Online Casino Reviews

[waynemasters]

I got an e-mail from Casinomeister asking "where've you been"? It has indeed been a long time since I last posted anything. I'd like to open up the floor regarding true casino reviews. Based on my experiences, which has cost me thousands of dollars, that the online gaming industry - as a whole - is a total scam. Casinomeister listed Red Flush Casino as "Best of 2008". Ok, how the hell is this possible? If ever there was a rogue casino, Red Flush should be on the top of the list. The payout percentages are a total joke. The customer service (if you can call it that) reps are incredibly rude and inattentive. On and on. This casino is a rip off in every sense of the word, and how the Casinomeister site can possibly give any positive accolades raises questions on the legitimacy of this site. So again, what in the name of God could Red Flush Casino have possibly done to get a title of "Best" - because after thousands of dollars, I got nothing in return - other than a locked account. Rather than list the casinos that are a scam, its easier to give a few of the "less corrupt" ones on the net:

1. Vegas Sky Casino: Rival Software - With a $100 deposit, I got my balance up to over $4300, and I played slots on that $100 deposit continuous for over 40 hours. I give serious props to this site. The downside is their Blackjack and other table games. The table games seemed to be very tight - with the dealer always coming up with the high cards to win. Overall, I would rate Vegas Sky as a very fair site to play - 8 out of 10 stars.

2. Lucky Slots Casino - RTG Software - This is a new site that I decided to give a shot. This casino has the best payouts of any RTG site. Their machines are very loose and extend even a small bankroll. My only complaint is the bonus features seem not to hit as much. Their Blackjack and table games are extremely fair and hit often. 8 out of 10 stars.

3. Doyles Casino used to be much better with MG. I played the sites new RTG software and it was downhill - WAY downhill. Tight, tight games. I would say that Doyles used to be my number on casino - it now is at the bottom of the list with the RTG software. It was 10 out of 10 stars - now I wouldn't give them 2 stars, if even that.

The top 10 casinos that are an absolute scam and should be shut down:

1. Red Flush Casino
2. Pamper Casino
3. Fortune Lounge Casino Group
4. Online Vegas/Golden Casino Group
5. English Harbour Group
6. Mayflower Casino
7. Cirrus, Cool Cat, Palace of Chance Casino Group
8. 123 Bingo, Bingo Knights, Bingo Flash Casinos/Bingo Halls
9. S'loto Cash Casino
10. Pitbull Casino

The 10 casinos/casino groups above are the WORST on the internet. These groups have pitiful payout percentages, terrible or non-existent customer service, lock your account when you complain about the rigidity of the games. These sites should be avoided at all cost. Play at your own risk.
In closing, I own slot machines (IGT & Ballys), I've worked in the land based gaming industry, I know how these games should work. More online casinos claim 96% payouts, etc. Sorry folks, that's just not the case. Maybe with a handful, but I would say that 96% of those casinos stating these payout returns are in fact making fraudulent claims. If there is one thing I hate more than anything, it would have to be "unqualified experts" - armchair quarterbacks. Honestly, you wouldn't want your dentist to perform open heart surgery on you, would you? I admire the fact that there are a lot of people out there with a passion for gaming. Nobody loves the industry more than me. Opinions are like aresholes, everybody's got one. But lets face it, more of the online gaming industry is nothing more than fraud - and THAT is a fact. Again, I'm still trying to figure out how CM gave Red Flush Casino the award he did... CM, I really hope you take a harder look at these folks before giving your recommendation, as well as any other online casino out there. Anyone in the Pittsburgh area is more than welcome to spin our slots to see how true slot machines are supposed to operate and payout. I don't want to start World War 3 or anything - It's just time the air is cleared on this industry with some facts and not opinions.

[mclee321]

It's just time the air is cleared on this industry with some facts and not opinions.

Not to start a war myself, but that came across as mostly opinion

You just seem to be basing the merit purely on the casino's you have won at.

Of course you make a good point with the rogue casino's listed, every man and his dog here knows never to play in their piss-bucket casinos.

