Online bonus clearing, did I do it right?

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Why is the OP ignorant and stupid?

In my opinion he is not. I was pointing out that despite Rob Singer's assertion that "anybody who plays casino games at online casinos is dumb as a bag of rocks." that the OP made a nice profit. Sort of goes along with my thanking Rob for his worthless feedback

I and anyone else who uses common sense as their cornerstone in gambling, find it extremely hypocritical for any "AP" to give any kind of blessing at all to online casino play.

The AP gospel clearly identifies taking maximum advantage of any seemingly lucrative opportunity presented to them. They then fine tune this opportunity into expected value, and they play it. And as we've so unadulteratedly seen here, the aggregate amount of their play translates into "accumulated EV" (I call this phantom bucks) which they track as closely as the Clintons track Bill's herpes blisters.

So for ANY self-proclaimed AP to "take a calculated risk....aka, take a CHANCE" that "it'll all work out in the end" with foreign run online casinos, is the antithesis of sensible gambling. If there's the slightest chance that a game is rigged, that there's hanky panky going on with your account, or that you may not get paid when you request a withdrawal--and knowing that there is absolutely no recourse--then any "edge" you claim to be playing with needs to be seriously reduced or eliminated altogether. Period.

Epilogue: As difficult as this may be to read, accept or admit, people who resort to online gambling who live in the USA, and who use a bevy of excuses to justify why they do it, do indeed have a significant gambling problem. There is no other explanation.

I just briefly looked up info about the credibility of online gambling sites, and it isn't good. And don't keep tooting the "sacred" Bovada horn just because they've paid wizard's and other sites for their advertising. None of them are anywhere near as trustworthy as state-run casinos in the US. Any of these places can do whatever they want to their customers at any time and without notice....and there's zero you can do about any of it when they do. Stupid is not a strong enough word.

Rob, of course, is absolutely correct. His logic is unassailable. Playing online casinos is almost as bad as playing brick-and-mortar negative expectation games. And at least with the brick-and-mortar negative games, you don't have the added stress of wondering if you'll win or lose. You know, long term, you're gonna lose. That relieves the whole ambiguity thing, which can be very stressful. People using advantage play online can only guess whether they'll be paid, or whether they'll lose. Much better for the psyche and the wallet to play negative brick-and-mortar. It keeps life simple, organized, and predictable. Almost like driving I-40 in an RV.