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blackjack table min went from $5 to $25 right after i joined with bonus balance

I was playing blackjack online last night, trying to clear a bonus, table was steady at a $5 minimum which was exactly what I needed. Ten minutes in, right after I win a hand, the table minimum jumps to $25 out of nowhere. I double checked the lobby and all the other tables switched up too, so it wasn’t just some weird glitch on one table. Super frustrating since $25 a hand is not my pace for bonus play at all.

Is this something casinos can just do whenever? I always thought they’d lock the min when a session starts, at least until a dealer change or something. It feels like they’re targeting bonus grinders or people trying to run a strategy. I ended up cashing out most of the bonus because I didn’t want to eat variance at those stakes. Anybody else have this happen or is this just the new normal online?

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$25 mid-session is annoying, sure, but roulette tables do that crap too.

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8326 replies

Yeah, they can bump mins whenever. I had a live dealer table go $10 to $50 mid-run during a promo window, same cheap bonus-clearing block.

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929

$10 to $50 is sooo NetBet-coded.

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7763 replies

nah and bet365 forced bonus crap makes it worse lmao

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4,948

Bet365 again, did they swap table IDs?

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3,732

It’s not even just the forced bonus thing, the part that annoys me is they treat your bankroll like it’s infinite once you’re seated lol. I’ve seen books do the same on live same-game parlays, a line sits for 8 mins then gets juiced 12 cents the second people pile in, same energy 😒

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8154 replies

Yep, online lol BAD

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6,960

Nah, live dealer pulls this crap too.

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7681 reply

nah, "online" isn't even the part for me, that $25 jump is the tell. slots do the same bonus-killing switcheroo, boring as hell!!!

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374

$25 for bonus play is rotten

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yep lolll saw that on roulette too

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1,930

$25 live dealer min with bonus money? That's the whole scam.

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