Exterminating the low-roller from online casinos

[Wildfire7]

Hi, when I logged in to a Vegas partner lounge casino today, I got the message of the day which said we now have changed the resolution of the casino software so you can play in wide-screen.

So basically yes, they are exterminating the low roller as you would need a wide-screen monitor to play full screen now.

I played the other day on a free chip at a microgaming casino and the quality had reduced by 80%, I would very rarely deposit at microgaming now.

I would buy a better telly, but which one could I hook up to my computer? And how???

Thats not exterminating the low roller, that is just a sign of the time, progress.
Most of the budget laptops available are widescreen, and most of the higher end laptops are not, as you are paying for portability not the type of screen.

Standalone desktop widescreens are also very cheap to purchase these days. Most modern tv sets have all the ports you need to combine it to a monitor, and with most households now having several tv sets, using one for a monitor ought not to be a problem for most people.

The cost of the screen is no longer an issue for the consumer as widescreen has become so ubiquitous. Again that is down to consumer demand and progress.

Mike

[LOOKAWAY]

Thats not exterminating the low roller, that is just a sign of the time, progress.
Most of the budget laptops available are widescreen, and most of the higher end laptops are not, as you are paying for portability not the type of screen.

Standalone desktop widescreens are also very cheap to purchase these days. Most modern tv sets have all the ports you need to combine it to a monitor, and with most households now having several tv sets, using one for a monitor ought not to be a problem for most people.

The cost of the screen is no longer an issue for the consumer as widescreen has become so ubiquitous. Again that is down to consumer demand and progress.

Mike

Yes Mike, you have proved I know shit all about TV sets

[vinylweatherman]

Thats not exterminating the low roller, that is just a sign of the time, progress.
Most of the budget laptops available are widescreen, and most of the higher end laptops are not, as you are paying for portability not the type of screen.

Standalone desktop widescreens are also very cheap to purchase these days. Most modern tv sets have all the ports you need to combine it to a monitor, and with most households now having several tv sets, using one for a monitor ought not to be a problem for most people.

The cost of the screen is no longer an issue for the consumer as widescreen has become so ubiquitous. Again that is down to consumer demand and progress.

Mike

Stupid nonetheless, since the change was introduced by means of "ambush" to players. This has given them no time to prepare for the change, and the technical advice available from MGS is LAMENTABLE, and only addresses ONE of the MANY MANY issues that have cropped up with the new lobby.

I bought a widescreen monitor that goes all the way to 1920x1200 so screen resolution is NOT an issue, yet the new lobby SIGNIFICANTLY underperforms compared to the old. It has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with my screen settings, yet this is the ONLY technical advice on offer, and even this is no more than a link to the Microsoft website, and an article on how to adjust screen settings.

Players who find they CANNOT play with their current kit are firstly going to seek help and advice, and THEN maybe consider bringing forward plans to upgrade. In the meantime, they are NOT DEPOSITING at the MGS casinos whose upgrade has given them problems. They may be playing elsewhere, or not playing at all. This could induce a PERMANENT change in these players' loyalties, as well as a temporary reduction in their MGS deposits.

Casino Rewards have now announced they are NOT making the change, and this will offer an option for players who are having trouble elsewhere. Buy new kit, try to upgrade, look for technical advice that isn't there, or simply move their play to Casino Rewards and carry on as before. Provided Casino Rewards ensures these new players don't have a bad experience (such as locking their rewards account), this can only benefit them.

[1819]

low roller or high the one thing people seem to completely forget is the time they spend playing. slots are designed to make the house money. i think we all know that. the longer a player plays, the more they will lose period. any entry level casino host will tell you this. look at the recent 3d spin tourney going on here. look at the number of spins. people are not racking up those spin totals in brick and morter casinos. they are racking them up at home. hours upon hours = losses. say what you will about variance and luck and anything else you want to throw in. playing at home will eventually break your bankroll because there is no "going home." you cannot leave a winner since you will play an hour later. low rolling may allow one to play a little longer but what is a little longer when you are always in the casino/house? what does it matter? i hit the b&m casinos 3 or 4 times a month. i play for 24 hours and leave win or lose. at home i play until the deposit is gone. sometimes 3 or 4 days sometimes an hour but the casino always gets my money. that is the nature of the beast...

