

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:18 pm
by davidpom
I won 4000 GPB one month off Betfair, on the Zero Blackjack game. I was playing mainly 5 - 15 GBP bets. Won some, lost some - seemed to me to be fairly similar to normal blackjack cycle play. I had a few very good runs which gave me the winnings above.

I don't think it's fixed.

http://beatthecasinos.blogspot.com

Re: It's NOT fixed...

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:13 pm
by ob
davidpom wrote:I won 4000 GPB one month off Betfair, on the Zero Blackjack game. I was playing mainly 5 - 15 GBP bets. Won some, lost some - seemed to me to be fairly similar to normal blackjack cycle play. I had a few very good runs which gave me the winnings above.

I don't think it's fixed.

[url]http://..blogspot.com[/url]
yeh I echo that, played £20K+ through it over my days, and £1.5Kup...

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:01 pm
by YoungKai
harry 3 wrote:Bet £10 on red. If you lose STOP.
If you win keep betting until either

a) You have £10 balance or
b) You have wagered £300


ps Read the rules before signing up to any bonus schemes. All the decent offers finished years ago.
for an even more risk free method just put £1 on red and £1 on black, spin, then rinse and repeat till you've cycled through £300.

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:56 pm
by ROSSKEEN
Same thing happened to me.

Play the games on demo sometimes if im bored. Working late one night I stuck a tenner in and got it up to £40. Common sense dictated they were never going to give me the 'free' money but I did expect to be able to remove my own cash.

Couldnt and ended up twatting the whole lot away. Never again.

Didnt even know I was going to get a bonus, and I wished it hadnt bothered.