Cash reward as usual $17, how much did you get this time and did you get a very significant difference like 50% or more compared to what you used to get? As per my experience when I was still actively wagering, my pre monthly bonus was around $20-25 (cant really remember the exact number) but since I do not active wagering like what I used to do, the amount dropped to $15-17.
$15 to $17 is still a pretty amount of money to get as a bonus monthly, it indicates that you still have been wagering some really nice amount of money.-cut-
My wagering statistic can be considered as low, maybe no more than $5,000 or I can say around $1,000 a week as most of the time I earned 1 ticket only for the weekly raffle. I do not deposit much anymore, maybe only once a month or max twice a month worth no more than $150. Sometime I made profit but sometime I lost my deposit as well. You are right, you should not gamble just to get bonuses because bonuses is just an incentive for your activity in the site which is something not to hunt.
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