Income from bonus whoring? - anyone do this full time?(not from poker)

[snowbank]

I've never done any bonus whoring, but was considering trying it out. Anyone making full time type income from this? What's the income potential bonus whoring?

I'm not looking to start out bonus whoring for $25 here and there. I have some bankroll to work with from poker. I hear you can make a lot of money with the right bonuses, so I'm hoping to get some insight from people who have experience. I have no idea what the profit potential is though. $50 per hour? $100 per hour? $200 per hour?

I'd appreciate any insights.

Thanks

[nebben]

Assuming breakeven play, the most generous bonuses usually give you a per/100 increase of like 5 bucks. (see bonus whores&gt

[aargh57]

I'm not a full time bonus whore although I have cleared about 3-4k whoring. I don't see how you could whore for $50+ per hour as the best per table hour bonuses are in the $15-20 limits at $3/6 and below and those will run out soon. Let's say that you whore $3/6 for 4 tables (note that's not possible on all sites so you won't be able to do 4). Then a good whore rate would be 4 * $8.00 = $32.00. I'm just kind of guessing here but I would doubt you'd be able to do much more than that. In addition, you won't always be able to find that many games at the good whore sites (the low volume at the sites are usually why they have good bonuses). Above $3/6 you're going to be better off with rakebacks.

However, you're turning down lots of free money by not whoring if you don't do it. If you add even a minimal winning bb/100 to whoring you could make your $50/hour.

[snowbank]

I forgot to mention I'm not talking about poker bonuses. I'm talking about any casino bonuses in general.(blackjack, video poker, etc...) I've heard some people who have made a LOT of money over a short period of time when there are good bonuses going on.

There's about $3-5k worth of low-hanging casino fruit. After that you need to rely more on reloads, sketchier sites, and bigger WRs. I imagine if you don't mind a lot of variance, you could get $50/hour for $20k or so. Stankier whores than I could add more...

[Lurker4]

try PMing TheMetetron, IIRC he is experienced in high per hour rate casino whoring, although w/high variance.

[snowbank]

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try PMing TheMetetron, IIRC he is experienced in high per hour rate casino whoring, although w/high variance.

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I'll do that, thanks.

Bill

[TheMetetron]

I got a PM to reply to this.

I never did it full time, but I've probably made as much as anyone else doing this. It's been a long time since I had less than $4,000 a month in bonuses (and I don't do poker bonuses as I play too high to chase them).

I have a huge roll and do $50+ bets. My hourly rate whoring is easily $200/hr, about the same as my poker hourly rate.

I wouldn't do it for a living (I can't whore for more than 30 hours or so a month, there just aren't enough bonuses), but it is a wonderful supplement.

You are going to have to search out bonuses yourself, though. The really good ones aren't listed anywhere.

I'm looking to update my site tomorrow with a ton of new bonuses, I'll try and post some good ones here.

[HesseJam]

Key to the casino bonuses:

- You have to have a huge roll
- You have to have high risk tolerance
- You have to have good analytical skills to calculate the EV of the bonuses (you should not rely blindly on the first best analysis of others).
- You need to be very diligent (read all the T/Cs)
- You need nerves of steel because sometimes it seems the sites do not let you withdraw the money and ask for additional information, do not respond to the first mail, take 3 weeks until they send you the money, misinterpret theit own T/Cs, etc., etc.
- Honesty about all your personal info (name, address, birth date) pays in the long run. Gnoming is done by some successfully but I personally would lose my sleep over it. I guess, it needs a criminal mindset to to this.
- You need to be willing to spend a lot of time on internet research.
- And you need to plan your strategy beforehand AND STICK TO IT! If you are easily enticed to gambool under a -EV situation: STAY AWAY!

[otter]

Approximately what do you consider a huge roll; 250k?

Do you find that the same sites offer bonuses all the time or are there new ones popping up all the time? How do you know whether or not the site can be trusted?