vinylweatherman
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- Joined
- Oct 14, 2004
- Location
- United Kingdom
Case Law
Sadly, this is how eCogra operate, and believe me they DO get some stick for it. IF T & C state something, and the casino act within the terms, eCogra will find in favour of the casino. In this case, the casino pulled the promotion early. What they mean by "the early bird gets the first worm" is that you, the player, should give the casino no quarter. You should have withdrawn funds, and then redeemed further points while still at your girlfriends house, and played them back home.
This is probably a pointless exercise in any case, if you had done this, the casino would have voided your winnings anyway.
The fact that a term is unfair has no bearing on dispute handling, all that matters is that the casino acted within its own terms. Since the casino get to make up the terms, the casino are always at an advantage.
Because of the way this works, casinos often find that players consider gaming online as a war of wit, rather than entertainment. A "B & M" casino is short for "Bricks and Mortar", a real physical casino that you go to in person.
Had Big Dollar NOT had an early cancellation get out, no doubt eCogra would have found they had breached their own terms. This would not help, as all they would then do is use the "software malfunction" general term to wriggle out of it.
Every now and then, players DO get the upper hand over the casino, and had this promotion not appeared all over the internet forums, it is likely that a few players would have made a packet.
I have not played at Big Dollar, as they seem to still exclude the Brits from promotions. If they want our custom now they have lost the US, they had better treat us like normal players.
I will stsay forewarned, if the other Grand Prive casinos offer a promotion that looks similarly generous, I will ensure the option to screw me over does not become available to them; ie - I will redeem as & when, not save them up so they can pull the plug early.
Sadly, this is how eCogra operate, and believe me they DO get some stick for it. IF T & C state something, and the casino act within the terms, eCogra will find in favour of the casino. In this case, the casino pulled the promotion early. What they mean by "the early bird gets the first worm" is that you, the player, should give the casino no quarter. You should have withdrawn funds, and then redeemed further points while still at your girlfriends house, and played them back home.
This is probably a pointless exercise in any case, if you had done this, the casino would have voided your winnings anyway.
The fact that a term is unfair has no bearing on dispute handling, all that matters is that the casino acted within its own terms. Since the casino get to make up the terms, the casino are always at an advantage.
Because of the way this works, casinos often find that players consider gaming online as a war of wit, rather than entertainment. A "B & M" casino is short for "Bricks and Mortar", a real physical casino that you go to in person.
Had Big Dollar NOT had an early cancellation get out, no doubt eCogra would have found they had breached their own terms. This would not help, as all they would then do is use the "software malfunction" general term to wriggle out of it.
Every now and then, players DO get the upper hand over the casino, and had this promotion not appeared all over the internet forums, it is likely that a few players would have made a packet.
I have not played at Big Dollar, as they seem to still exclude the Brits from promotions. If they want our custom now they have lost the US, they had better treat us like normal players.
I will stsay forewarned, if the other Grand Prive casinos offer a promotion that looks similarly generous, I will ensure the option to screw me over does not become available to them; ie - I will redeem as & when, not save them up so they can pull the plug early.