Two bust Rival casinos re-branded...

[KasinoKing]

Not that I suppose anyone cares much (I know I don't ), but I've been informed that two of the Rival casinos who failed miserably earlier this year have been re-branded and re-launched:

Royal Apollo Casino is now Malibu Club Casino
and
Tradition Casino is now Gibson Casino

I suppose with new management they might get things right this time, but I for one as a player and an affiliate will not be rushing to put my trust in them until they've proved themselves beyond reasonable doubt...

KK

[oldtrvlagt]

It may be a while...I thought I would download Malibu just to see if anything had changed. It hasn't. I was bonus banned at Royal Apollo and am bonus banned at Malibu. I do know one thing...I have a lot more room on my laptop lately and the uninstall feature at these casinos works quite nicely

[Rhyzz]

Seems to be very easy for these Rival Casino's to bust themselves and rebrand...if that doesn't stop people playing with them then I suppose nothing will!

[Mousey]

Not that I suppose anyone cares much (I know I don't ), but I've been informed that two of the Rival casinos who failed miserably earlier this year have been re-branded and re-launched:

Royal Apollo Casino is now Malibu Club Casino
and
Tradition Casino is now Gibson Casino

I suppose with new management they might get things right this time, but I for one as a player and an affiliate will not be rushing to put my trust in them until they've proved themselves beyond reasonable doubt...

KK

Honest to goodness... the longer I try to stay 'informed' about online casinos, the more I become confused.

So now... is it the same people who OWN the casino... did the managers take the dough and run? ... or did Rival just step in and take over?

[KasinoKing]

So now... is it the same people who OWN the casino... did the managers take the dough and run? ... or did Rival just step in and take over?

They don't exactly spell it out, but my assumption is that the original owners are definitely out of the picture, Rival took over running of the casinos in the interim and new owners were found. Whether these owners were appointed by, came from within Rival or came from outside is unknown (to me).

I got e-mails from both stating:-

As you might be aware, Royal Apollo has been taken over by new management and rebranded into Malibu Club Casino and Affiliates.

We would like to introduce ourselves as your new management, and let you know that if there is anything you might need, please do not hesitate.

"Introduce ourselves"? That's a joke - the e-mail has no names anywhere, it's just "signed" Malibu Affiliates.

Now that I've looked, both e-mails are identical apart from the casino names, so it looks to me like both casinos have the same "new owners".

KK

[Rusty]

This is the real problem with Rival, well I say this but I mean this and the other 5000 issues, they are very secretive about ownership in the main which really should set alarms bells ringing.
Chances are Rival owned them previous to the rebrand and now Rival has taken over from Rival.

The new owners can always come here and introduce themselves if I am wrong.

[bsilva028]

This is the real problem with Rival, well I say this but I mean this and the other 5000 issues, they are very secretive about ownership in the main which really should set alarms bells ringing.
Chances are Rival owned them previous to the rebrand and now Rival has taken over from Rival.

The new owners can always come here and introduce themselves if I am wrong.

only one question about rival
is there some list of trust and rogue casinos of this software?

[takethemoney]

only one question about rival
is there some list of trust and rogue casinos of this software?

No...play at your own risk, really.

I feel a couple are reliable, but I don't want to recommend anything on my name, and frankly, based on things I have been reading as of late, I'm taking the position of not trusting any of them for now.

[KasinoKing]

Chances are Rival owned them previous to the rebrand and now Rival has taken over from Rival.

No, that's not the case. I personally met the owners of Royal Apollo at a conference in London in January, and they definitely were independent and not part of Rival itself.
I can't say anything about the new owners - you know as much as I do!

KK

[KasinoKing]

only one question about rival
is there some list of trust and rogue casinos of this software?

Just as with RTG, V-tech, Playtech, or any other software, some people will say they are all cheating rogues while others will say they are all OK.

Only 4 Rival casinos are actually listed in the CasinoMeister's "Rogue Pit":
Orange Gamez and Tradition - both now closed down.
Dendera and Rockbet - both for "piss-poor customer support" (quite a long time ago).

IMO some Rival casinos are great, some are OK and some are pretty useless, again, just the same with any software. I am currently working on a new listing of The Best, The Rest (OK) and Not Recommended. PM me if you'd like the details when I've finished.

KK