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Originally Posted by Trezz
I couldn't agree more VWM 
Imagine something like this going down at your local bricks and mortar casino.
IMHO until online casinos (exceptions are 32red and so on) actually look at the BIG picture and realise that the more BS they create, the less likely we're going to see online casinos accepted and regulated.
These stupid security checks are doing nothing for popularity & may just be making things a damn side harder for all concerned when going down the regulation path.
Edit: I can understand casinos being paranoid about a new sign-up that uses a credit card for instance. But if a player is using Neteller, Moneybookers, Click2Pay or one of those types that checks the account holders ID and credentials, I don't see why the online casinos always draw another issue from that. That IMHO is just stupid!
Cheers
T |
I have gone through the Neteller checks. These are even MORE robust than many casinos. WHY can't casinos use these Neteller verification checks to pass a player. Funnily enough, casinos DID once say they were happy to be satisfied with the checks Neteller had done for a player, and ONLY required further ID if another deposit method was used.
Later, they started routinely asking for ID, but now it seems there are an increasing number of bizarre, and often pointless, requests.
I do not know what percentage of players are turning out to be frauds, but those who are NOT frauds, yet are subjected to these bizarre requests and threats of non-payment, which ONLY ever come to light AFTER they have deposited, are going to get the impression they have just stepped into a wild west saloon bar to gamble, and the regulars are not at all happy that they won.
I don't believe for one second that only 5 players have been put through such "bizarre" checks, since it is highly unlikely that ONLY Casinomeister members will have suffered. The 60% of players who do NOT participate in player forums should have suffered 60% of the "bizarre" requests (assuming the 60% result is valid from that survey - I would say not, since surely players who do not participate in forums are less likely to participate in such surveys).