Beat The House

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Casino Bonus Bagging is a genuine way to make low-risk gains out of on-line casinos - and gambling gains are tax-free. Below we give you all the resources you need to make £600 in 1 month. Keep going, doing other casinos and a variety of games, and £3k is achieveable in your first year.

Potential Annual Earnings

£3000 tax-free

Casino Bonus Bagging - What is it?

Most on-line casinos offer you a sign-up / welcome bonus: free cash if you wager through a certain amount of money with them. Below is our list of reputable casinos that offer generous bonuses and allow Blackjack for the wagering requirement. The advantage of Blackjack over other games is that if you play PERFECT Blackjack your mathematical disadvantage against the house becomes 49.77/50.23, i.e. virtually zero house edge. Good news: you CAN play perfect Blackjack every time thanks to our strategy charts which tell you what to do for every hand permutation (Want to see one now? Check out the strategy chart tabs here). Doesn't matter if you've never played Blackjack - have the chart open whilst you play and it will always tell you what to do. We provide a second tool: a Wager Tracker, which simply logs how far through the wagering requirement you are, so you know when you've done.

Let's take an example. Say casino offers a £50 bonus if you wager through £1300. This DOES NOT mean depositing £1300, nor risking £1300. A £50 deposit should suffice. Remember for each hand there is roughly a 50/50 chance of you winning. So if you bet £1 per hand and alternate between winning hands and losing hands, your balance will hover around the £50 that you deposited. Assuming an exact 50/50 split of winning and losing hands then after 1300 hands you will have won £650 and lost £650; you will have met the £1300 wagering requirement, your deposit of £50 will still be in tact, but the £50 bonus will have been added. You've made £50 profit. Do this for each of the casinos listed below and you stand to walk away with a total bonus haul of around £1000 (and gambling gains are tax-free!). Playing through the casinos on workday evenings, and with a float of around £300 to play with, you can get through this list in a month. Once you've done this list, if bonus bagging is for you, then there are more casinos, offering varied bonuses for different games and different requirements, all of which can make this a steady on-going earner.

Now although the probability on each hand is roughly 50/50, as you play there will be variance and it is unlikely that you will finish a wagering requirement having won and lost exactly the same amount. There are many permutations of hands for you and the dealer so in the short term you will find your balance going up or down. The casino may go on a good run and win many hands in a row, causing your balance to drop, or you may get a lucky streak and go significantly into profit even without a bonus. To help limit this variance the smaller the bet size you make the better. That's because for, say, a £5000 wager through requirement, 5000 hands at £1 bet per time will allow the variance to even itself out much more than 50 hands of £100. Getting through the Sky Vegas £1300 wagering requirement on £1 bets per hand will take around 3 hours. When completing the casinos with larger wagering requirements you may wish to play with £2, £3 or £5 hands. Don't exceed £5 (or risk being at the mercy of variance), and whatever bet size you choose, stick to it for the duration of the casino in question.

Essentially, the longer you play and the more casinos you do, your results will even out so that you win roughly half the hands and lose half the hands, i.e no gain no loss. Clearly this would be no good if it weren't for the bonuses, but because the house has no advantage when you play perfect Blackjack you stand to walk away with the sum of these introductory bonuses (on average) for however many casinos you do. It is the addition of these introductory bonuses that gives YOU the mathematical advantage. Therefore the more casinos you do, the more profit you stand to make, but ONLY on these introductory offers. If you keep playing at a casino beyond the introductory offer then you no longer have a mathematical advantage.

But let's re-emphasise: there will be variance in the short term: good luck and bad luck. You can expect to make a net loss at 1 casino in 5. That means, you will lose all the bonus and dip into your own deposit too. You will watch in disbelief as your balance falls and falls. However, this will be offset by 4 wins, of which maybe 2 will be huge wins where the luck has really gone in your favour, and you watch in delight as hand-after-hand you whip the automated dealer's ass. If you are really unlucky, that 1 in 5 casino where you make a loss could be your first casino. If this happens do not panic and do not give up. Remember the maths are in your favour and the profits are guaranteed if you keep going.

