Issue #179
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Dear Reader,
Ah, a day late, but not a dollar short. Busy bees we be, Vortran and I. So being tardy one day does not deserve any comments from thee.
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But if you did delete it, you would have never known what a sweet person I think you are dear reader. You would have never known. So aren't you glad you're reading this now! You've suddenly come to realize that I really like you. I really do.
Compassionately yours,
Bryan
In this issue:
1. What's New at Casinomeister
2. Casinos You Ought to Join
3. This week's humor
4. Forum Highlights
5. CASINO CAUTIONS
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RTG has given the game "Caribbean 21" the thumbs up and it's been relaunched. Phoenician Casino.com is one of the first to do so, and stated publicly that this player was paid by them and they had no problem in doing so. Now all eyes are turning to Delano Casino who is holding $70,000 or so of his. What will they do now? Well, I hope they pay the guy - expediently.
And what about Hamptons, will they stick to their guns that they won't pay this player a dime more than what they already have? They owe this player in the neighborhood of $1.3 million dollars. The casino manager and the player had a conversation over the telephone where the player admitted to using a robot...and then they agreed to go into cahoots together and make some money off of other RTG powered casinos. But the player has claimed he has made these admissions and confessions under duress. He claims he had made these comments (which were tape recorded and spread all over cyberland), believing there was no other way to get any money out of Hamptons. How true is this? We may never know.
The casino claims it has evidence of robot play, but won't produce this information. So it's a Mexican standoff of sorts.
Lets look at an analogy to get a better understanding what is happening here. Let's say a casino forbids players from wearing a blue hat while playing the games: this is stated in the casino's terms and conditions - no blue hats to be worn while playing. Now let's say a player wins a million dollars at this casino, but says he wore a blue hat while playing. And then he changes his story saying that he never wore a hat of any color.
Is the casino liable to pay up? Does the casino have the right not to pay a player that wore a blue hat, even though most people feel the blue hat rule is a goofy-ass rule? I feel that the casino has a right not to pay, if it can show photographic evidence of the player wearing the blue hat. But there is no concrete evidence in this situation, no photos, no witnesses.
If the casino does not pay this player, it will always be remembered as "the casino that did not pay a player because of a stupid hat rule".
Back to this Caribbean 21 situation: Do you find it odd that only one player has been winning these amounts? No one else has come forth stating that they've been playing the same strategy. So why only this player? Well, I guess this dude knows what he's doing and no one else is doing it - what he's doing. Maybe he has a secret. These casinos have been watching him for some time now, for quite a few months...some of these casinos were getting their butts kicked by this guy. But no action was taken until the beginning of January when RTG yanked the game and Hampton refused to pay the remainder of the $1.3 million. This is no ordinary situation.
You know what would be interesting, what if the programer who designed the game joined the dark side and hooked up with someone innocent like this player? I wonder if this has crossed anyone's mind at all. I've been thinking about this a bit since my gut instinct says something ain't kosher here.
But you can't go by gut instincts in situations such as these. You gotta have proof, a smoking gun. If something techno-funky happened, you have to prove it with data - not horse doo doo.
So as things stand now, as painful as it may seem for the casino -- the player ought to be paid everything he's owed.
If you are a fraudster and seek my help via the "Pitch a Bitch" section, be forewarned that I will publicly drag you though the coals and notify every casino operator I know to encourage them to shut you out and kick you to the curb. Taking care of player complaints is a time consuming thing, and no one pays me to do this. If you have a pending "Pitch a Bitch" that I haven't gotten to yet, you can thank dickheads like Crudebar for wasting my time.
If you are defrauding the casinos, please do not use my services.
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3. This week's humor
After a day fishing in the ocean a fisherman is walking from the pier carrying two lobsters in a bucket. He is approached by the Game Warden who asks him for his fishing license.
Not having one the fisherman says to the warden, "I did not catch these lobsters, they are my pets. Every day I come done to the water and whistle and these lobsters jump out and I take them for a walk only to return them at the end of the day."
The warden, not believing him, reminds him that it is illegal to fish without a license.
The fisherman turns to the warden and says, "If you don't believe me then watch," as he throws the lobsters back into the water.
The warden says, "Now whistle to your lobsters and show me that they will come out of the water."
The fisherman turns to the warden and says, "What lobsters?"
Ha ha ha ha
CASINO CAUTIONS
Be cautious at Hampton
After weeks of watching the sad saga of Hampton and The Pirate develop we
have now seen enough to convince us that Hampton Casino.com has been
behaving in a questionable manner and should only be approached with
caution...especially if big wins are made. If you're planning on playing
at this operation please be careful and ensure that you carry out a search
on leading message boards first.
Online poker casualties
There's been something of a goldrush into the booming online poker sector,
and as a consequence the industry is now seeing a few casualties. Pro
Poker's website is down, and the word is that World Poker Central is also
offline as of this week. Odds On-powered Big Bet Poker has already told
its players that it is to close February 23.
Not much pride here
There have been grave doubts about online casino, fantasy sports and
sportsbook site Lionbet.com since December last year, when the owner,
apparently in a spat with software provider Futurebet advised affiliates
to stop sending him players because the FB payout infrastructure was so
slow. The key question of course was why that owner continued to accept
deposits despite this. Another warning flag was non-payment of affiliate
obligations and the final crunch came this week when Lionbet stopped
responding to emails complaining about this. A few months back Futurebet
was boasting that it had received new investment which would revitalize
the company, and perhaps some of that should have been directed into the
player support and accounting infrastructure. The site, still powered by
Futurebet is operating, but if the owner is stiffing affiliates, he or she
is probably only a heartbeat away from screwing players.
News courtesy of Infopowa news service.
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