Have you ever gone online and seen many users who consistently profit without betting big or chasing losses? It can make you wonder to yourself—what am I doing wrong? Am I really that unlucky?
Well, I am here to tell you: not necessarily. It isn’t a matter of you being unlucky or not, but what those profitable players are doing differently.
I am sure you have seen many different crypto casinos advertising their bonuses like candy for players. Many of these bonuses are welcome bonuses. Players are abusing these bonuses in various ways, but before we go into how they are getting away with this, we need to understand what bonus abuse is first.
What is bonus abuse?
As discussed previously, many bonuses are being abused—but what does this really mean? This is when a player exploits the promotions and bonuses that are offered by the casino operators for both gaming overall and gambling. When it comes to gambling, players will abuse the system created to reward newcomers and long-term play, and believe they are just being resourceful—not cheating.
This is usually done by the user using multi-accounts or VPNs to spoof the system into thinking they are different users. They are cheating the system by abusing what they believe to be the casino’s weak point, but in reality, it is what they are making into a weak point.
Casinos use these programs to help gain long-term players, but with the abuse they are losing funds tremendously, and it can and will lead to consequences for both the users who do and don’t abuse the system.
Types of abuse
Chip dumping: This is similar to the gaming term of win-trading, where players collaborate into one person losing on purpose in order for the other person to win, to then transfer the digital chips to one another.
Arbitrage betting: This is where users bet on all possible outcomes on multiple platforms to have the best chances of winning.
Multi-accounts: Using fake or slightly different personal information to create many accounts to get the most bonuses and profit possible.
Bonus hunting: Going onto a site, getting the easiest bonuses, and then moving onto another site to do the same. These abusers just look for the easy route and cause casinos to lose a lot financially.
While this can seem punishable, it is a grey area that users take advantage of by exploiting the terms and, in some cases, committing fraud to gain from these sites.
Why this affects everyone—not just the casinos
Since these casinos are losing out on a great deal, and others are seeing it as not fair by playing the game the right way, there are consequences that not only affect these abusive users but the “good guys” as well.
The casino will begin to set higher requirements and ultimately punish many of their users—not just the abusers.
The abusers have no emotional engagement, so this forces casinos to not make a profit from this, and they do not like this. So they are changing how the game works in order to stop this.
But why are crypto casinos the target now? Is it due to the undeniable and irreversible on-chain technology?
Crypto casinos are the target—what are they doing about it?
While this is common in any online market, abusers are now going after the rise of crypto casinos due to:
Crypto wallets conceal identity with pseudonymity
Quick creation of accounts with little to no friction
Low regulatory platforms
Aggressive bonus marketing
All of this gives abusers more of a chance at crypto casinos than any other type, and the platforms are taking notice. They are beginning to fight back in protest against the abuse, to save their system from ultimately failing the users who aren’t abusing.
Crypto casinos are beginning to crack down on KYC and wallet tracking to ensure there is no multi-accounting happening, as well as chip dumping. Casinos are trying their best at this, but it can be hard due to the thousands of users on their platform.
Casinos will also end up confiscating and canceling bonuses if they see a high influx of abuse from them. This ensures that they do not lose out on what could have been beneficial for both them and the players, but ends up being exploited.
Oh, and those strict wagering terms are also a direct result of this abuse. Not saying that they are the only reason, but this is one of the main reasons that crypto casinos have strict and tight wagering limits—so that abusers have less of a chance.
Conclusion
All in all, abuse is not only unfair to the casino, but to other users who are “playing the game” properly. At the end of the day, the house still wins, but in ways you may not think.
While bonuses are still being abused, this type of abuse takes discipline and tactics that many lack, resulting in them still losing and the casinos winning.
If this type of playstyle continues, the future of crypto gambling can look forward to: less available bonuses, tighter terms and conditions, and casinos becoming smarter and faster.