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I decided to finally get off my chest once and for all, and express my personal opinions on several topics.

I’ve only been an active member here for a year and nine months. Although, that may appear to be a short time for many members here; for me it was enough time to come to the following conclusions.

When I first joined here after the UIGEA was passed it was obvious to me at that time that things were changing for the worst with online gaming. I’ve joined and participated in several other gaming forums, but this site was always the predominate choice. I’m also certain it’s obvious to most that I’m now being viewed as a rebel. When I first joined I was optimistic and even impressed to learn about what I had no clue of. But after reading thousands of threads here and at other forums, I’ve concluded that it’s just not possible to run a players advocate site on the one hand and in the other collecting sponsorship funds from the same people their suppose to be protecting us from. I know someone has to pay the bills, but when it comes to online gaming it’s just not going to work. (for most) I know many of the same die hard casinomiester fans are going to respond to these comments, but I’m sorry to say, player advocates / casino payments is like trying to mix oil and water.

I’ve seen in to many cases biased, misleading, banning members, and in some cases blatantly corrupt behavior take place one to many times. We’ve all seen in just about every serious issue casino reps., advocates, affiliates, constantly refusing to enter threatening threads. Extremely serious issues and accusations never finding a conclusion, just eventually being swept under the carpet and fade away. Many experienced players like me trying to point out issues that may not be obvious to others in an effort to help, only to find themselves being attacked from the die hard faithful. (Always the same little group of fans) In many cases these same people actually trying to help others will eventually end up banned. If the casinos were challenged the same way experienced players trying to help were, maybe this cesspool business would have a chance to correct itself and become fun again.

The sad truth is that regardless what anyone person can prove, the casinos will never change without serious regulation. I’m familiar with an issue where a person’s life has been threatened if he came forward. Why should he be willing to take that chance? Even if he came forward it would only obviously have a serious impact for a short period of time, until they re-brand, re-sell, or whatever, which we already have seen many times already in the past.

Online gaming has become the new definition for corrupt, regardless what one may be foolish enough to believe.
 
It's hard to keep the online casinos honest when the cards are controlled by them. The online casinos can pass the randomness audits with flying colors but that doesn't mean anything if a betting strategy is used. Their RNGs analyzes how you play (it is naive to believe they don't) and it is pretty darn hard to win once it figures your strategy. Therefore, what's the point of playing online casinos anymore?

At this point, if the status quo continues in the online casino industry, I would not care if the US passes online gambling regulation as long as card drawing is hidden and in control of the online casino. I'd rather push for land casinos to open up in more states. I have yet to see cards moving around by themselves in a shoe in response to my blackjack strategy.
 
Can you be more specific? For example, is there a particular thread where you find that CM failed to do what, in your opinion, should have been done?

I mean, without specifics, it's difficult to understand what your point here is.
 
I hear ya 4ofaKind and do acknowledge your bravery in holding a stand with the fact that you simply want a clear, precise answer to this issue. For you to put up your own money to try and uncover some truth shows how passionate and dedicated you are to this issue. As I roam the forum it does appear that a considerable amount of discussion is about the integrity of computer programming with RNG's.

And I too have my suspicions, how can one not, when there is no valid proof or guarantee that we are playing against lady luck alone. But then I become complacent for awhile, as chasing further seems as hopeless as finding that elusive needle in a haystack - especially as I personally do not have any comprehensive knowledge or lengthy experience in this industry.

I then also wonder about where the line is drawn - how grey is the middle between black and white - when it comes to the forum providing a support base for players, yet receiving it's bread and butter from the one's we seek a fair deal from. Survival, is I believe, the predominant force here and without the current arrangement, where would we have the opportunity to discuss the "politics" of on-line casinos. For CM to rely on players making contributions to provide an income for full-time commitment to advocating would not be a secure option. So I will always sit on the fence with this one as I have personally reaped many rewards for being provided the opportunity to become a member and gain valuable information outside of the current issue.

