I was called by VIP early this afternoon. It's all true unfortunately, and Lisa is being rather vague. It's not a "partnering" or "managing our UK players", it's a full on second migration of UK players from Casino UK to Roxy Palace (and by virtue of this, and the fact that I was passed to Roxy Palace VIP in the phonecall), I can now say that it's pretty much 100% certain that Roxy Palace can now be classed as "staying in the UK".
On Thursday, around midday, players logging in to Casino UK will again trigger the migration process as before, and the end result should be the same account and password, but in Roxy Palace. Balances, loyalty status & points, etc will also be migrated. Roxy Palace will then send a formal welcome out to the newly migrated players.
This does of course leave some players with the dilemma of duplicate accounts, and to be on the safe side, players in this position should probably pick one and have the other closed, or at least get something in writing that shows that the duplicate account term has been waived for them.
For VIPs at least, Roxy Palace seems keen on retention, and there are likely to be some "migration offers" coming along.
Those half way through the €20,000 MPV, or who have a prize position in the Argyle Open MPV, should take notes & screenshots so that if necessary they can make sure that they are not diddled out of any prizes due.
VIP suggested that they would take a snapshot of the €20,000 tournament on Thursday, and pay the positions as they stand. I am not convinced as this would possibly irritate non UK players who expected there to be another 10 days left, but not doing so would wind up UK players who had invested heavily.
Yet again, I have been saved because the long standing technical issue with MPV at Casino UK locked me out completely this month, even though last month I was able to win the event on a "temporary alias" created by all accounts being opted in at their end.
It just shows, even when we think we have identified a casino that is staying put, things can change suddenly, and we find ourselves out in the cold.
I thought the UK was a key market, yet it seems that most casinos are ditching UK players, even when they have a casino specifically branded to attract UK players.
It's going to get REALLY odd because we will have Casino UK, all things British on the website, yet any UK players trying to register will find that the UK is a banned country
Affiliates should now be asking questions as to how tracking will work for those players that they originally brought from the UK to a Vegas Partner Lounge skin, that then passed to Casino UK, and then exited to Roxy Palace. At best, it will involve said affiliates having an account with the Roxy Palace program.