Rome Casino - Bad Checks - Fraud?

[luciana]

I'll just cut to the chase because I'm not only delirious at this point but past the boiling point. After a long drawn out history with both ROME CASINO and DICELAND - Its now been a short while that I was referred to Noah- from Josh (as I have had PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM- WHAT A SURPRISE). I have been dealing with him most recently regarding a PAYMENT issue as I have only had MAJOR difficulty in the past getting paid, aside from ALL the other problems there have been. Let's just say this time around- I requested to be paid by cheque- and so it arrived - after a couple weeks- I took the cheque to a money mart to have the cheque cashed- it was at this point the teller told me that the account didn't EXIST. So I proceeded to my bank- thinking they might be able to better look into the issue. It was there, that I was led into a room by the bank manager
( that was luckily a family friend) and questioned as to where the cheque came from - I was told that the account and cheque were both fake and FRAUDULENT. After a police officer was called in (as that is the procedure here in Canada)- I managed to get a copy of the cheque for my own records- the original was taken from me. I then made every attempt to contact the casino, a manager, the CEO Josh- and heard back from no one for at least 24 hours (except a support worker). Finally the next day when Noah emailed me I told him what happened. I explained my situation and story to the support worker and was told how "MORTIFIED, shocked and surprised" they were to hear such a thing had happened- that this "never happens" and that there was a whole bunch of BS why. How coincidental. I then had the opportunity to speak to Noah again- through email and which time he decided to send me a bank wire (which takes another 2 weeks to arrive). He went on to explain to me that the anger I feel should be expressed to ONLY my bank! THAT THEY EMBARRASSED ME AND TREATED ME AS A CRIMINAL. That I'm wrong to think badly of the casino because they do not deserve blame nor will he assume any responsibility for what happened. Let me just say this by far has to be the PINNACLE of nightmare stories I have ever heard regarding an online gaming site. He went on to tell me that I could go ahead and trash talk the casino all I like on CASINOMEISTER- but then went on to even humour me by calling me a "valuable player." All I ever hear from them is ALL that "they do lots for me- and how many efforts we have made in keeping you a happy player". As far as I can see, the ONLY efforts made were necessary in correcting major MISTAKES. Are we as players supposed to be forever grateful because we expect to get paid in a timely fashion or without being given fake or phoney cheques to cash. I was in no way treated like the "valuable player" they claim I am. I at no point was even offered any kind of compensation or bonus- for my time lost, the embarrassment I endured (which according to Noah is my banks fault) or just the inconvenience of having gone through such an awful situation. Frankly I'm disgusted with the way I was treated and I am at a loss for words. Of course I refuse to close my account until my funds actually arrive. Surely, Noah will post a reply in reference to this complaint and as always will find the charming and clever words to worm his way out by explaining it away -however what he fails to recognize is that you can only explain away so much and so many times. Eventually- it comes down to facts. FACTS BEING- my bank is NOT the problem and I am not the problem. SO THAT LEAVES JUST ONE ANSWER. There is absolutely a problem with this casino and until you recognize that and start treating your customers as if you ACTUALLY VALUE THEM then I don't believe you should even be able to operate. Unfortunately for you- I'm not the only one that feels that way.

[De Beuker]

Wow..
Heavy sh*t!
If this is true, then its beyond rougue..
I think you were very lucky the bankmanager knew who you are, or you might even have been arrested.
Can't wait to hear what Rome has to say about this.

[bb28]

That's just unfrikkin real!!! It's just too outlandish to be anything but the truth. I can not imagine the embarrassment you must have felt luciana. What a crying shame that you'd be put in that position.


Well Rome...........what's your take or should I say excuse for this?

[nisosbar]

Wow. All I can say. Sorry Luciana. Really. This is beyond.

[jetset]

I'll just cut to the chase because I'm not only delirious at this point but past the boiling point.

After a long drawn out history with both ROME CASINO and DICELAND - Its now been a short while that I was referred to Noah- from Josh (as I have had PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM- WHAT A SURPRISE). I have been dealing with him most recently regarding a PAYMENT issue as I have only had MAJOR difficulty in the past getting paid, aside from ALL the other problems there have been.

Let's just say this time around- I requested to be paid by cheque- and so it arrived - after a couple weeks- I took the cheque to a money mart to have the cheque cashed- it was at this point the teller told me that the account didn't EXIST.

