Online Casino Winner’s Difficult Choice
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Online Casino Winner’s Difficult Choice
2 Mar 2006
When online casino fan Paul Wieber won a major online poker tournament recently, he didn’t expect to be faced with such a difficult decision. Instead of simply pocketing his hard-won cash, Paul’s online casino success gave him the enviable choice of two prizes. On one hand, Paul’s online casino offered him a full payout of the jackpot he had won. On the other, Paul was presented with the use of the management team’s private jet for a total period of 25 hours.
After deliberating on his options, the 32-year-old Grand Rapids resident decided to pocket his winnings and received $125,000 from his online casino. When asked what he plans to do with his online casino winnings, Wieber stated that he would be investing it in his children’s college education as well as planning a world trip and putting some aside to purchase a new family home. Wieber admits to being shocked by his online casino win, describing himself as a poker beginner who had played for only six months before winning a freeroll jackpot.
The choice between two or even multiple prizes that online casino firms are offering winners like Wieber is becoming more common in the gaming industry. Many online gambling operators are choosing to test their winners’ resolves by offering holidays and gimmicks such as jet rides or overseas cruises instead of cash. One of the most recent companies to introduce a range of prizes is Richard Branson’s Virgin Gaming where online casino winners are entitled to their substitute jackpot cash for overseas trips aboard Virgin Airlines.
