Originally posted on 05/29/2013:

Quote Originally Posted by touchback View Post
It has now been proven beyond a doubt that the big bonus deposit model is absolutely unsustainable, dilutes the depositing marketing, turns recreational losers into winners and eventually breaks the back of any shop that insists on doing it. SO why is it not only continuing to happen considering all the bonus shops that have gone belly up in the last five years and now I get to hear about a 300% deposit bonus. Seriously, anyone have any feedback on this ongoing nightmare which always leads to customers getting screwed...
The key to all this is "recreational bettor."

There's no difference as to the percentage of winners of non-bonus players and bonus players. Books don't care it you take a bonus or not initially but will limit certain players from the 100% bonuses (of large bonuses) if they aren't "recreational players."

I am sure you have read many Threads/Posts where guys are not able to receive bonuses at the books they play at anymore. That should tell you something. True recreational player's won't be posting about not getting offered huge bonuses.

Larger bettors and non recreational bettors rarely take bonuses.