NB: We recommend completing the casinos in the order that we have listed them: a couple of smaller ones to ease you into it, then the more straight forward big ones. To complete this list in a month on top of work or kids, we recommend playing at £1 bets for those casinos with a wager requirement of £1300 or less, at £5 bets for casinos with a wager requirement of £5000 or more, and at £2 or £3 bets for those inbetween. That way each casino should only take 3-5 hours and your rate of pay should be over £30 per hour. We also recommend starting with a float of £300 if possible, so that you can deposit at the next casino whilst waiting to withdraw from the previous, otherwise you will be slowed down by the banking system.

*Update 20/12/07: Betdirect Casino removed as Blackjack no longer allowed*

*Update 2/1/08: Bet365 no longer allow Blackjack Surrender or Blackjack Switch for the promotion - spreadsheet amended to Blackjack Single Player*

*Update 2/1/08: GetMintedMax no more*

*Update 4/2/08: Victor Chandler no longer allow Blackjack Single Deck for the promotion - spreadsheet amended to European Blackjack*

*Update 25/2/08: Sky Vegas WR increased to £8000 for same bonus*

*Update 23/4/08: Sky Vegas reduced welcome offer to £50 for £1250 wagering*

*Update 01/5/08: Victor Chandler reduced welcome bonus to £100 from £200*

*Update 20/06/08: Golden Palace removed as no longer allow Blackjack*

*Update 30/6/08: Eurobet monthly offer added*

*Update 17/9/08: Sky Vegas removed - Blackjack no longer allowed*

*Update 3/10/09: Littlewoods welcome bonus changed from £50 to £100*

	Casino and Link	Player	Bonus	Deposit	Wager Requirement
1	Littlewoods	You	£100	£200	£1150
2	Victor Chandler	You	£100	Any	£2500
3	Bet365	You	£100	£100	£2400
4	888.com	You	£100	£200	£4000
5	Ladbrokes	You	£100	£100	£800
6	Victor Chandler	Your partner	£100	Any	£2500
7	Littlewoods	You - monthly	£25	£25	£625
8	Eurobet	You - monthly	£25	£25	£625
		Total bonuses:	£650

FAQS

What's the catch?

There isn't one. Casinos are competing for business so need to offer some kind of bonus or incentive to get you to join up. Most players will sign up and play oblivious to strategy charts and wagering trackers and will get sucked in to chasing losses - making these deals profitable for the casinos.

Is this legal?

Yes. Using strategy charts and wager trackers is perfectly legal, and on-line casinos know they have customers who do this and are only interested in extracting the bonus. So long as they are getting enough non-bagging punters signing up to give them tidy profits they will keep these offers out there. All casino terms and conditions say something to the effect of no bonus abusers and 'recreational' gamblers only. They may possibly invoke this to close your account if you explicitly told them that you were here to bag the bonus and were using a chart and tracker to help you do that. So if you do have contact with them, just act like a regular punter here to try his or her luck.

This sounds like a gambling system - is it a con?

Gambling systems are a con. They usually some variant on doubling your bet size after each loss. The stats prove these don't work. The only one that does work is card counting, but in an on-line casino the deck is shuffled after every hand so card counting is redundant. This bonus bagging system does not kid you that you can beat the house advantage on-line, it just reduces it to the absolute minimum, letting you walk away with the casino's free bonus credit, which is a credit just like those offered by banks tempting you to open a current account with them. For evidence that bonus bagging works, visit the FundMyDegree forum.

How do I know that playing against a computerised casino isn't fixed in the casino's favour?

Online casinos are rigourously independently audited, and any foul play by the casino would be catastrophic for the casino's reputation. There are some dodgy casinos out there, but we only direct you to the bigger named trustworthy companies.

Can I do the casinos more than once? Or can my partner do them?

You cannot do casinos yourself more than once with exeption of Sky Vegas who allow two accounts for two different registered cards. The other casinos are strict about this, verifying your identity by name, address, card details or IP address. And some casinos only allow one account per household, meaning your partner cannot sign up too. The T&Cs will always make it clear.

