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Originally Posted by
AxelWolf
For this, you probably have to go back and research the first couple of casinos online such as Casino-on-net. There were companies that offered various different casino packages for about 7k I have a feeling it was someone working for them in the marketing department who suggested the bonus scheme and once it proved successful they suggested it to other people who were starting online casinos, it caught on and become the standard. The first 100% match up to $500 I ever noticed was at Winward casino 1998-2000. They also had Full pay Deuces Wild.
Axel, recall that Winward used Parlay Entertainment software, so they actually had 104.8% deuces wild because the full house and the four of a kind returned 5 coins for a 1 coin bet, and the flush paid 3 coins for a 1 coin wager (Parlay thought that short paying the straight flush, wild royal flush and five of a kind would counteract this, but they didn't neuter the payback of those hands enough). Later, Parlay discovered the error because players were ass-raping casinos and bingo places that used this software (and casinos/bingos were complaining about it to Parlay I guess) and they changed it to the highly conventional 4-4-3 for the 4K-FH-FL, but didn't change the short pay on the higher hands noted above, so it went from super full pay to horrible. Of course Winward had a very bad reputation for non-payment as did Vic's Bingo which was owned by them. I think they owned a couple of other sites too, but I forgot their names because it's been so many years now.
At that time, I had only played 1 or 2 online casinos prior, so my online experience was limited and I was skeptical.
I'm 100% confidant it was the 100.7 version of the game at Winward when I played I dont remember the exact year but it had to be the soon after they started up. I absolutely crushed the game. I turned $500 into 10's of thousands in a short period of time playing short sessions here and there, usually after getting home from Vegas casinos over a month or so, It was like I couldn't lose when I played, I ran like God as if it was gaffed in my favor. I have no idea why I didn't make any intermittent cash-outs. I think it's possible someone told me they had received large cash outs. I may have not thought to ask if they were big winners or not.
Unfortunately, they also had a +EV blackjack game I dabbled with smaller bets. I was doing well playing small bets, so I figured it was legit. I ramped up to higher limits and I lost my ass. I believe it may have been gaffed on bigger bets. I remember that being one of the most emotional downswings I have ever had. I don't think I left my house for 2 days after that. Even though it was money I had won from Winward, there's no such thing as house money, it's my money. It wasn't just the fact that I lost so much back, it was the fact that I allowed myself to continue playing knowing there was a possibility I was being cheated. knowing there was a chance they wouldn't have paid me so much anyways helped soften the blow.