Online blackjack bonuses.

I've heard the phrase "milking bonuses" a few times. I was just wondering if that was playing basic strategy until you earn the bonus and withdraw your money. The idea being the bonus will exceed the negative EV.

Also, I was wondering if there is a list of online casinos with good deposit bonuses. And do the rules allow you withdraw all your money as soon as you have cleared your bonus?

ScottH said:

I've heard the phrase "milking bonuses" a few times. I was just wondering if that was playing basic strategy until you earn the bonus and withdraw your money. The idea being the bonus will exceed the negative EV.

Also, I was wondering if there is a list of online casinos with good deposit bonuses. And do the rules allow you withdraw all your money as soon as you have cleared your bonus?

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This link will get you going:
http://www.bonusbug.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=casino;action=display;num=1109632125 (Archive copy)
And basically yes, you can withdraw once you hit the WR (withdrawal requirement).

Gregory said:

This link will get you going:
http://www.bonusbug.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=casino;action=display;num=1109632125 (Archive copy)
And basically yes, you can withdraw once you hit the WR (withdrawal requirement).

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That's what I was looking for, thanks!

ScottH said:

That's what I was looking for, thanks!

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You're welcome. Drop us a note over in the Online Casino forum on your exploits.
ScurvyDog hasn't updated that thread in a while now, so a few of the bonuses have changed. Most notable are the changes at Super Vegas Casino and Omni. Super Vegas Casino no longer does the $50 bonus after wagering $100 but instead has an alternate program and as of January 1 Omni only gives 20% value for blackjack to satisfy the WR. Bottom line is always read the terms and conditions carefully before you make a deposit.
Note that ScurvyDog wrote his online tutorial before Bet365 opened for business. If you're going to do the bonus milking, add Bet365 to your list. They offer a 100% match of up to $200.00 with a WR of 4000 and they pay out fast on wins.
Like ScurvyDog, I would encourage you to play both Starluck and Planetluck first.
Another site worth for a look for bonus stuff is here:
http://www.blackjackforumonline.com/BestInternetCasinos.htm#best_internet_casino_blackjack
Good luck.

Gregory said:

You're welcome. Drop us a note over in the Online Casino forum on your exploits.
ScurvyDog hasn't updated that thread in a while now, so a few of the bonuses have changed. Most notable are the changes at Super Vegas Casino and Omni. Super Vegas Casino no longer does the $50 bonus after wagering $100 but instead has an alternate program and as of January 1 Omni only gives 20% value for blackjack to satisfy the WR. Bottom line is always read the terms and conditions carefully before you make a deposit.
Note that ScurvyDog wrote his online tutorial before Bet365 opened for business. If you're going to do the bonus milking, add Bet365 to your list. They offer a 100% match of up to $200.00 with a WR of 4000 and they pay out fast on wins.
Like ScurvyDog, I would encourage you to play both Starluck and Planetluck first.
Another site worth for a look for bonus stuff is here:
http://www.blackjackforumonline.com/BestInternetCasinos.htm#best_internet_casino_blackjack
Good luck.

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Gregory, is Omni the only one to cross off the list? I had thought that the list might be outdated. And now that you said that... I was going to use that list eventually and try to make some money with these bonuses. Has a better more up to date list come around since?

TimeKeeper said:

Gregory, is Omni the only one to cross off the list? I had thought that the list might be outdated. And now that you said that... I was going to use that list eventually and try to make some money with these bonuses. Has a better more up to date list come around since?

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I haven't seen an updated list put out by ScurvyDog since that same one that I reference everyone to. There are some changes, but I think I have covered them already:

Omni still has the same withdrawal requirement, but wagers made with blackjack will only be valued at 20%. So in effect for blackjack players the WR is now five times more. That effectively makes it non-profitable except for recreation play.

Super Vegas Casino is still profitable, but the bonus program is much changed from ScurvyDog's list. They now offer a bonus of $30.00 for deposits up to $100 and 25% bonus for deposits between $100.00 to $400.00. So to get the maximum bonus of $100.00 you'll need to deposit $400.00. On a bright note they do pay out very fast (in a matter of hours) and they are a rock solid company.

VIP Casino is now a maximum of $50.00 bonus instead of $90.00. Still profitable thanks to a low WR and they have a monthly cashable bonus.

InterCasino went to a $100.00 bonus instead of $90.00 (wow, one that actually improved) that is cashable and monthly.

BeTheDealer is horrendous with a withdrawal requirement of 22 x deposit plus 22 x bonus. LOL. That makes for ... 200 x 22 + 200 x 22 = $8800.00 WR. Ouch. Recreation players only need apply.

I'll try to put together a nice comprehensive list over at the Blackjack - Online Casino forum that will update ScurvyDog's list.

Anyone try this site ? http://casino.wildjack.com/sbonus.html

you get 100% bonus for up to $100 (initial deposit)

The WR is 12X (bonus+deposit) so if you deposited $100 it would be a $2400 WR, but here's the good part-other than fact it's 8 deck:

It has best rules you could ask for, stand on soft 17, surrender

The icing on the cake is it has an AUTO play button that plays perfect basic strategy for you , it will play up to 500 hands for you at super speed before it will stop playing (about 600$ in wagering) then you have to restart it. (If it would play about 2000 hands you could just take a nap and wake up after your WR has been reached)

One more thing, it has a decent record of wages so you don't have to record how much you've waged yourself, definitely the best site

FrankieT said:

The icing on the cake is it has an AUTO play button that plays perfect basic strategy for you , it will play up to 500 hands for you at super speed before it will stop playing (about 600$ in wagering) then you have to restart it. (If it would play about 2000 hands you could just take a nap and wake up after your WR has been reached)

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An "autoplay" button is perfect for collecting bonuses. I think I am going to try this casino out. You can win money with hardly any effort at all.

