poocuetos said:
Well that was an interesting read. I read that other thread and there seemed to be quite some argument over whether one could make money and how much. And some suggesting none could be made. And even here there are people saying they made $40k. How do you make $40k when others are suggesting that nothing, or very little, can be made? Are the others missing something or just not trying hard enough? Or have you been lucky?
The sum of the EVs for the casinos on the best bonus list on my site is ~$18k. The sum of the EVs for the monthly bonuses is ~2k. So between the two, the 1-year EV is $18k + (12-1)x $2k ~= $40k.
In addition to the above, there are also reload bonuses. For example, Grand Prive often offers reload bonuses that are as good as the sign-up bonuses. For a period last year, I was averaging about 1 Grand Prive per day. If you want to risk playing with Virtual Group, they offer some of the best reloads out there. A few days ago (on 3/17), Virtual casino offered a 317% up / 317% cashback / 317% free chip bonus with a maximum listed bonus of $317,000. This 300+% free chip was cashable with 30xB blackjack wagering. I gained several thousand on this offer, which was 4x my deposit.
Regarding my personal play, I had several things against me that prevented me from taking full advantage of the bonuses. The main one was living in the US. Because of this, a lot of bonuses were not available from the start. And after about 5 months, nearly all the good monthly bonuses dropped US players. So I netted more than my expected gain overall... there was definitely some luck involved.