It's that time of the year again...Casinomeister Awards

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Yep, December is when I go into the Winter lull and contemplate the awards for the year. If some of you are unfamiliar with this, here are the last few years:

The Best and Worst of Online Gaming
https://www.casinomeister.com/static/bestworst2007.php
Best Worst 2008
Best Worst 2005
Best Worst 2004

They go back to 2001.

Each year I ask for suggestions on categories you'd like to see, or anything else for that matter. Now is your chance to make your voice heard :D

The awards' announcement is normally made within the first couple of weeks of January.
 
Stupidest Named Casino of 2008 I think goes to twodice
Most Annoying Affiliate Program of 2008 will be grandprive
Worst Player Experience of 2007 Interwetten
 
Best Affiliate Program: Ladbrokes, Party Partners, BWin, Affiliate Lounge...Could name a few others, but these are some. Prompt payments, no continuous begging for more exposure but good ideas only for conversion, personal customer service...

Best Casino: Again Ladbrokes at least - several reasons like good promotions for every gambler type, fast cashouts, no annoying promotional emails/newsletters, fast email customers service, good range of gambling services (sports betting, poker, games, scratchcards...). Slot'O'Cash would be my other choice maybe.

Biggest Disappointment of the Year: Downhill of MG casinos (Go Wild and Grand Prive cases to start with)

Best Software Supplier: Well, MG still holds this, though Grand Virtual is very underrated and should get this award IMO.

Worst Software Supplier: Chartwell. Of course this is better than rigged softwares, but they are large company and have had casino software available for several years and they still haven't been able to fix the super annoying crash bugs, lag, slooooooow gaming etc. It is possible to create pretty good non-download software as Wagerworks has shown, but these guys don't seem to care.

Most Annoying Affiliate Program: I think Lucky Ace deserves this with their launch spam.


Will name a few more awards later when more comes to my mind.
 
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Expanding the nominations to include "best game of 2008" or "best new game of 2008" would be interesting

I don't think that's been included in the past.

And of course the "worst game of 2008" would be of interest too.

Wooof
 
For lack of a better category, I nominate GoWild for the "Head in the Sand Award" of 2008. More appropriately, maybe a new category could be created, such as: "Worst Casino Launch" or "Worst New Casino."

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/gowild-casino.27830/

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/gowild-casino-problems.28142/

If you add "Worst Casino Launch", I would also nominate Aladdin's Casino. Especially since they decided to do a soft-launch and lie about their affiliation with any other casino (Which turned out to be a new casino that Club World opened) to players. Once they were called out on that, they finally admitted that it was a new casino in their group.

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/new-rtg-casino-aladdins-palace.27084/


Another great addition would be an "Evil Affiliate Program" award, which would be won by Grand Prive`, hands down. GW would be a close runner-up.
 
For lack of a better category, I nominate GoWild for the "Head in the Sand Award" of 2008. More appropriately, maybe a new category could be created, such as: "Worst Casino Launch" or "Worst New Casino."

If you add "Worst Casino Launch", I would also nominate Aladdin's Casino. Especially since they decided to do a soft-launch and lie about their affiliation with any other casino (Which turned out to be a new casino that Club World opened) to players. Once they were called out on that, they finally admitted that it was a new casino in their group.

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/new-rtg-casino-aladdins-palace.27084/

dont forget the "whodini" award.....uncle floyd has that one wrapped up. i wish i could pull a whodini as i am walking out the door for my little one's christmas concert. 40 5 year olds butchering white christmas. cant wait!:)
 
For the "Most Won From A $200 Deposit" category: Myself:D got up to $34,737 from a $200 deposit at Heroes Casino.
 
Most Annoying Affiliate Program: I think Lucky Ace deserves this with their launch spam.
Definitely agree with that one! :thumbsup:

Some other good ones above too! Here's my first input:-

Best Casino: (Bearing in mind I love me bonuses!) Ladbrokes, 32Red (again!) or Sloto'Cash.

Best Affiliate Program: Sloto'Cash - fastest payers and the one thing Rival have got right; the affy back-end is among the best in the business.

Back-stabbers of the Year: Grand Prive - obviously!

Head in the Sand award: MG for churning out slot after slot every month - never heard of Quality, not Quantity...?

Incompetence award: Rival for (nearly) always releasing a new game without proof-reading their own rules for ridiculous silly mistakes, and taking too long to fix bugs in their games.

Best new slot: Tomb Raider - Secret of the Sword (MG), or Baby Boomer's Cash Cruise (Rival)

Worst new slot: Well MG have dozens of these, but I think the worst one I played was Big Kahuna - Snakes & Ladders. Rival have a couple of contenders in this category; Western Wildness & Gobblers Gold.

Biggest Disappointment: The death of Player Preferred & Cantor (Kismet) softwares. R.I.P. :(

Most sickening video: The APCW sell-out to Gambling Wages video

Most annoying people: The state government (or whatever you call them) of Kentucky, USA

Biggest Missed Opportunity to make a Fortune award: All softwares / casinos who impose totally ludicrous $1 / 1 minimum chips on their Roulette instead of 10c / 10p! :mad:

KK
 
Stupid name: LOL...that religious one that i forgot the name of(because it was so stupid)

Biggest disappointment: MG MG MG

Best Customer Service 3 dice

Worst Software glitches: Rival

Nicest new Rep: Louise from RTG
 
Stupid name: LOL...that religious one that i forgot the name of(because it was so stupid)

Ministering Angel Casino was the name!:D (how could I forget! My unreachable withdrawal of a whopping $30 dollars into the only method of withdrawal.. to an e-wallet that has no way to get the money to anyone or anywhere else! and that was after meeting the wagering requirements with a freebie on the worst slots ever created!):laugh::laugh:

I can agree with that one. But I think there should be two in that category. Pamper casino was a really stupid name also!
 
