Financially it behaves accordingly. Of course, sales have increased over the years and deposits have increased, but in the end it’s balanced. Accordingly, I always keep my stakes in the higher single-digit range, although I also used small double-digit amounts in the beginning. Therefore I am not interested in the big financial profit, but rather in the fun of playing Black Jack. The feeling when you hit the bank or lose a hand you thought was safe is contagious. Nevertheless, it’s of course a good thing if you have a slightly longer run of luck where you can win a nice little sum. I can’t say exactly how much I won a day. But at the end of one week I had a pure profit of 135 Euro. Everything went perfectly. In summary, however, I’m definitely in the minus if you would set off deposits and withdrawals against each other. That must be clear to everyone in advance.

Even before PayPal and E-Wallets were advanced and secure, as is the case today, I had to make my deposits in the first few months with a Paysafe card from the gas station or the kiosk next door. After about 9 months I changed and the annoying typing of the code was put away. Since I changed my bank and from then on had all my financial transactions in view via online banking, the time of the Paysafe cards was over. In the beginning I immediately set up an account with PayPal and was able to make deposits with at least some providers without any problems, with others the deposits were made directly by banking. Simple and direct, also in terms of security, I had only positive experiences in this area. However, I only made payments by bank transfer, even when I was still using Paysafe cards. However, here I had some incidents that I disliked. On the one hand, I had incredibly complicated and artificially lengthened verification procedures with which I really had the feeling that they didn’t want to pay me my winnings at all. Since then, I have always informed myself about the provider on the internet for a few minutes before I registered there. Fortunately, this did not happen until today.

In general, looking back, it can be said that you would have done some things differently if you had the situations in front of you again. But these mistakes were necessary and have had a rather positive effect in the long run and have brought me forward for the coming years. Especially since I have still kept a healthy relationship to money, which many unfortunately lose at a certain point in time. Even if I will play much less in the future, because I simply don’t have the time I used to have as a student, there will still be days where I can recharge my account and enjoy the fun of the past. In addition, the thrill of blackjack has now spread to the real casino, which I visit once a quarter with a few friends on a regular basis.

Experience report written by Thomas, 25 years, from Düsseldorf