Too good to be true; Got Neteller Money?

[MAYHEM45]

Im gonna wait till you find this out before I do anything.

[GeoffM]

Here are the terms and conditions, right off the promotion page, and there doesn't appear to be any rollover requirements:

This offer applies to bets placed on MANSION Sportsbook only and is limited to the team and selection specified. Bets placed on MANSION Sports Exchange will not qualify.

To qualify, Players must place a single Points Spread (Handicap) bet of USD 1,100 on Pittsburgh Steelers for their game on 7 Sep 2006

This offer is only available on the first bet placed for this event

To qualify for this promotion you must be 18 years of age or over and have agreed to the MANSION terms & conditions.

The promotion is valid from 25 Aug 2006.

All refunds will be placed into Member accounts within 3 working days of the result.

All personal information provided to MANSION must be complete and accurate in all respects and we reserve the right to request additional information in order to satisfy our validation of this information.

Only one refund is allowed for each MANSION Member, residential address, email address, telephone number, debit/credit card or NETeller account number and shared computer. The refund applies exclusively to the first account opened in the event multiple accounts are opened.

MANSION may at our sole discretion limit the eligibility of customers to participate in any promotion or bonus offer.

MANSION reserves the right to withdraw or amend this offer at any time without prior notice.

All decisions made by MANSION regarding this promotion shall be deemed final.

The withdrawal of any promotion funds will be subject to MANSION withdrawal policy.

Offer is valid for limited time period only.

Players that bet both sides of the event with MANSION will not be eligible for a loss refund.

[GeoffM]

Shabi, post your chat here, or fire me a PM if you don't want to post it.

[Penguinfan]

What does it say in these T&C's exactly about bonus money, which this will be considered? I'm asking, I honestly don't know.

[GeoffM]

I can't find a definition of bonus money. After years of whoring poker bonuses, I must say this looks like the shit .

[Penguinfan]

Without hearing from anyone I know, and been down the road of shaky bonuses in the past I have to say I honestly don't see anything that looks out of line here.

FWIW

[Penguinfan]

Just heard back from someone who said they ran a promotion like this before and paid out the money no questions asked.

Only scenario I can think of is they are willing to pay $100 to get a new player, and one's with $1000 laying around, so all they have to do is lay off the bet on another, or several other books by taking Pittsburgh for whatever amount they are potentially stuck.

They lose the Juice only if Miami covers, but pick up a ton of new accounts.

[Talking Poker]

This is exactly what I thought it must be. It would make more sense for them to let you bet either side, but I guess they are just going to see what the total comes out to and lay the whole thing off elsewhere. Makes sense. It's a great way to get relatively high rollers in the door for $100 a piece.

Sucks that the line has moved a half point already.

[GeoffM]

See, the beauty of it is this "technically" isn't a bonus offer. A bonus offer would be "X% up to $X of your initial deposit, X rollover". Here, it is a straight up bet, you win, you win, you lose, they refund the loss. I like. Just hope Roethlisberger stays off a motorcycle until after week 1.