I then ask myself, if I was in a position where I was a consistent player and a consistent winner for a long time, (dreamer:oops:) and I was offered remuneration by a casino to advocate on their behalf - would I accept - knowing full well that those that I help lure in, run a huge risk of losing their bread and butter money. What gets in the way of this one is morality. And even though I consider myself to have high values and morals I would surely be tempted and possibly could even accept: after all I could then turn a blind eye to what happens to everyone else, because surely I am only doing the right thing by providing better survival for myself. The hard part that I would have to ignore is that to increase my nest I have to be draining someone else's.

All said and done though, this is the world we live in and this is business. We are unfortunately not at liberty to go sit in a beautiful forest singing and eating strawberries all day. But as history shows, to make change and to be heard, enough people need to join the march for there is no doubt that rallies, strikes, protests, etc are a definite path to resolving issues.

So whether or not there is ever a resolution to this issue, I respect your dedication and commitment to trying and should your endeavours reach a point where voices need to be heard to help persuade the conglomerates to provide valid proof of their services, I will certainly put my pen to paper.

Cheers
StaceyLee
 
Oh for Heaven's sake, 4oak. Get a life. To come here and do nothing but bad mouth this site with your ridiculous and ignorant comments is truly disgusting.
I’m also certain it’s obvious to most that I’m now being viewed as a rebel
Rebel? Ha ha ha, that's rich!

Maybe you are going through a mid life crisis and need to disrespect Casinomeister to prove you are still a force to be reckoned with?

I would assume if we are all messed up and this site is problematic for you, you will be ending your membership here? Maybe you and your good buddies (Robwin and/or Scuter and/or ??) can put together a truly "good and honest" forum for folks like you?

StaceyLee, you are a newbie and as such it is easy for some members here to steer you wrong. Please do your research here and elsewhere before you actually commit to one train of thought.
 
Jod tells it like it is, and in this instance I have to agree with her.

4oak has done nothing but whinge (not 'rebel' - whinge) here about the industry and the people in it, and how corrupt the whole thing is etc etc ad nauseum, apparently trying to either build a heroic maverick reputation for himself or discredit the webmaster and his staff here for reasons unknown to me.

Over and over and over again - always the same whiney and almost entirely negative comments and aspersions. There's just no balance to it, and that imo discredits or at the very least dilutes the content.

I happen to support his view that bona fide regulation could be an effective answer to many of the problems that exist. That is happening, albeit on a fragmented basis outside the USA, but that is politicians at work - often in self-interested, corrupt and wheeler dealing processes that frankly pay only lip service to the real protection of the player.

As a member here 4oak is entitled to express an opinion, however misguided, biased or ill-informed this might be in the opinion of other members, and he has done that. There will inevitably be those who support his view, and that is their right, too.

But again, imo this total condemnation of an industry in which there are many good operators, large companies of integrity and fair businessmen actually dilutes the credibility of his outraged rants. A little balance goes a long way, and I see little evidence of this in his posts....but that's my personal view.

The obvious question one asks oneself in viewing repetitive assaults of this nature is: "If the poster feels so strongly that everything about this industry is irredeemably corrupt and evil, why has he/she hung around it on the message board periphery for so long? Surely the sensible move for someone so utterly convinced of the criminally crooked and fraudulent nature would turn his or her back on it in sheer disgust, frustration and impotence?

But then, 4oak may feel that continual negative public railing and ranting can bring about the change desired? In the absence of other initiatives, some driven by the industry itself, that's arguable imv.

There are undeniably aspects of this industry that need to be rooted out and changed for the better, and this Casinomeister site has done way more than its fair share in doing this, and continues to do so. Players need to continue to expose wrongdoing in a factual and as far as possible well considered manner in order for this process to continue.

But to consign the entire industry to the rubbish tip is going too far....
 
I think Jetset has said what needs be said regarding the casino side of things. I'd like to say a few words about the portal side of things, Casinomeister in particular since CM was one of 4oak's targets.

Those of you that have been around the online gambling scene for a few years or more will probably be having a strong sense of deja vu after reading 4oak's post. Every once in a while some forum poster, usually someone known for being outspoken and at the center of more than their fair share of forum rows, will claim that sites like Casinomeister must be corrupt because that's their only option if they accept advertiser money. They reason that since the money flows from advertiser to website the favours must be flowing from website to advertiser. Every major online gaming portal in the history of the business has been thusly accused, usually every few months or so. And the accuser's message has remained uncannily consistent in that it's almost always the same thing being said, over and over again.