If I go on a really lucky streak at a casino and am handsomely in profit before I've reached the bonus should I quit there and then?

No. Always no. Always complete the wagering requirement and then move on to the next casino, whatever is happening to you. You will get lucky streaks and also unlucky streaks. But remember that over the long term the maths is in your favour. Just administer the system and don't stray.

If I have been on a really lengthy bad run at a casino, should I increase my bet size as surely my luck will change and I can bounce back quicker?

Again, no and always no. Probability has no memory. It doesn't matter what's gone on before, the odds at each new hand are the same. You will have a lucky streak, but it may not be until the next casino. If you increase your bet size and your back luck continues, you will be tempted to increase it even further. Your luck may still not change. As soon as you start to stray from just administering the system you are getting into gambling. Don't do it.

Might I get addicted?

If you find yourself addicted to casino bonus bagging then that's no bad thing - you're on a sure route to handsome profits. However, if you find yourself unable to resist straying from the system and slipping into gambling and resultant losses then don't continue. This would include playing on after you have completed the wagering requirement convinced your luck must be about to change, or increasing your bet sizes as you attempt to second guess what's about to happen, or overruling the strategy chart.

Blackjack rules and the aim of the game

You are dealt two cards and are then offered the opportunity to take more. You are trying to get nearer to 21 than the dealer but without exceeding 21 (bust). Cards 2 through 10 are worth their face value, and face cards (jack, queen, king) are also worth 10. An ace's value is 11 unless this would cause the player to bust, in which case it is worth 1. A hand in which an ace's value is counted as 11 is called a soft hand, because it cannot be busted if the player draws another card. If both you and the dealer have the same point value, it is called a "push", and neither player nor dealer wins the hand.

You begin by placing a bet on the table, then receive your two cards. The dealer is dealt one face up and one face down card. The player always goes first and has the option of hitting, standing, splitting or doubling.

Hit: Take another card.
Stand: Take no more cards.
Double down: Double the wager, take exactly one more card, and then stand.
Split: Double the wager and have each card be the first card in a new hand. This option is available only when both cards have the same value.

Sometimes there may be one more additional option:
Surrender: Forfeit half the bet and give up the hand. Surrender is not offered at most casinos.
Insurance is offered when the dealer is showing an Ace. This is only worth taking if you are card counting, which you cannot do in an on-line casino. So ALWAYS decline insurance.

The dealer has to stand if they get a total of 17-21 and has to hit if they get less than this.

There are slight variants on these rules depending on which version of Blackjack you are playing. Therefore there are several different strategy charts. We tell you which one to use. Just follow the chart - it's as simple as that.

A real example with screenshots...

Here's the reality, which will help your understanding. Screenshots of playing at William Hill (who have downgraded their bonus deals so they are no longer in the table - but these shots are applicable for all the casinos), with strategy charts and wager tracker, and step by step progress over a few hands: HERE!

NB: This file is quite large (8MB) so it will take about 10 minutes to download. We recommend you select Save rather than Open when you click on it, so that you can store it on your personal drive and reference it when you need it.

OK, Get Me Started!

1. Download the Wager Tracker (see below).

2. Save this spreadsheet to your personal drive.

3. Choose your casino from the spreadsheet and sign up through the link.

4. Double check the casino's bonus terms and conditions to ensure they match the spreadsheet.

5. Deposit at the casino (using a debit card to avoid credit card charges), download the gaming software if applicable, and select the relevant Blackjack game until the table and dealer are shown.

6. Enter your deposit date and amount on the spreadsheet.

7. Move to the appropriate strategy chart tab on the spreadsheet and decrease the Excel screen size until it is the size of the chart.

8. Open the wager tracker and input the start balance and Wager Requirement.

9. Arrange the 3 screens: the casino, the strategy chart and the wager tracker as best you can, ideally so you can see all three at once.

