Poll: Are faucets actually good for Casinos? - page 2.

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Quote from: Altcoin4life on May 09, 2015, 03:49:26 PM

Just like the poll says, if you want to explain your vote please do but leave out site endorsements.

I find it hard to make a vote, I chose both good and bad because no options I felt fitted. Faucets are good for newbies to learn about bitcoin and how it works without risking nothing but time in the process. Faucets on gambling sites I think are a waste of time for both the site and the user it doesn't benefit anyone imho. Dadice does have a half decent faucet where you level up but still a waste of time.

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Faucets are very good for any site in my opinion.Faucets give everyone easy access to test the betting system of any site.I personally do not deposit without having tested any site.Faucets should be used to test not to make money as some players abuse of it.

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Faucets are great for the casino because they draw newbies in and they often get hooked on gambling. It's offering something addictive for free. They usually end up betting their own money eventually and losing but even if they don't the casino is still attracting more hits to their website and players rarely win enough to cash out so its free or very cheap advertising at the end of the day.

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A built-in faucet can attract lots of players to your site, It may make the site looks popular, but most of the player will just play with the faucet.
IMHO, it is better to lower the house edge or offer some deposit bonus with rollover to attract the real gamblers.

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theres no point in free faucet on casinos, if people want to try it out the owner could just do the demo version, or freeplay with credits or something like that

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Quote from: Grand_Voyageur on May 10, 2015, 03:20:18 AM

Quote from: boopy265420 on May 10, 2015, 03:08:25 AM

I gave vote for option three but my complete answer will be here to be more clear. Instead of faucet there should be timely free rolls or no deposit bonuses for casino players.I will second as someone early said overall faucets not good for casinos.

+1. I picked Faucets do both good and bad for the industry. since while they offer a simple, free, way to test the workings of a dice site before putting into the said site real BTC; faucets are frequently misunderstood by players as a way to farm online casino for free money. I cannot see however any betterment with timely free rolls, or no deposit bonuses for casino players.

i also voted for Faucets do both good and bad for the industry. some freerolls or no deposit bonus is more better option than put faucet on regular basis, only few people dependent on faucet and use that great service just to farm it instead of playing there.

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Quote from: boopy265420 on May 10, 2015, 03:08:25 AM

I gave vote for option three but my complete answer will be here to be more clear. Instead of faucet there should be timely free rolls or no deposit bonuses for casino players.I will second as someone early said overall faucets not good for casinos.

+1. I picked Faucets do both good and bad for the industry. since while they offer a simple, free, way to test the workings of a dice site before putting into the said site real BTC; faucets are frequently misunderstood by players as a way to farm online casino for free money. I cannot see however any betterment with timely free rolls, or no deposit bonuses for casino players.

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i voted for yes i think faucet is good option for new users to test that service for free to make before deposit if they are satisfied and think that casino offering great services than surely will make deposit to play with big money.

boopy265420

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I gave vote for option three but my complete answer will be here to be more clear. Instead of faucet there should be timely free rolls or no deposit bonuses for casino players.I will second as someone early said overall faucets not good for casinos.

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If you need something to attract then faucet is the good option. With faucet , people will start betting and try to verify valid a bet before deposit the real money into the site. Faucet also increasing the site traffic

So it's good for both side ( the site owner and the bettor )

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Quote from: Altcoin4life on May 09, 2015, 11:43:31 PM

Quote from: PenguinFire on May 09, 2015, 09:54:02 PM

Quote from: unholycactus on May 09, 2015, 09:18:56 PM

I would strongly prefer deposit bonuses as the house. Faucets doesn't help you keep customers or create cash flow.

This. Plus people that use faucets to gamble are much more unlikely to actually deposit money and play.

These are my thoughts as well. I wonder if all the faucet supporters would be so supportive if a faucet was just play money vs. Bits of btc. Assuming they just want to try a site then they don't need actual money to do this.