For those of you who may not have swallowed this line of reasoning without question I would suggest to you that you ask yourself one question: is the accuser's message based on anything factual or is it just them saying "I think there must be corruption therefor there is"? I respectfully suggest that the vast majority of the time it is the latter, the "it must be so" argument.

The problem is that's no argument at all. People used to say our world was flat because "it must be so". Or Earth was the center of the cosmos because "it must be so". Or some poor man or woman was a witch and must die because "it must be so".

What we're really talking about here is a failure to see further than one's own reasoning allows. It's basically saying "I can't imagine how such a thing is possible therefor it is not possible". It's a shortcoming on the observer's part being projected onto the thing observed.

The point in this case is that there are many reasons why advertisers advertise on sites where they do not in fact call the shots. The primary reason being that if there are enough eyes seeing the adverts then the advertiser's purpose is accomplished, regardless of what else the site says, does, or aspires to.

Or, look at it this way: do the people who advertise on billboards control the Highways Departments? There is revenue being generated so surely the Highways Department must be doing favours for the advertisers, or so the "it must be so" logic goes.

Of course we know that the billboard advertisers generally do not control the Highways Department and any suggestion that they do would normally be met with howls of derision. I suggest to the readers that the accusations against Casinomeister forwarded here are of the same calibre and deserve pretty much the same response.
 
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The sad truth is that regardless what anyone person can prove, the casinos will never change without serious regulation. I’m familiar with an issue where a person’s life has been threatened if he came forward. Why should he be willing to take that chance? Even if he came forward it would only obviously have a serious impact for a short period of time, until they re-brand, re-sell, or whatever, which we already have seen many times already in the past.

Online gaming has become the new definition for corrupt, regardless what one may be foolish enough to believe.

It is seemingly evident that Online Casinos WILL NOT be regulated like their B&M counterparts. There is too much at stake for the software providers if jurisdictions based successful licence applications on software credibility and available capital. Just think of it? Don't you think that RTG or Rival would be running short of customers if licensing was STRICT? Don't you think that certain jurisdictions would stand to lose a ton of money in licence fees if they were more strict?

What still leaves a question mark in my head is how certain software’s and operators gain licences or are certified by third parties. If you look at the bigger picture, the CASINO provides the data for an audit to take place.

A B&M is audited on site by a third party and a regulator allowing ALL parties, FULL, Unrestricted access to all reports, data and software audit trails highlighting changes. An online Casino on the other hand, (Or at least what I’ve read on some of them) SUBMIT their data to a third party. The auditors / third party are not invited on site to have full unrestricted access to complete their audit. Audits are occurring from an office of a 3rd party in the USA and the Casino server is based in the Netherlands. How does that work? Is it easy for Casinos to manipulate data and forward it to a 3rd party? Can we believe that the integrity of the data was not manipulated? If the Casino says it was not.... it's hearsay as far as im concerned.

Are there regulatory requirements for Online Casinos when there are software changes / enhancements to software? I don't think so. Some online Casinos don't report anything to their licensing authority. The licence they receive from some of the jurisdictions basically boils down to 'You may operate an Online Casino'.

In a nutshell, regulation is thin and far from rooting out thieves. As I stated before, there is a bigger picture to regulation by governments. it's not only about keeping the money in the country, but about Job creation, Fairness, An authority to complain to (who is able to pull a licence) and integrity.

I have been playing for many years online and find it hard to believe that payouts are becoming a more distant hope than ever. Continuous Ludicrous runs of 'Bad Luck' on software is being labelled as 'Normal' or touted as Lady Luck not visiting you... BS if you ask me!

It is also evident that when DIRECT questions are posed to Reps or Casino managers, they are avoided or never answered directly.... :rolleyes:

The integrity of many casinos and sotware providers have been thoroughly soiled; BUT, they continue to operate and all is forgotten... It's a cut throat business and involves so much of money, some are willing to kill for it!


