Netwinner makes huge changes to their prize pool and if that isn't bad enough, cuts the amount of times you can play their games

I'd been mulling over the idea of posting here about Netwinner. For those who aren't aware, Netwinner is a free gaming site where you can play Banko (which is a lot like bingo) and spin the money wheel (which you can either choose your own numbers or click the quick pick button). Every so often a multiplier will come up and you do have a chance to win extra points based on the multiplier times the amount of points you win.

With Banko, you get 10 cards to play. This game is nice because once you hit the play button, it pretty much runs itself until you get either a bingo (a straight line, either horizonal, vertical or diagonal), 4 corners, fill the pattern (which varies from game to game) or Banko, where you fill the card. Banko is unique in that you can either opt to take the points you would win on getting any of the above mentioned winning combinations, or you can press your luck and hope to win more points.

With the money wheel you choose your numbers or click the quick pick and it will auto generate the 5 numbers for you. Now, the money wheel is a lot more work since you must choose the numbers each time, however way you wish to do it. Money wheel requires more attention to the game than Banko does.

From posts on various other boards, it became apparent that some people were using the Netwinner site as sort of a job. I think Netwinner picked up on this also, hence the sweeping change from practically unlimited spins on the money wheel and Banko cards through their partner sites to just one game of each per day. This seriously cut down on point wins for most people. At nearly the same time, Netwinner quit offering popular gift cards as prizes, and instead, now offers the e-count card as its only redeemable prize. You can, however, "buy" raffle tickets with your points. Honestly, most people whom I have seen complain about this aren't going to be entering the raffles.

Hence my dilemma since I no longer feel that I can promote Netwinner as a way to help make ends meet. With its current rules, I don't see how most people can earn any type of gift card (barring sheer luck) in any reasonable amount of time. So if you have heard anything about Netwinner as a possibility to play games in your spare time and earn gift cards, think again. It is no longer a truly viable gaming site with its current rules.