The error on Las Vegas casino Caesars bingo website, CaesarsBingo.com, left one family more than £3,000 better off before the casino discovered its mistake and corrected the glitch.
Caesars offered its customers a “200% welcome bonus” of up to £400, which meant “you could deposit £10 and get £30 to play with!”.
Until last Thursday CaesarsBingo.com allowed customers to wager the bonus money while keeping their initial deposit safe.
One player said he had collected a total of £460 after staking just £200. “We stumbled across it by chance, and couldn’t believe how stupid Caesars had been. We told all of our friends and family about it. In total, our family has made more than £3,000 from this glitch and one friend paid for his wedding with his winnings,” said the 29-year-old doctor, who did not wish to be named.
Caesars changed the terms and conditions of the game on Thursday. CaesarsBingo.com, which was launched in the UK last year, is operated by Gamesys, a British online gaming company which also operates the Sun’s bingo game and takes bets worth more than £2bn a year.
Caesars said: “If they are taking advantage of something that is our error they will get to keep the advantage. If there’s fraud then there’s an issue.”
It may of cost Caesars a few thousand but the promotion from this will ensure they will not be short for long.