Nate
 
Well put,

From the casino side of things, I can say that regulation in the jurisdiction of the casino is not a pass with flying colors affair as said, I can speak for jurisdictions like Malta, Gibraltar, Alderney, Isle of Man which I know personally, there is a period of 6 months of vigorous testing by the gaming authority, let alone that the hardware RNG device has been certified to be random by the local Weights and Measures Authorities. You can read about these devices here
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. Now if as you say some casinos have biased their software in favor of the casino I find that unlikely as they are spot audited(unannounced) and risk losing their license which so much time and money has been invested into. Also why would they bother getting 3rd party certification. Initially I would reflect on my playing style, see if I am chasing winnings or playing against the odds, which is usually the case I have seen in my years in this industry. Regarding monitoring players, this is done not by the RNG but by agents and if they see someone stricken by bad luck in most cases they will issue a goodwill credit to the customer. I agree the more regulation there is the better, but at the same time we cannot deny that the licensed casinos are regulated already and more regulation will only mean higher costs for licensing in different jurisdictions which would eventually be worked into the payout percentages of the games(meaning that they would drop the payout to the lowest permissible by the authorities) something that would really make the conspiracy theorists start yelling corruption. Its a matter of cross government agreements just as with other forms of trade. For example cars must have specific standards from country to country, that doesn't mean they have to be built there or licensed there.

Just my (personal)two cents :)
 
Or, look at it this way: do the people who advertise on billboards control the Highways Departments? There is revenue being generated so surely the Highways Department must be doing favours for the advertisers, or so the "it must be so" logic goes.

Never mind, read this quote wrong.
 
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I decided to finally get off my chest once and for all, and express my personal opinions on several topics.

I’ve only been an active member here for a year and nine months. Although, that may appear to be a short time for many members here; for me it was enough time to come to the following conclusions.

When I first joined here after the UIGEA was passed it was obvious to me at that time that things were changing for the worst with online gaming. I’ve joined and participated in several other gaming forums, but this site was always the predominate choice. I’m also certain it’s obvious to most that I’m now being viewed as a rebel. When I first joined I was optimistic and even impressed to learn about what I had no clue of. But after reading thousands of threads here and at other forums, I’ve concluded that it’s just not possible to run a players advocate site on the one hand and in the other collecting sponsorship funds from the same people their suppose to be protecting us from. I know someone has to pay the bills, but when it comes to online gaming it’s just not going to work. (for most) I know many of the same die hard casinomiester fans are going to respond to these comments, but I’m sorry to say, player advocates / casino payments is like trying to mix oil and water.

I’ve seen in to many cases biased, misleading, banning members, and in some cases blatantly corrupt behavior take place one to many times. We’ve all seen in just about every serious issue casino reps., advocates, affiliates, constantly refusing to enter threatening threads. Extremely serious issues and accusations never finding a conclusion, just eventually being swept under the carpet and fade away. Many experienced players like me trying to point out issues that may not be obvious to others in an effort to help, only to find themselves being attacked from the die hard faithful. (Always the same little group of fans) In many cases these same people actually trying to help others will eventually end up banned. If the casinos were challenged the same way experienced players trying to help were, maybe this cesspool business would have a chance to correct itself and become fun again.

The sad truth is that regardless what anyone person can prove, the casinos will never change without serious regulation. I’m familiar with an issue where a person’s life has been threatened if he came forward. Why should he be willing to take that chance? Even if he came forward it would only obviously have a serious impact for a short period of time, until they re-brand, re-sell, or whatever, which we already have seen many times already in the past.

Online gaming has become the new definition for corrupt, regardless what one may be foolish enough to believe.


You hit that one right out of the park, gone! I agree with you about getting attacked by a small group of players that "have a casinos back" when in fact it should be quite the opposite. I have said more than once a certain accredited casino on here will eventually be found to be corrupt because they simply dont pay out fairly and a certain poster started name calling. Really? I thought most of the posters on here were able to handle a legit conversation in an adult manner but that is CLEARLY not the case.

I went as far as to say if online casino employees can have access to this forum, who is to say that the person that attacked me wasnt a ghost that uses a different name just to get on here and back its casino? Truth of the matter is, no one knows who everyone is on here, even Bryan, he just has IP addresses.