My worry is faucets are creating a userbase of people just looking for hand outs vs. supporting the bitcoin casino economy and development.

very good point! play money is enough to test any game.

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A faucet or a giveaway is a good incentive to get new customers hooked. They try, lose it all or win some and then add funds from their wallets to enter and win back some more, only to lose it all in the end, it is a good strategy for the casinos to maintain a faucet or giveaway. Not so good for the gamblers, losing your money, be it of free will, is not good, being seduced by it might be a bit on the immoral side of life for me.

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Quote from: Altcoin4life on May 09, 2015, 11:43:31 PM

Quote from: PenguinFire on May 09, 2015, 09:54:02 PM

Quote from: unholycactus on May 09, 2015, 09:18:56 PM

I would strongly prefer deposit bonuses as the house. Faucets doesn't help you keep customers or create cash flow.

This. Plus people that use faucets to gamble are much more unlikely to actually deposit money and play.

These are my thoughts as well. I wonder if all the faucet supporters would be so supportive if a faucet was just play money vs. Bits of btc. Assuming they just want to try a site then they don't need actual money to do this.

My worry is faucets are creating a userbase of people just looking for hand outs vs. supporting the bitcoin casino economy and development.

Obviously there will be a group of people just looking for hand outs however the chances of reaching the payout limit is often times really low and the casino will not lose too much money overall from this

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Quote from: PenguinFire on May 09, 2015, 09:54:02 PM

Quote from: unholycactus on May 09, 2015, 09:18:56 PM

I would strongly prefer deposit bonuses as the house. Faucets doesn't help you keep customers or create cash flow.

This. Plus people that use faucets to gamble are much more unlikely to actually deposit money and play.

These are my thoughts as well. I wonder if all the faucet supporters would be so supportive if a faucet was just play money vs. Bits of btc. Assuming they just want to try a site then they don't need actual money to do this.

My worry is faucets are creating a userbase of people just looking for hand outs vs. supporting the bitcoin casino economy and development.

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Faucets are great for casinos!
They allow potential customers to get hooked up plus a person is very unlikely to win anything from a faucet since the odds always favor the house

bitbaby

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I think Faucets are good for Casinos. It lets people who have not played at a casino test it without depositing anything and basically it keeps good cheap traffic coming to a site, which you'll see that sites who don't have faucets do struggle for. I don't think a lot of people are able to make something out of faucet funds, so whatever they claim they end up giving it back by gambling with it.

And some sites like PD have faucets which gets increased as a player achieves a wagering requirement and it helps the site differentiate real players from freeloaders.

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Quote from: unholycactus on May 09, 2015, 09:18:56 PM

I would strongly prefer deposit bonuses as the house. Faucets doesn't help you keep customers or create cash flow.

This. Plus people that use faucets to gamble are much more unlikely to actually deposit money and play.

fox19891989

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I vote for the first one, I like faucet, I have turned hundreds of faucet to 0.001+ btc, so it's a good try for the new sites, my dadice faucet is 7500 sat now, i have rolled on dadice for 1 and half month, and finally my faucet is strong now, not easy to increased my faucet.

I don't think faucet is bad for site, site owners can attract more users, and it's difficult to withdraw(generally 0.001btc withdrawal limit) from the 200-500 sat faucet if don't deposit.

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Quote from: Altcoin4life on May 09, 2015, 03:49:26 PM

Just like the poll says, if you want to explain your vote please do but leave out site endorsements.

They're good for both the site user and the owner in all honesty. It's the same reason you'll see casinos and poker rooms offer bonuses and promotions - it helps to bring in new customers and maintain a userbase (even if they are only freerolling). Hopefully, you'll eventually convert them into a paying customer. In the meantime though, you can expect to lose a bit due to your faucet - but just as promotions have rules that minimise their losses (i.e. minimum number of bets, rollover etc), dice sites have minimum cashouts which tend to reduce how much they lose.

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I would strongly prefer deposit bonuses as the house. Faucets doesn't help you keep customers or create cash flow.

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