Something changed?

[nocturnalplayer]

Is it just me or do the casinos (in general) just SUCK right now? Three friends of mine have also noticed this apparent tightening up on wins at many online casinos. Today one of my friends (with my encouragement and coaching) deposited $400 dollars to Royal Vegas casino only to watch it zero out without ever even once going over the amount deposited. Even after receiving the sign up bonus his acct steadily went to zero. I do not know what on earth would ever cause this but I have been playing over a year now (daily) and I have never seen such crappy returns from a casino. To add to this, in the last week or so, I (and two other regular gamer friends) have also experienced what seems a major shift in the returns from many casinos. (ie. casino rewards, bellerockgaming, fortune lounge, vegas partner lounge, lake palace, casino grand bay, slots royale, jackpot factory) I would be very interested to know how many other gamers out there have noticed this.
I'll be surprised if my friend that lost $400 ever plays again. It's a shame that a new player would have such a bad first experience. I know there is no guarantee but how many times have you been doing poorly until a deposit is made and then ...boom, everything starts to hit suddenly. For me I can say 9 times out of ten when I made a deposit this would happen...not anymore...what is up?? Won't be depositing much longer at this rate.

[winbig]

Is it just me or do the casinos (in general) just SUCK right now? Three friends of mine have also noticed this apparent tightening up on wins at many online casinos. Today one of my friends (with my encouragement and coaching) deposited $400 dollars to Royal Vegas casino only to watch it zero out without ever even once going over the amount deposited. Even after receiving the sign up bonus his acct steadily went to zero. I do not know what on earth would ever cause this but I have been playing over a year now (daily) and I have never seen such crappy returns from a casino. To add to this, in the last week or so, I (and two other regular gamer friends) have also experienced what seems a major shift in the returns from many casinos. (ie. casino rewards, bellerockgaming, fortune lounge, vegas partner lounge, lake palace, casino grand bay, slots royale, jackpot factory) I would be very interested to know how many other gamers out there have noticed this.
I'll be surprised if my friend that lost $400 ever plays again. It's a shame that a new player would have such a bad first experience. I know there is no guarantee but how many times have you been doing poorly until a deposit is made and then ...boom, everything starts to hit suddenly. For me I can say 9 times out of ten when I made a deposit this would happen...not anymore...what is up?? Won't be depositing much longer at this rate.

That bites.

Do any casinos even post their payout %? It'd be quite interesting to see. I've seen claims on "review" sites as to what they are, but nothing to back it up...therefore, fiction.

[GrandMaster]

That bites.

Do any casinos even post their payout %? It'd be quite interesting to see. I've seen claims on "review" sites as to what they are, but nothing to back it up...therefore, fiction.

Last week-end was brutal, -2.5 SD.

I keep very good statistics of my blackjack play at Microgaming casinos, and the numbers agree pretty well with the theoretical expectations.