As I stated after the person attacked me , I am not on here to stir the pot, I am on here to help others and share my THOUGHTS and OPINIONS of my casino expieriences. I am 37 years old and have played online since 1997, English Harbour was my 1st casino and I still play with them to this day. I am fortunate to have never been screwed by an online casino getting paid knowing that others have. This forum can help avoid such a disaster but its too bad a certain few on here have to resort to attacking posters that they dont agree with just because their favorite casino is in question. I got 2 words for those few on here. Grow up.
 
Truth of the matter is, no one knows who everyone is on here, even Bryan, he just has IP addresses

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Didn't you watch his Halloween Special? He's clearly a ghost.
 
First off, I would like to say that I support 4ofaK thoughts on this subject as he has demonstrated to be good poster many many times in the past. He is a poker player, I am not, but I feel pretty certain that he knows what he is saying based on his own experience and I give him respect for that.

As for the webmasters side of things, this I feel is an area where even they can and have been duped just as much as the playing public, so I find no fault in this aspect. We all earn a living at what we are best at and webmasters, affiliates and reps for the most part do a dam good job. But even in this arena you have the webmasters that no matter what still promote the rogues, sucking in the unsuspecting players and tarnishing the reputation of all webmasters and affiliates.

When one examines the rogue pits, like here on CM, you can see it is not empty by any means and this does show that promoting will not be done just for the sake of income.

However as with anything, there is corruption, collusion, deception and bumbling bullshit. I seriously doubt regulation will do anything more than what is happening now. The evidence is that in all these years, the rogues are still in business and business is good.

The problem then is there are to many rogues out there tarnishing the entire industry, diluting the playing fields. Thus the few really genuine great online casinos are suffering from the reputation that is being created unfairly by the numerous rogues and white labels.

So why are they still in business? It comes down to the fact that it doesn't matter what the public may think, feel or know, they are still there and always will be and the better casinos are suffering for it. This is the point where the software providers themselves should be held accountable, for licensing their product to just anybody and not giving a crap how the public will be affected in the long term.

The other thing I feel is good about forums such as this, is that even though a new casino may come along and many may sing their praises and catch many up in the net with all the kudos and hooplah, that it is here where the casino also are caught when they turn from the public face of being reputable to showing just how rogue they truly are.

It is here that players who get duped by these casino also find webmasters that are willing to take the casino on and fight for the player's rights. So although a webmaster may earn a living working for the casinos, the casinos also are fully aware that this webamster is also working for the player.

So if a casino comes along and thinks they will trick a webmaster, it is just a matter of time before they are caught with their ass showing.

So yes I agree very much with 4ofaK regarding the corruption in the industry. It is just the corrupted parts are overshadowing the reputable parts and being that one bad apple that is spoiling the whole bunch.

So I apologize now for my few curse words I used in my post, but I do not apologize for supporting my friend.
 
Just a few thoughts on this myself with no real coherent structure:

1) Every industry has good guys and bad guys

2) Every forum has people who have polar opposite opinions. Where the problems arise is where people don't respect this.

3) Every industry has people who put money ahead of morals

4) Regulation may help but is not a solution in itself

5) Politicians can and will ultimately decide how this industry operates. Is politics itself free of corruption?

6) Gambling is a very emotive passtime. The amount/number of times a player loses or wins will often affect their opinions.


Guess what I am saying overall is that you could take the OP and put it in many forums in various business markets and it would probably get some agreeing and some disagreeing.
 
So true Simmo and as for government/politicians stepping in, then I think I would trust the industry even less.
 
While I dont have any serious doubts about the fairness of the games I agree that online gaming is somewhat corrupt. There are maybe 20 good groups/casinos out of hundreds of shitholes that I would recommend.
Low entry barriers and costs makes it possible for all kind of crooks or just downright incompetent persons to start up an online casino.

The main reason is the so called licensing jurisdictions, which of course only cares about their own pockets. On paper they may seem good but thats about it. Failure after failure.

Online gaming is one of the most crooked businesses out there IMO. Plus it has a negative impact on economy aswell.
 
There are maybe 20 good groups/casinos out of hundreds of shitholes that I would recommend.

Very valid point. Although I would think it is slightly higher than 20, but not much higher. For every good honest operation, I would guess there are 10 to 20 or so clip joints you wouldn't want your worst enemy to play at.