[footdr]

I never base my play on the views of anyone else but me. I check out a casino first by depositing small and if I consider it, based on my experience with other casinos with like software or other casinos I have played within their group, to be a fair casino; I will play there if not I don't.

Online casinos, in my opinion, have a better payout than land based casinos.
There are quite a few however, that I believe are not worth playing at based on their, loyalty, bonus, support and payout.

Minivegas group has always been good, payout wise, for me yet I know many here consider them Rogue. On the other hand, casino groups not listed as Rogued are "Rogued" by me based upon my own experience with them.

Simply speaking, you can definately lose a fortune gambling online as you can in any land based casino. Yet, I find online gambling much more profitable and the very least easier to break even due to the many choices of casinos to play.

My complaint is against the casinos that don't compensate VIP players as they should anymore using U.S. law as the excuse. If a player is still playing the same as before the law then the compensation should not have changed.
The players are paying more fees now then the casinos. It use to be the other way around since they use to process ach and wiretransfers themselves. Right?

[slotheadlizard]

Wayne, welcome back. Thanks for posting your opinion. I have to say that I agree with some of them. I would exclude Sloto and Fortune Lounge. Plus I have not played at all of them.

I am a little confused though as to why you state how you hate unqualified opinions then proceed to state your own as facts. They seem to be just personal experiences. While many may agree with you on Red Flush, some may disagree on others. I would also like to know if your "worst" list is compiled purely on win/loss stats. Do quick payouts, C.S, etc. come into play?

If it is just based on loses, I would have included 3dice, but the other categories sort of outweigh the rest there like creative games. I could easily include a few more on the CM list based on other categories. I would not say that the accredited casinos payout more than non accredited casinos, but I'm sticking to the list for the most part because I have never, not once (knock on wood) had a payout problem with a listed casino.


This is not to say that the accredited list is gospel. You should very well mention your awesome experience with Vegas Sky and Lucky Slots. Perhaps you can campaign to get your favorite casinos on the CM list, but questioning the legitimacy of the site as a whole based on one accredited casino is going a little too far IMO. Just my 2cents though, Good Luck

[waynemasters]

Having worked in the **real** industry, owning several **real** slot machines, having close friends who work for **real** industry leaders like IGT - let's just say I point out more in facts than opinion. I try not to get too political, which is seemingly impossible anymore. CM, if you read this - how's about giving me the skinny on how Red Flush got ANY award for being anything other than a total fraud. As much attention as your site draws, I find it incredibly irresponsible on your part to give such a high honour to an obviously unqualified site. It's kind of like "eCogra" - I can only imagine how much money Microgaming **donates** on a monthly basis to pad their sites audits. If anybody takes an eCogra audit seriously - please let me know - I have a bridge in New York I'd like to sell you.

Again, it's great to see people get involved and share their opinions - but opinions are meaningless without some experience to back up some true facts.

[waynemasters]

I forgot to add to my last post... the BC Lottery will apparently be entering into the online gaming world sometime next year.

http://www.onlinecasinoextra.com/casino_news_2718.html

Frankly, I wonder how many other state/provincial lotteries will follow suit. I think it would be a great way to keep the absconders of the online gaming industry more honest. This is one of my biggest complaints about the online gaming industry - there is literally NO regulation of any of these sites. Sorry - Kanawhake, Malta, Alderney, etc... these "regulators" are as phony and corrupt as the sites they give "licenses" to. Again, like eCogra, if any of you put any sort of serious faith into these "government regulators"... you need a strong cup of coffee to wake up. I will tell you this - if ANY of these sites were regulated by the US or Canadian governments (non tribal), the online gaming industry would be much more honest and trustworthy.

[chuchu59]

Okay, now we have someone who feels it correct to rogue casinos he has done poorly at while applauding those he won at.

MG - Redflush vs Doyles (when at MG)

You lost $thousands at the former while doing well at the later. Now that Doyles is now using RTG, you give them a rating of 2. Well, at least you didnt call Doyles a crook.