So I proceeded to my bank- thinking they might be able to better look into the issue. It was there, that I was led into a room by the bank manager
( that was luckily a family friend) and questioned as to where the cheque came from - I was told that the account and cheque were both fake and FRAUDULENT.

After a police officer was called in (as that is the procedure here in Canada)- I managed to get a copy of the cheque for my own records- the original was taken from me.

I then made every attempt to contact the casino, a manager, the CEO Josh- and heard back from no one for at least 24 hours (except a support worker).

Finally the next day when Noah emailed me I told him what happened. I explained my situation and story to the support worker and was told how "MORTIFIED, shocked and surprised" they were to hear such a thing had happened- that this "never happens" and that there was a whole bunch of BS why. How coincidental.

I then had the opportunity to speak to Noah again- through email and which time he decided to send me a bank wire (which takes another 2 weeks to arrive). He went on to explain to me that the anger I feel should be expressed to ONLY my bank! THAT THEY EMBARRASSED ME AND TREATED ME AS A CRIMINAL. That I'm wrong to think badly of the casino because they do not deserve blame nor will he assume any responsibility for what happened.

Let me just say this by far has to be the PINNACLE of nightmare stories I have ever heard regarding an online gaming site. He went on to tell me that I could go ahead and trash talk the casino all I like on CASINOMEISTER- but then went on to even humour me by calling me a "valuable player."

All I ever hear from them is ALL that "they do lots for me- and how many efforts we have made in keeping you a happy player". As far as I can see, the ONLY efforts made were necessary in correcting major MISTAKES.

Are we as players supposed to be forever grateful because we expect to get paid in a timely fashion or without being given fake or phoney cheques to cash. I was in no way treated like the "valuable player" they claim I am.

I at no point was even offered any kind of compensation or bonus- for my time lost, the embarrassment I endured (which according to Noah is my banks fault) or just the inconvenience of having gone through such an awful situation.

Frankly I'm disgusted with the way I was treated and I am at a loss for words. Of course I refuse to close my account until my funds actually arrive.

Surely, Noah will post a reply in reference to this complaint and as always will find the charming and clever words to worm his way out by explaining it away -however what he fails to recognize is that you can only explain away so much and so many times. Eventually- it comes down to facts.

FACTS BEING- my bank is NOT the problem and I am not the problem. SO THAT LEAVES JUST ONE ANSWER.

There is absolutely a problem with this casino and until you recognize that and start treating your customers as if you ACTUALLY VALUE THEM then I don't believe you should even be able to operate. Unfortunately for you- I'm not the only one that feels that way.

Perhaps another 'processor problem' LOL.

Seriously, though, this is no laughing matter and it was clearly an embarrassing and even traumatic experience for the player.

To add insult to injury by upbraiding the OP for apparently rightfully bollocking the casino is beyond surreal.

There may be an explanation for this, but on the face of things right now it looks really bad, and one can only wonder what it could possibly be.

Perhaps the casino representative will explain?

[Webzcas]

This is just truly unbelievable

Looking into my crystal ball and I think that Rome and possibly Top Game might pick up some industry awards in the new year. They are certainly in the running for worst casino

As an aside, Noah is still promising to pay outstanding payments to affiliates over on the GPWA. Now they are issuing dud cheques to players. This group are so out of business, I cannot see anyway back for them.

Rome wasn't built in a day, but the operators of Rome Casino have gone and broken it beyond repair before it was finished being built.

[RomeCasino]

