Card Crush Players Question 25% Premium on Mystery Coin Purchases

Novel card game, Card Crush is coming under fire from players who say it charges a steep 25% premium on Mystery Coins.

SweepsKings has seen a recent Facebook group debate where users discussed how Card Crush’s bundles feel 25% more expensive than standard sweepstakes casino coin bundles. That’s if you’re looking only at the playable currency – Mystery Coins compared with Sweepstakes Coins.

Why Card Crush Emerged in California and New York

Card Crush works differently from standard sweepstakes casinos. The platform appeared after the recent sweepstakes bans in California and New York – in fact, these are the only two states where Card Crush operates for now.

It’s clearly built to fill a gap in the market and work around legislation banning the dual-currency sweepstakes system – sweeps sites have Gold Coins and Sweepstakes Coins, while Card Crush has Cards and Mystery Coins, and Cards are not a currency.

Both of these items are found in Mystery Boxes in the store at Card Crush, but whereas a standard sweepstakes coin bundle will typically offer an exact ratio of dollars to Sweepstakes Coins (e.g., $10 = 10 SC) or better, that’s not the case with Mystery Coins.

How Much Are Users Really Paying at Card Crush?

Let’s take a look at the current range of Mystery Boxes and the value within:

• Master Box: 500 Mystery Coins and 5 Cards for $624.99
• Expert Box: 240 Mystery Coins and 5 Cards for $299.99
• Elite Box: 80 Mystery Coins and 5 Cards for $99.99
• Pro Box: 40 Mystery Coins and 5 Cards for $49.99
• Supreme Box: 16 Mystery Coins and 2 Cards for $19.99
• Rookie Box: 8 Mystery Coins and 1 Card for $9.99

Effectively, you’re paying $1.25 for each Mystery Coin in every Mystery Box, or a 25% premium.

Now, of course, the Cards can help you win in the card game, but this is ultimately not where most players are spending their time – most are looking to use the Mystery Coins to play the other slots and table games on the platform.

This 25% premium is clearly part of Card Crush’s business model. We could say the site has players over a barrel, because there are scant options for this type of gaming in California and New York since the ban came into effect.

It could even be part of Card Crush’s legal defense, claiming that the site is intentionally not operating like a dual-currency sweepstakes site. It could argue that part of the payment for each Mystery Box goes towards the Cards, which are positioned as the raison d’être of the platform.

Ultimately, the premium on Mystery Boxes highlights a trade-off players face – they must pay more for a mixture of Cards and Mystery Coins in a market with limited options. Whether this will affect long-term engagement remains to be seen.

For players, it does mean spending more money for the same playable currency, which could push them to emerging alternatives like Thrillaroo.

To end on a positive note, Card Crush does offer heavily discounted packs to new users and on a weekly basis: