Cryptologic video keno player funds moved

[thelawnet]

Cryptologic have removed their Video Keno game, which had a $262,000 jackpot, of which all but the first $50,000 was player funds.

The money does not appear to have redistributed to other games.

This appears to be a case of $212,000 being stolen.

Bad.

[same_old]

Cryptologic have removed their Video Keno game, which had a $262,000 jackpot, of which all but the first $50,000 was player funds.

The money does not appear to have redistributed to other games.

This appears to be a case of $212,000 being stolen.

Bad.

This sort of stuff doesnt surprise me anymore.

The software providers or the regulators are the ones who need to keep the money, when the player wins pay them out IN FULL and what ever casino it was that had the jackpot win get a share of what they are owed, or how ever it works.
This wouldnt of happend when the USA were in the game, plenty of money to go around for everyone.

I think this whole thing with the casino's running off with progressive's is a good tell that the industry is becoming pretty tight with funds, I mean i bet the yearly statistics are getting less and less each year and a little slice of progressive pie to get you out of trouble and leave the online industry with money is where they are heading.

Dont get me wrong you got the good casino;s with plenty in the reserve who can ride the hard times out but I know some of them are feeling the heat from the USA ban along with this recession.

It's becoming a trend from what I see

[Nifty29]

Cryptologic have removed their Video Keno game, which had a $262,000 jackpot, of which all but the first $50,000 was player funds.

The money does not appear to have redistributed to other games.

This appears to be a case of $212,000 being stolen.

Bad.

Well if they DONT return it to players somehow then everyone should boycott them immediately.

How about holding a month-long random raffle and split it up into some nice $$$ prizes?? Every $25 wagered earns a ticket! Or, a free tourney with big prizes! Surely there has to be a way to allow the funds to be won.

Any solution that involves the casino holding back even $1 of that money is outright theft IMO.

[Pinababy69]

It's becoming a trend from what I see

It sure is same_old. We have the Casino Club/Realplayer jackpot of (I think) $160K or so...still waiting on a decision from Malta apparently. Will they put the money back? We have the Irish Luck fiasco....over 200K, and if not for the negative publicity over the whole thing, who knows if they would have put it back or not? And don't forget that a week or two later, it was miraculously won yet again, supposedly legitimately that time. And there was the Playtech player (was it Joyland Casino) who won the progressive and ended up with only a portion of the actual pot...where did the rest of that go? We have the most recent Topgame Progressive game Dougie's Delights being removed on May 21st, with a jackpot of $192,000. The game and the jackpot is still AWOL, as far as I know.

And now this? Jeezus.

[pokeraddict]

Call me naive but I expect a lot more from Crypto. OP, did you email the skin you play on to find out what was going on? Maybe there is a "Crypto found a bug and the game will be alive again next week" type answer. Considering this company trades publicly and relies on licensed skins I would imagine you could really start some trouble if they outright stole $212,000.

[thelawnet]

Call me naive but I expect a lot more from Crypto. OP, did you email the skin you play on to find out what was going on? Maybe there is a "Crypto found a bug and the game will be alive again next week" type answer. Considering this company trades publicly and relies on licensed skins I would imagine you could really start some trouble if they outright stole $212,000.

Well I checked VIP and Intercasino, and their latest update removes the game, which seems pretty final. Parbet still have it in the software, but it doesn't work. Haven't emailed anybody.

[GrandMaster]

Call me naive but I expect a lot more from Crypto. OP, did you email the skin you play on to find out what was going on? Maybe there is a "Crypto found a bug and the game will be alive again next week" type answer. Considering this company trades publicly and relies on licensed skins I would imagine you could really start some trouble if they outright stole $212,000.

Crypto or the casinos could publish the explanation without the need for any external prompting. Boss Media, also publicly traded, tried to appropriate the progressive jackpots in 2002, see for example http://mb.winneronline.com/showthread.html?t=5137.

[Mousey]

I'd like to hear from Crypto on this! And I agree with GrandMaster. Crypto should be making some sort of statement, regardless of the problem, without players prompting... whether it's down for 'maintenance' or whatever....

Perhaps someone won it, but was using 'strategies', (you know... some super secret method of winning keno by betting his grandmother's birthdate or similar), and must be investigated....

[slotheadlizard]

I'd like to hear from Crypto on this! And I agree with GrandMaster. Crypto should be making some sort of statement, regardless of the problem, without players prompting... whether it's down for 'maintenance' or whatever....

Perhaps someone won it, but was using 'strategies', (you know... some super secret method of winning keno by betting his grandmother's birth date or similar), and must be investigated....

Ha Ha, Of all the casino games in the world. Keno would have to be the hardest game to come up with a strategy for. The odds are crazy, but I love Keno. Though I hardly play online, I play it a lot at B&Ms. I've tried everything from kids bdays, to favorite Nascar cars. Nothing works. I end up just letting the machine pick them randomly.

Wouldn't it be something if it turned out to be an investigation like that

[Mousey]

Two days have gone by... Someone at Crypto should be saying something.... Has the jackpot returned? Anyone heard anything?