Rival - Vegassky vs Slotocash

I play regularly at both but I wouldnt call sloto a scam just because I lost there. I have lost at both these casinos but their customer service has generally been good. The table games have changed and the software has definitely been altered. I got slaughtered at Vegassky yesterday after enduring a near impossible run. I am waiting for their logs but I dont believe they will send me any so I might start a thread soon and let others judge why I feel that the software has been tampered with and how the results dont stand up to scrutiny. Rusty would have been able to give input but sadly he's called it quits.

Slotocash has hardly treated any players with contempt yet you are denouncing them purely because you lost there.

RTG - Luckyslots vs Doyles(RTG)

Again, same software and I have played regularly at Luckyslots. As with most software, you do well at some and not so well at others. Their offers are generous and you can win as long as you avoid being greedy. Their 300%+ bonus offers are great though the downside is a 10x deposit max withdrawal cap but I have cashed out max 3 times on about 12 deposits. Their live chat service is great and they give you a free chip equivalent to the size of your previous deposit if you lose everything so it extends your play time even more.

What I want to say is that the 96% RTP or whatever % it is cannot be confined to your play at a single casino but sometimes over a longer stint at several casinos using the same software. Now say your RTP at sloto is just a paltry 75% but your RTP % at Vegassky is 120% are you justified in calling sloto a scam or should vegassky call you a scam. If your overall returns at over a borad section of casinos using the same software is way below the advertised percentages, then you may have a case but crying fould over the casinos you do poorly at without balancing them against those you have done particularly well at does not warrant a fair hearing imo.

[DiamondGeezer]

Another proposterous thread.

Do you really think Ladbrokes the biggest betting company in Europe would use MG software if it was bent? Time for a reality check.

That is not to say there aren't glitches or errors and it's important to stay vigilant. I take your point about ecogra not being the best people to rely on.

If you have some evidence then fine post it up and the experts here will take a good look. But posting up losses and making these wild accusations is just wasting everyone's time frankly.

[KasinoKing]

I got slaughtered at Vegassky yesterday after enduring a near impossible run. I am waiting for their logs but I dont believe they will send me any so I might start a thread soon and let others judge why I feel that the software has been tampered with and how the results dont stand up to scrutiny.

Why have you asked the casino to get the logs?
Do you not know that if you go to the cashier screen and then "History" you can extract your play logs yourself?

KK

[Casinomeister]

Having worked in the **real** industry, owning several **real** slot machines, having close friends who work for **real** industry leaders like IGT - let's just say I point out more in facts than opinion.

Please don't assume that over the past 11 years I don't have friends or contacts in the same places. Same goes for many of the members here. This isn't just some howdy-doody happy clappy player forum. By the way, the online industry is just as real as the land based. You should know this by now.

CM, if you read this - how's about giving me the skinny on how Red Flush got ANY award for being anything other than a total fraud. As much attention as your site draws, I find it incredibly irresponsible on your part to give such a high honour to an obviously unqualified site. It's kind of like "eCogra" - I can only imagine how much money Microgaming **donates** on a monthly basis to pad their sites audits. If anybody takes an eCogra audit seriously - please let me know - I have a bridge in New York I'd like to sell you.

Here's how it goes - around November/December of each year I review the entire year's postings, complaints, PABs, emails, news articles, and anything else I can get my hands on to come up with the awards. I look at the new casinos that have come on board during the year and apply this information to them - complaints, kudos, PABs, etc. It's then that I make the decision on who receives an award. Red Flush received it for 2008.

Now this was for 2008 - so I hope you bear this is mind. And so far in 2009, not much has been going on with them complaint-wise. They had one PAB submitted in January concerning a cash out problem that was resolved. There have been a few issues in the forum about payout probs which is about normal for everyone. Nothing equating the problems you've had though. Rude customer service? Maybe you caught someone on a bad day. Dunno.

The thing is, if they are so fraud-like, then where are the complaints?