[BusterStacks]

Ok look, when empire gives you a bonus and you clear it at .5/1 or whatever, they lose money on that deal. Over time it becomes clear that you are only using your Empire account for these bonuses and thus are costing them money over time.

Now, you are trying to have claim to your bonuses on a technicality, but you fail to understand that the bonus only exists in the first place as a loss-leader. It's there to encourage further play. When you can reasonably assume that a player does not intend to continue playing beyond the bonus, the smart thing to do is not allow him to play there.

It's like car stereo stores that give away a pair of speakers to you just for coming in. If you did that every time and never bought anything, eventually they would stop offering that deal to you and possibly not let you even come in. As well they should.