Make sure you read the T&Cs very carefully for that Wild Jack casino:

This offer excludes play on any forms of Casino War, Craps, Blackjack, Multi-Hand Blackjack, Sic-Bo, Baccarat and Roulette tables. Wagers placed on these games will not be deemed as fulfilling the promotion's minimum wager requirement.

I suppose you could have it autoplay slot spins for you.

nope, I played blackjack on this site , started with $100 + another $100 from the bonus, played the whole $2400 wage requirement playing blackjack, did it real super fast using the auto play, and cashed out with about $389 ($289 profit, which was a real lucky score since,for most game, 65% of the time you end up with $45 to $135) I did all of this about 2 days ago. I withdrew the money after I met the WR with no problems at all.



.... Wow I just noticed that your right, it says in the disclaimer the WR doesn't work with BLACKJACK and multiplayer BLACKJACK, they must have changed it within the last 2 days or they made a booboo in letting me withdraw the money, I made the withdrawel for the full $389 (I only played blackjack so no other way the WR could have been met) and the money is in my bank account now. Maybe they changed it because of my lucky score, who knows hahaha.

Heh, you got lucky and slipped it past them. Good job. While I'm tempted to see if I can get it past them also (the autoplay would be a damn nice way to chew through a WR) I don't have much faith in them making the same mistake multiple times.

Actually, you can still play blackjack, but the WR is 25 times the bonus + deposit. I am going to see if I can withdraw after 12 times like wizard did, but it still seems profitable with 25 times becuase of the "autoplay" feature cuts down on the time factor.

FrankieT said:

Anyone try this site ? http://casino.wildjack.com/sbonus.html

you get 100% bonus for up to $100 (initial deposit)

The WR is 12X (bonus+deposit) so if you deposited $100 it would be a $2400 WR, but here's the good part-other than fact it's 8 deck:

It has best rules you could ask for, stand on soft 17, surrender

The icing on the cake is it has an AUTO play button that plays perfect basic strategy for you , it will play up to 500 hands for you at super speed before it will stop playing (about 600$ in wagering) then you have to restart it. (If it would play about 2000 hands you could just take a nap and wake up after your WR has been reached)

One more thing, it has a decent record of wages so you don't have to record how much you've waged yourself, definitely the best site

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Which one of the blackjack games they offer has the lowest house advantage?

I just made my deposit and I'm waiting for my bonus to be deposited, I'll let everyone know how it goes.

I played atlantic city blackjack to get through the wagering requirement and nothing but that.


( the rules are spectacular , surrender and dealer stands on soft 17)

Maybe in the disclaimer when it says you can't play blackjack to meet the WR it just means the other two types of blackjack, not the atlantic city which is the one I played..

...but wait a second it says "Any form of blackjack", so it doesn't make sense that you can fulfill the WR playing atlantic city blackjack

FrankieT said:

I played atlantic city blackjack to get through the wagering requirement and nothing but that.


( the rules are spectacular , surrender and dealer stands on soft 17)

Maybe in the disclaimer when it says you can't play blackjack to meet the WR it just means the other two types of blackjack, not the atlantic city which is the one I played..

...but wait a second it says "Any form of blackjack", so it doesn't make sense that you can fulfill the WR playing atlantic city blackjack

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You said in an earlier post it's easy to check how much you've wagered, how do you do that? Also, how long after you deposited did you withdraw?

At Microgaming, including (Dead link: http://bh3.net/l.php/812) _Wild Jack_, the blackjack game with the lowest house edge is Vegas Strip blackjack.

It's 4 decks, S17, US hole card rule.

I made the 100 deposit, I got the welcome bonus of 100, a neteller deposit bonus of 25, and another 10 dollars bonus for depositing over 50 dollars. That's 235 dollars total. The autoplay is great, becuase I have already played about 1000 hands at 1 dollar, and 500 hands at 2 dollars. You can play up to 1500 hands per hour with it at its fastest speed. I'm just going to wait and see where I am at as far as wagers before I continue. My bankroll is at 239.50 so I am actually up 4.50 from where I started, which is great.

Tell me which kind of blackjack you are playing and if you surpass the WR playing it does it give you the bonus money they gave you and your deposit back? You might be able to only meet the Wage Requirement with the Atlantic City blackjack which is the one I burned through the WR with about 4 to 5 days ago, and it says on the web page that you can't meet WR with all forms of blackjack.

I would play the Atlantic City blackjack, since I know for a fact that I burned through the WR playing that specific one about 5 days ago...maybe it won't let you burn through the WR playing the las vegas strip (plus the casino has only +.01% more of an advantage in the Las Vegas Strip BJ compared to the atlantic city BJ because Atlantic City gives you surrender).

Either way please tell me which game you played and if it let you burn through the WR playing that game. If you find out that it lets you burn through the WR playing the Las Vegas Strip rules, than yeah i'd definitely play that one.

There should be a history button that shows how much you wagered during each of your sessions...