I'll just cut to the chase because I'm not only delirious at this point but past the boiling point. After a long drawn out history with both ROME CASINO and DICELAND - Its now been a short while that I was referred to Noah- from Josh (as I have had PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM- WHAT A SURPRISE). I have been dealing with him most recently regarding a PAYMENT issue as I have only had MAJOR difficulty in the past getting paid, aside from ALL the other problems there have been. Let's just say this time around- I requested to be paid by cheque- and so it arrived - after a couple weeks- I took the cheque to a money mart to have the cheque cashed- it was at this point the teller told me that the account didn't EXIST. So I proceeded to my bank- thinking they might be able to better look into the issue. It was there, that I was led into a room by the bank manager
( that was luckily a family friend) and questioned as to where the cheque came from - I was told that the account and cheque were both fake and FRAUDULENT. After a police officer was called in (as that is the procedure here in Canada)- I managed to get a copy of the cheque for my own records- the original was taken from me. I then made every attempt to contact the casino, a manager, the CEO Josh- and heard back from no one for at least 24 hours (except a support worker). Finally the next day when Noah emailed me I told him what happened. I explained my situation and story to the support worker and was told how "MORTIFIED, shocked and surprised" they were to hear such a thing had happened- that this "never happens" and that there was a whole bunch of BS why. How coincidental. I then had the opportunity to speak to Noah again- through email and which time he decided to send me a bank wire (which takes another 2 weeks to arrive). He went on to explain to me that the anger I feel should be expressed to ONLY my bank! THAT THEY EMBARRASSED ME AND TREATED ME AS A CRIMINAL. That I'm wrong to think badly of the casino because they do not deserve blame nor will he assume any responsibility for what happened. Let me just say this by far has to be the PINNACLE of nightmare stories I have ever heard regarding an online gaming site. He went on to tell me that I could go ahead and trash talk the casino all I like on CASINOMEISTER- but then went on to even humour me by calling me a "valuable player." All I ever hear from them is ALL that "they do lots for me- and how many efforts we have made in keeping you a happy player". As far as I can see, the ONLY efforts made were necessary in correcting major MISTAKES. Are we as players supposed to be forever grateful because we expect to get paid in a timely fashion or without being given fake or phoney cheques to cash. I was in no way treated like the "valuable player" they claim I am. I at no point was even offered any kind of compensation or bonus- for my time lost, the embarrassment I endured (which according to Noah is my banks fault) or just the inconvenience of having gone through such an awful situation. Frankly I'm disgusted with the way I was treated and I am at a loss for words. Of course I refuse to close my account until my funds actually arrive. Surely, Noah will post a reply in reference to this complaint and as always will find the charming and clever words to worm his way out by explaining it away -however what he fails to recognize is that you can only explain away so much and so many times. Eventually- it comes down to facts. FACTS BEING- my bank is NOT the problem and I am not the problem. SO THAT LEAVES JUST ONE ANSWER. There is absolutely a problem with this casino and until you recognize that and start treating your customers as if you ACTUALLY VALUE THEM then I don't believe you should even be able to operate. Unfortunately for you- I'm not the only one that feels that way.

Hi ALL,

I see its guilty until proven innocent in this case.

Look, I will tell you EXACTLY what happened from the Casino point of view, I will not embellish or add details. I'd like to address both the issue at hand and Luciana here as a player, so you understand the source this is coming from.

What happened - A few days ago my CEO Josh as well as Luciana sent me emails regarding what happened to her. My first though was that the check provider we have been using, (which by the way is used by many other mainstream casinos and has never fouled on us), made some mistake. Either that or Canadian banking practices have changed somehow to classify such checks as fraudulent - two logical assumptions. However I was unsure what is going on since we have never had a player reporting this -

AND REGARDING THIS ISSUE - Please, if you had the same experience come forward!

So first we contacted the check provider, they found no problem with the check, they sent it the same way and from the same account they send all checks.

As the player reports it, she went to a place where they cash checks, they told her it was fraud, THEN she went to her BANK with it, which I find strange. But I'm not accusing her of lying, its very possible this is what happened. However you immediately assume that it was our fault, although we've seen US pressure affecting Canadian financial institutes lately, i.e - what happened with ewalletxpress was probably related. Even even if not, we found no problem with the check.

I emailed the player expressing how mortified (yes I used that word I was feeling it) I was at what happened. And in 2 days I was able to send her a wire for that amount, we did not try to delay her or cause her any problems with her request.

Look, I think that if you read my posts you'll see I'm fine with taking responsibility when I believe we screwed up. I still don't believe this is what happened here. players have been getting their checks before and AFTER she reported this incident, it would make sense that if we are sending bad checks others would have reported it the problem.

As for this player. I don't like getting personal, but this player has been threatening us with CM posts every step of the way, we gave her personal access to me and my CEO, she has withdrawn over 80% of her balance in Rome Casino, and gets not only matches on each deposit but also free bonuses between them equal to the deposit amount. I have personally taken care of her needs whenever she emailed me. Frankly I did more than I should have for someone who threatens us with CM posts every time a CS argues with her about a bonus or if she thinks she didn't get as much as she wanted. When she opened another account in our Diceland Casino, we gave her all the same conditions, show me another Casino who would do that after a player has won 80% of their deposits back.

