
Originally Posted by
alexbuzz
Fair question; what do YOU think would be a reasonable amount? Let's say you win a non-progressive jackpot of 100k... would 2 50k's be okay? ten of 10k over as many months? we're a start-up, so such language protects us from a surprise unplanned bank kil and protects YOU as you WILL get your dosh!We want to be fair toour players... while avoiding/limiting damage from fraudulent players (and you know they 're out there!)
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Whilst there may be practicalities with amounts so large as 100K for example, subdividing transactions does not mean there has to be a month's wait between them.
For example:-
If I win & withdraw £50,000 from a Microgaming casino, I can withdraw this £50,000 back to Neteller. Now, there is usually a per-transaction limit imposed by Neteller, and a max balance imposed on customers. In my instance, this is £25,000.
I would expect the following to take place with a MG casino such as 32Red or All Jackpots to give but 2 examples:-
I withdraw £25,000 (my Neteller balance limit)
I request a "flush"
Next working day (or next but one MAYBE) I will receive the £25,000 - although it will be subdivided into per-transaction limits set by Neteller on the merchant. Example might be 5x £5000.
I will then request a withdrawal from Neteller, and this will free me to request the second £25,000 from the casino. In another 2 working days, I have this also.
In total, probably around a week, maybe 2, to receive the entire £50,000. Delays down to practicalities, not the casino using a throttling "max per period withdrawal amount" to slow down receipt of funds.
This should be your ASPIRATION, even though this may not be possible at present.
To mitigate having to pay, say, 100K in the first weeks from launch, you should consider insurance. Many competitions use insurance to insure against the chance that a major prize will be won without the entry fees covering anything like the amount.
Such an example is the "win a car" event sometimes seen at village fetes. These are sponsored by a car dealership, but they don't put at risk a car, rather they insure against the unlikely event the car will be won, needing only to cover the cost of this insurance from the event, not the cost of the car. I have seen these where throwing 6 on all of 6 dice wins the car, so usually the car is not won, but the chance is always present. Long term, this type of competition favours the "house", but the insurance mitigates against an early winner.
Now for the choice of RTG. Since it is not intended to allow US players, one HUGE problem with RTG is the lack of multi-currency support. Although you have chosen the Euro, this still leaves many players unable to use their own currency, whereas they can in many other casinos. This places you at an immediate disadvantage when trying to attract NEW players, all other things being equal. It is not so much a problem depositing and withdrawing, but of the unduly large currency conversion fees entailed in depositing and withdrawing in "foreign" currency.
The "dubious terms" are similar to those seen in other casinos, but the wording is more "predatory", making them look a little "rogue", even if there is no such intention.
Take this for example:-
Credit/debit card payout requests should only be made to Visa cards that were used to deposit and for no amount greater than the originating deposit. Should the user have more than one registered credit/debit card, the payout will be processed to the credit/debit card on which the user deposited the most within the last 6 months.
This is a mouthful, and a minefield. yet you have shovelled all the responsibility on the PLAYER to back calculate his deposits over the last 6 months, and second guess how your processor will apportion these when it comes to refunds to multiple cards.
Keep it simple, let the player simply request a withdrawal, and indicate his preferred method of payment. THEN, it is up to the PROCESSOR to reapportion the withdrawal so as to return deposits back to qualifying VISA cards before returning any balance to the player's preferred method of payment.
It is precondition for the processing of withdrawals that the user provides Buzzluck with the copy of a valid passport or identity card
as well as a signed copy of his/her credit card in case he/she made a deposit by credit card. This procedure serves to confirm and most importantly protect the user’s identity.
Predatory bordering on rogue, but is this what you MEAN. Surely what you are wanting is a signed DEPOSIT DECLARATION form (maybe), and a simple set of images of the card (to prove the player has the card in their possession, and that it is valid). Players are now advised, and casinos have to accept (if not to be considered "rogue") that players will blank out the middle 8 digits of the card number, and the 3 digit security code. This protects the PLAYER from misuse of the image files to initiate a "card not present" transaction using the full card number and 3 digit code, the ONLY safeguards for many online card transactions.
Because you are new, use RTG, and to start with are licensed in Costa Rica, you have some work to do to gain player's trust. Once in a whitelisted jurisdiction (except perhaps Malta), this trust should become pretty much guaranteed. Being CM accredited here means gaining the automatic trust from CM members (barring a bad experience), who will be able to tell their friends that whilst you may LOOK "dodgy", you can be trusted because you have passed the CM accreditation tests.
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