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If they have been in dificulties, it has been for some while. The last time the promotions were updated was February, the only thing reported to still be working was making deposits.
It is inexcusable that both Playtech and Kawanake just let this slip due to the fact that they were unable to get a reply from the casino. Not replying to the regulating authority or the software provider should have rung alarm bells earlier, and action should have been swiftly taken to prevent further deposits from being made into accounts.
Both Kawanake and Playtech are quite capable of shutting down the server on at least a temporary basis pending clarification. If the casino was at any time taking further deposits whilst knowing they were insolvent (unable to pay players), they were committing a very serious criminal offence - well, they would be were they in a proper regulatory juristiction, but from past cases it seems Kawanake fall well short of their promise of regulation "modelled on that of the Australian government" (which is the regime that Lasseters operates under).
If the eventual outcome is indeed that players lost money due to the casino having gone bust in Feb/March, Playtech and Kawanake will have lost the trust of some players who were not already disillusioned about these so called "regulatory juristictions". Antigua should take note of this, as they have fought a WTO case against America, and if they get lumped in as just another place for casinos to operate from to avoid proper scrutiny and regulation, they may find their victory overturned on an argument that these small states are not able to provide a proper framework of player protection.
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