10. Complete the wagering requirement (go over a few hands to be sure).

11. Enter your final balance and profit/loss on the spreadsheet and date of withdrawal.

12. Move on to the next casino.

The Make2000in1Month Spreadsheet

Open up our spreadsheet and save to your personal drive. On the summary tab is all the information you need for each casino, then on the remaining tabs are the strategy charts. This is how to read the summary page:

Casino sign up and link: click here to take you to the named casino

Player: typically you, but there are 3 at at the end that you can repeat in your partner's name, if applicable

Bonus Amount: The cash bonus on offer to you

Deposit Amount: What the casino requires you to deposit, to get the bonus (or maximum bonus). You may occasionally need to top up your funds mid-play (if on a losing streak). If so, just deposit and continue. ALWAYS continue to the wagering requirement, and ALWAYS stop there.

Wager Requirement: Sometimes you have to wager through a multiple of your deposit, sometimes a multiple of your bonus, sometimes both. If you are unclear, refer to the casino's promotion terms and conditions, or contact us.

Minimum Bet Size: The smallest bet the casino allows for each hand. We'd recommend doing the first two casinos and those with lower wagering requirements at £1 hands. Once you are familiar you may choose to up your speed by wagering at £2, £3 or £5 hands. Whatever you choose, stick to it for the duration of the wagering requirement.

How To Claim Your Bonus: self-explanatory

On-line play or software to be downloaded: On-line casinos are easy-access but tend to be slower. Download casinos take time to set up and consume computer memory but are quicker to play on. You can delete a casino's software once played.

Which Blackjack Game To Play: There are variants of the game of Blackjack, and our different strategy charts cover the ones you will encounter. Then there are options to play with other people or play multiple hands at one time. You don't want either of those: just you, with one hand at a time.

Which Strategy Chart To Use: Tells you which tab to go to to give you the perfect strategy for that particular casino's Blackjack variant.

Notes: Important extra details - read them!

Then there are 6 columns which contain unlocked cells for you to enter your records, such as the amount you deposited, your finishing balance at the casino, the date you withdrew etc.

The Stategy Charts

The spreadsheet contains 5 strategy charts on the remaining tabs.

The strategy charts are a matrix of all eventualities. When the cards have been dealt find your score down the left hand side and the dealer's face up card along the top. Where the row and column meet, this is what your action should be. These charts are based on hard maths and stats: NEVER overrule their recommendation, even when you find yourself hitting on 16.

The charts are roughly split into three sections - hard totals at the top, soft totals in the middle, and pairs at the bottom. Look out for getting pairs. Two 8s is a pair of 8s, not a hard 16, so you should be looking at the bottom of the chart along row "8,8" rather than further up along row "16".

As you play you will start to memorise what to do in which scenarios and this will help you speed up.

The Wager Tracker

To download the wager tracker click ***here*** and Open then once downloaded either your computer will automatically unzip the file or you will need to. Once done run Setup which will launch the install. Follow the instructions and install the application into the directory of your choice on your computer. Once installed you can run the application by locating it in Start Menu --> Programs.

Recap!

There are 3 tools:

1. The spreadsheet of information which doubles up as your record of casino bonus bagging.

2. Within that spreadsheet: the strategy charts, which make you the best Blackjack player in the world...

3. The wager tracker which allows you to maintain a log of progress against wagering requirement.

Then there is our step-by-step real guide with screenshots - see our Real Example section above.

That's all you need!

Re-read all the above then take the plunge with your first casino. We have ordered the casinos as we think you should tackle them: starting with 2 low wager/deposit/bonus casinos and leaving the more challenging ones until later. Once you've done one casino you'll see it is enjoyable, and simple to administer. Any questions, contact us. Once you have exhausted our list then you can go broader and deeper through this site, Beating Bonuses. You can make profits extracting casino bonuses from games other than Blackjack (though Blackjack has the best edge for the player) and you can make money from recurring monthly bonuses - see here (though sign up offers are the most generous). The principle is always the same: use the provided strategy guides to makes you play the game as perfectly as possible, reducing the house edge to the minimum so that the bonus on offer tips the maths in your favour, and with average luck you will make a profit.

Links

Website or Document	Description
WizardOfOdds	A complete guide to gambling strategy including blackjack charts. All free and on the side of the customer.

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