[silcnlayc]

I tried logging into one of my favorite 7Sultans in flash mode yesterday and deposited before trying out the games...went to load the game...nothing happened..I tried a few times and absolutely nothing happened..a blank screen kept coming up..

I went to chat and explained my problem and they said they were having "issues". I said great, you got my money and I cannot play...

They said it will take a while to fix these issues so ended up downloading the full version, which I didn't want to do...but it worked fine and I made a nice tidy withdrawal which serves them right for all the aggravation!.

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[Pinababy69]

Great information

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Useful information.

Great information.

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[Scooter7]

Both MG and Crypto have produced new lobbies in the last couple of months. I know that the Crypto update to Intercasino ran a little slow for a few days and then they must have tweaked something since it's been fine for me from that point on. The MG situation appears to be worse than Inter's slight bit of 'chugging' as the games won't run at all for some people.

Technical issues aside, anyone care to compare the presentation and functionality of the two company's upgrades? I'm curious to know everyone's thoughts. For me, I think the menu structure for Inter (including an auto-complete game search feature) is really good progress and tops my list.

[nisosbar]

This is about the low roller, 20 cent to 75 cent players not finding the good play anymore and it is a fact despite the statistics of the above that the small player/low roller is being systematically exterminated from online casinos.

Have your thoughts changed about this at all?

[Mavin1]

Have your thoughts changed about this at all?

Hi Nisobar, I just wanted to acknowledge your question here and then I'll be done.

On this journey as a simple online player, I say player instead of gambler, because a true gambler would mostly be spending their time at a B&M, as the true hands on is part of the gambling and would use/consider online as a means of "entertaintment", I have had my ups and downs about online casinos that has taken my thoughts from one horizon to another.

I have tried to analyze why I would have been left with so many feelings of negatives and positives in what I hoped was a fair and just gaming venture and have not found any cut and dry answer that I could nail down to say, ah, that's what it is and be satisfied with it.

I have participated in many debates regarding every aspect that we the simple player can possibly come up with, but with questions and pnderance always remaining, I guess we have to come to a conclusion of accepting it the way it is, or move on.

My outlook now centers more around economic, politcal and international posturing that is far more reaching than we can possible understand immediately , but how far does it reach, I think in areas we never really thought it would, such as "entertainment", but some of us are seeing that maybe it is.

Looking at the decline of the dollar and how it has trikled into every portion of our life and our survival, I see it has trickled silently into areas that not only affect us here in the states but possibly worldwide.

Remember the days when gas was 75 cents a gallon, a loaf of bread 25 cents. Sure those days are long gone and will never return, but through force and persuassion, we have been made to accept it. Made to accept the ever declining amount of goods and services we used to get yet are paying more and more for less and less.

Gaming is the same, you would win a dollar and it would buy you more than it does now, that dollar meant something at one time. Maybe because of the monetary decline it has affected payouts, because these merchants are also not being able to maintain their overhead anymore than we can, but they have an advantage over us, in just the aspect of enticing us to give our dollars freely and joyfully.

There are those that come out ahead and those that come out even and those that wonder what the hell are they doing throwing money into what can feel like empty space. With things as uncertain, or on shakey ground as they are, I will never encourage anyone to play online, or make it sound like easy money, or this or that casino does give you a fair chance, because most likely it will not always and for those that are enticed, they may be spending their last bit of grocery money, or bill money hoping that the "fair" casinos will give them the return that others say they are getting.

I may have inadvertently insulted Audimanboro, which I appologize for, in the other thread with my lets not forget this and that, but although it is nice to know some things do work out good for some, it is equally a negative when my personal success post or something may have caused someone else to lose all they have, because they wanted what I found to be found by them as well and life just doesn't work that way.

So basically, when you see casinos falling, stealing, tightening up, stalling, siezing funds and so, look to the world climate and you will find the answer as to why the casinos that were like the 25 cent loaf of bread at one time is now the $150k shack you pay for today.
Simpler terms, how things are going with the little things in life are a good indicator of how things are in the bigger picture of the world.

[felicie]

Everything else in life goes up up up so why not casinos? Is that what you're saying Mavin because I think that is what is happening - a new all time high but still considered low.

(ps. glad you're still around Mavin and didn't let l bad apple spoil the whole bunch as they say. In my opinion, you're an asset to this forum, not a pain in the asset)