Misleading Signature or Genius Marketing?

[Lucius]

There's nothing ingenious about it, and how misleading it is depends on how aware each individual is that any offer that looks too good to be true is likely to be deceptive. I remember the campaign that had a Lambo as the main prize, and there is no evidence anywhere that anyone has ever won it over the years.

[Z-tight]

It isn't something that is unusual when it comes to marketing, and not just crypto marketing, but that of any industry at all. They could also argue that anyone looking at that signature should understand that you cannot just sign up and walk away with 5 BTC, this is obviously not 2010 when Gavin Andresen was giving out 5 BTC for free in his BTC faucet.

I would say it is neither genius nor misleading marketing, it is just marketing. And if you want to nitpick stuffs like this across brands and services in any industry, then i can tell you for free that a great number of them would be guilty.

[FinneysTrueVision]

There's nothing ingenious about it, and how misleading it is depends on how aware each individual is that any offer that looks too good to be true is likely to be deceptive. I remember the campaign that had a Lambo as the main prize, and there is no evidence anywhere that anyone has ever won it over the years.

FreeBitco.in gave you the option of choosing a Lamborghini or $200,000 in BTC. I would be surprised if anybody chose the lambo over the BTC. There were several users who won the contest and confirmed it on the forum. They all chose BTC.

Two of these users were Kingqa980 and soslex.

[hugeblack]

Phrases like "Up to" are often used to avoid misunderstandings, but generally, if what is being promoted differs from what appears in the terms of use, the terms of use will apply. Therefore, it's best to read the terms of use before creating any account.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

On the long term, this site will face high bounce rate, for allowing a misleading clickbait stay for too long on their ad.  Frustrated users who weren't issued the 5btc after clicking on the ad, would lose trust and cancel business plans with the brand for appearing unorganized and tiresome.

- to succeed keep to your words-
Pompey

It's not like, there is a direct link to a step by step procedure on how to grab the 5 BTC, as that's what these newbies may think ads will lead to, not knowing it's leading to a registration portal to sign up an account. You don't have to blame the marketing team or the company either, they quietly know what they are doing and it's working for them. If these expectant doesn't seems to find what they looking for, it's not the fault of BC.

[julerz12]

i'm not a lawyer either, but i don't think a player can sue the casino for misleading marketing unless he is directly affected, like if they advertise a game being 1% house edge, but it's not, etc... and unlike the red bull case, where a customer bought the product with their own money, the case here is just a "fake" freebie.
but regulators on the other hand, could slap them with a fine, which they would obv keep for themselves. again, i'm not a lawyer, so i could be wrong with my assumptions.

You're right. Some case I could think of was when a radio station offered a $250,000 prize for a forehead tattoo of their logo (which was supposed to be an April Fool's prank), but, well, someone actually thought it was a legitimate offer. One guy got a tattoo on his forehead, a big bold KRUD (radio station's logo). He then went to the radio station to claim the prize, but the staff told him it was just a prank. He was told that on their website where the announcement was made there was a tiny link that if clicked, would've told him it's part of an April Fools' prank.

He took them to court, and earned $510,000. 
Here's a short video clip of it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/htarawfgKeg