I can agree with that one. But I think there should be two in that category. Pamper casino was a really stupid name also!


You have to admit that their name is fitting....

pampers.jpg
 
worst casino............anything from the virtual group.........why break a running streak?
best casino...........toss up........3 dice / inetbet

best new casino.........aladdins.........jackpot capital

best customer service...... toss up.........3 dice / club world

head in the sand.........go wild

best casino managers..........anna at 3 dice ..........yasmeen......jackpot capital

best c/m casino rep........enzo....3 dice / tom..... club world

worst casino name............pamper casino

what the hell happened award...............microgaming

best slot game.................rivals..... scary rich

worst slot game.....m/g.... snakes and ladders
 
I remember one casino launch very well....

It was one of the funniest threads I've read here.

It went on for over 15 pages. Apparently it was a bunch of Serbian ex casino employees who launched a casino, tried to motivate people to bet 1000$ on a single hand with their "bonus program", had more than dodgy software, claimed everyone was jealous of them... :D

In the end their "rep" here actually managed to get banned for insulting forum members. :D
They were called Ministering Angel. They deserve a honorable mention in some category, or perhaps even in several of them


Dominka
 
I forgot to mention why I didnt put my thoughts down for best / worst casino. I feel since I am a US resident I cant be objective since I never get to play at places like 32 Red etc...

Thats the only reason I picked the categories I did. I wanted to add one more though

Worst payout software for 2008: RTG

Coolest new slot: Cashapillar
 
This thread was asking about "New" categories right...also how about some regarding the Forum Members here...Here's a few ideas I would like to see along with my nominations:

Most Disciplined Forum Gambler Member: KasinoKing :thumbsup:

Most Newsworthy Forum Member: Jetset :cool:

Most Suspended/Banned Forum Member for 2008: Lojo

Most Active Forum Member That Went AWOL/MIA The Longest In 2008: Winbig

Forum Member That Consistently Posts The Longest Replies: Vinylweatherman (not a bad thing Vinyl, usually very informative)

Forum Member With The Best or Most Unique Profile Page: RobWin (self serving plug) :D:rolleyes:

Most Active New Casino Rep/Forum Member: Louise

Forum Member Who Made The Most Posts In 2008: ?????

Forum Member Who Posted The Largest Winning Screenshot Of 2008: ?????

Forum Member With The Sexiest Avatar: Mercy or Trollet ;)

Forum Member Who Was Nominated The Most For His/Her Posts: ?????

Forum Member Who Shocked Us All The Most: J Todd

Most Controversial Forum Member For 2008: ?????

Newest Casino Game With The Best Graphics But The Worst Payouts: 3Dice's Slotronomicon

Casino Software Platform That Had The Worst Payouts For 2008: RTG

Casino Software Platform With Possibly The Most Potential For 2009: WizardGaming

Casino Software Provider/Forum Member Who Was The Most Active For 2008: 3Dice or WizardGaming

Casino Software Providers Who Were The Most Non Active/MIA For 2008: RTG, MG, Playtech and the list goes on...:rolleyes:

Most Casino SPAM Received From A Casino In 2008: Handsdown, Gold VIP Club...:mad:
 
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RobWin said:
Forum Member Who Posted The Largest Winning Screenshot Of 2008: ?????

I think I have decent change on this category with Old / Expired Link screenshot posted as a part of Link Outdated / Removed at winning screenshots thread.

...Too bad that the screenshot is not actually my personal win (as mentioned in the original post of course too), but a (former) member's of our website's professional gamblers blogging team instead. :|
 
worst casino............anything from the virtual group.........why break a running streak?
best casino...........toss up........3 dice / inetbet

best new casino.........aladdins.........jackpot capital

best customer service...... toss up.........3 dice / club world

head in the sand.........go wild

best casino managers..........anna at 3 dice ..........yasmeen......jackpot capital

best c/m casino rep........enzo....3 dice / tom..... club world

worst casino name............pamper casino

what the hell happened award...............microgaming

best slot game.................rivals..... scary rich

worst slot game.....m/g.... snakes and ladders

gee lol did you forget 3Dice im sure there is some award you forgot to add them for best recheck

Cindy
 
I'm a huge Rival fan - I know they have had a few issues this year I think Sloto Cash should get some recognition as the best Rival IMO

Favorite game Scary Rich # 1
 
best casino:
1) Platinum Play
2) All Slots
3) 32Red

best new casino:
Red Flush

best customer service (Italy):
1) All Slots
2) Platinum Play

best c/m casino rep:
Mr. Pat H. (32 Red)

best slot game:
Tally Ho :D ;)

Out of competition, Italian service:
The best
Luca Lombardi "manager Italy" for Jackpot Factory Group :thumbsup: :notworthy
Sergio "mail Italy" for Fortune Lounge :thumbsup: :notworthy

The worst
Giuseppe N. Live chat for Bet365 casino! :mad::mad: :poke:
 
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