I had a great trip, the holiday was fantastic and I look forward to sharing my experiences soon.
It's taken me longer than I anticipated to write up my notes from my trip.
My first article explains what I discovered when I met with the owner of Global Gaming Labs, the operator who provided the live casino that BetOnine were using when the video of the dealer caught cheating was recorded.
In summary, it looks like the dealer was working alone or in collusion with someone else.
As far as can be determined no-one made any direct money from the incident. The Dealer refused to say anything about what happened and was sacked. The guy who posted the video on his new youtube channel got over a million hits. Betonline who announced the same day that the video was released that they had moved live casino providers, were already planning to move. They just bought forward the migration because of the bad press that was about to hit. GGL had decided 12 months previously to close their business down and transfer their clients to Visionary iGaming. A timing issue made to look like something else.
There is a fuller description
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My second article is an
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I was impressed with what I saw, the people I spoke to and I had my pre-conceived ideas about Costa Rica kicked into touch.
I like to check facts, which is why I visited Costa Rica in the first place. I've been uncomfortable repeating the words others have used for labelling anything to do with online gaming in Costa Rica as dodgy or even corrupt.
True they don't have a licensing regime, but most of the companies I met supply their games into jurisdictions that do require licenses and they comply with those. The one operator that doesn't has a good reputation and you won't find anything negative ever written about them.
I've got some nice video footage (that I haven't published yet) of myself being taught how to deal live blackjack. I must admit I have a new found respect for the live dealers.
Bryan was particularly keen for me to get a picture of armed guards, but alas there were none.
However here's pic of me in the Ezugi live casino studio.
I'm happy to answer any specific questions as it's difficult to get everything into an article, so please fire away.