Now I'm not trying to say how great we are, I'm saying this player has been using CM in a cynical way to get what she wants, and when I REFUSED - and yes I refuse to take blame when I don't believe its there - to take blame, she started talking about CM and said 'I'll see you there' - obviously she was hoping for a compensation and went to CM when I refused. The chat documents her hints at compensation and her mention of CM the moment she saw its not forthcoming.

I won't post the chat just yet, but I will do so if needed. I will of course not post personal emails unfortunately, since that would be unethical.

I'm sorry but there is no connection between this issue and the affiliate issue, and they are being paid, watch GPWA and you'll see how they get paid one by one.

I know, we're the villains, but I think everyone always ignores how hard we always try to make good to the players and affiliates, yes its been rocky times and we've had the problems, I'm not saying come play if you think we're some kind of fraud casinos. But we did not commit the act the player says we did. Also, although no one seems to consider it, this might be a banking issue now creeping up in Canada - although I hope not - but just assumes we sent a bad check on purpose or even by mistake.

The player, by her own report, was having very severe difficulties playing with us, yet through all this time its interesting to note how she not only stayed with us but also opened a SECOND account in Diceland for her Fiance', apparently she did not think we're fraud when she did that, apparently she did not think we're fraud when she withdrew time after time, and its interesting that if you look at all 9 of her posts, they were all against us with vehemence yet she continued to play again and again, using CM like a club, yet opening yet another account.


That is my response for now, I apologize for the length.

Kind Regards,

Noah

[silcnlayc]

Rome:I'm saying this player has been using CM in a cynical way to get what she wants, and when I REFUSED - and yes I refuse to take blame when I don't believe its there - to take blame, she started talking about CM and said 'I'll see you there' - obviously she was hoping for a compensation and went to CM when I refused. The chat documents her hints at compensation and her mention of CM the moment she saw its not forthcoming.

Hmmmmm...

luciana: He went on to tell me that I could go ahead and trash talk the casino all I like on CASINOMEISTER

Hmmmm

I at no point was even offered any kind of compensation or bonus- for my time lost, the embarrassment I endured (which according to Noah is my banks fault) or just the inconvenience of having gone through such an awful situation. Frankly I'm disgusted with the way I was treated and I am at a loss for words.

Somewhere all in these lines lies some truth, but where?

.

[lauram]

I myself as a faithful player to many online casinos that pay me back by cheque, have never run into this. I have had at the canadian banks been told the cheque will be held for 21 days for clearance. Now as I made a deposit with so called cheque, the teller would turn and say be right back. She would then go into a different area and make a call. Then I would be handed a slip stating pending deposit with the amount on it. How in the world a casino would turn around and put blame on a player is beyond me. The casino issued this cheque. the player tried to deposit and was told the cheque is not valid. What more could you ask from a depositing player that expected to be paid. I think myself I would of not only threaten the casino with hitting forums with this info, I would also have a investigation done into the casino for passing a cheque that is not valid. Rome casino is stating that they used the same payment method of cheques in the past without any issues. Could you please provide some proof of that. Block out the payees name and show us a copy of a cheque that was cashed without issue, and a copy of the cheque that was forward to this player.

[Webzcas]

Hi Noah,

A couple of things:

I won't post the chat just yet, but I will do so if needed. I will of course not post personal emails unfortunately, since that would be unethical.

Seeing as the player concerned used CasinoMeister in chat as leverage, I think it would be the only sensible thing to do by emailing Bryan the chat transcript.

I know Bryan does not like players abusing the casinomeister forum for their own gain. Likewise he will be able to get a clearer picture as to what has gone on here.

If the player is not being 100% truthful here in the opening post, then again by sending him the chat transcript would go some way to help clear this up.

I'm sorry but there is no connection between this issue and the affiliate issue, and they are being paid, watch GPWA and you'll see how they get paid one by one.

Bottom line is Noah. From what I have seen, it is just promises followed by complaints of non payment. This on top of other issues such as transferring players from different affiliates. It doesn't paint your operation in a very good light.