Unfortunately sites such as CM will always attract criticism due to it's high profile in the industry. But 99% of the time Bryan gets it spot on imo. Am I biased? Yes. Am I right though? I think so.
 
Can you be more specific? For example, is there a particular thread where you find that CM failed to do what, in your opinion, should have been done?

I mean, without specifics, it's difficult to understand what your point here is.

I agree with this. Most of 4oaks posts are long, wordy rants without specifics to back them up.

I also find him a bit rude, I mean this response to jod5413 a few days ago was just uncalled for:

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/real-vs-fun-vp.40737/
 
My two cents.

I've read in this forum many times in the past, the quips, comments and direct accusations that this cannot be a fair and unbiased platform simply because the site relies on revenue from the very casinos being discussed. I, myself have seen the odd occasion where Bryan or one of the moderators have taken the casino's side of a debate for reasons that I didn't quite understand but I don't believe it's anyone's duty to agree with me on any particular topic and everyone is welcome to their opinion.

It probably isn't an easy thing to sit on the fence between the players and the casinos knowing that the casinos pay the bills but duty dictates advocacy for the players. I'm sure choices have to be made.

But here's the reality... If this site was no more than a billboard for online casinos deemed fair through the web site's rules of accreditation and Bryan was notably biased toward the casino's points of view, the site would have much less value to the players. And logically (at least to me) the less value the site holds for players, the less value the site holds for the casinos.

One of the reasons this site has become so popular and has such a large following is the fact that Casinomeister is not automatically or inherently biased toward any casino in a dispute. It makes good business sense for a casino to advertise in a place that is A) very popular and B) known to be fair and honest.

To start or keep a trend of casino support over player advocacy would only serve to damage the site's reputation. In the long run a poor reputation would result in less traffic and regardless of who is paying the bills, less traffic means less revenue.

I've never had a conversation at length with Bryan but from what I've read on this site he doesn't strike me as a stupid man. I'm fairly certain he knows where his money is coming from and regardless of how many banners he splashes across these pages, nobody is making a dime if nobody is around to click them. Following that logic, it would make very little sense for Casinomeister to just sit back and let the casinos have free reign while while watching all the members of his site walk out the back door. The only way to increase revenue, to increase membership and to increase popularity of a site like this is to keep it fair and honest and this site has been around for a long time.
 
A "watchdog", by definition, is someone or something whose whole purpose is to "watch" and report unethical or crooked practices. What funds the "watchdog" can never be the "watched", or there is a conflict of interest.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but has Bryan ever called himself a "watchdog"?
I know other sites with "Watchdog Lists" have called the Casinomeister site a "watchdog".

I would contend that Bryan is not a watchdog, and that Casinomeister is not a watchdog site. I would categorize Casinomeister as an information and business portal, and I would call Bryan the owner of such. Bryan makes his money from the promotion of online gambling venues, and Casinomeister is the tool he uses to make that money.
The fact that there are lists of good and bad casinos on Casinomeister does not make Casinomeister or Bryan himself a "watchdog".

Now, before anyone gets their knickers in a twist, what I am saying is that neither Bryan or Casinomeister is a watchdog...if you take "watchdog" as a NOUN.

What Bryan does do through Casinomeister is watchdog...WATCHDOG as VERB.
His recommended and not-recommended lists are examples of watchdogging. The PAB service is watchdogging. The stances taken by management either pro or con over a particular issue whether it's about a Casinomeister-promoted venue or not is watchdogging.

It is my considered opinion that Casinomeister and staff are the best in the business at mainstream WATCHDOGGING. There's never been any pretense that this place was not here to make a buck. Never. There's never been any pretense that this is a completely altruistic endeavor...here only to cater to the needs of the put-upon. This place would do very well without the PAB service. This place would be just fine if it didn't allow people to kvetch and whinge. The fact is, there IS a PAB service, and we can piss and moan all we want, and it doesn't do Bryan's bottom line any good.

Do I think Bryan makes a wrong call now and then? Yup. But I also think he sometimes lets people bend him over sans dinner and a show.

Bryan and Casinomeister aren't the bad guys. You want bad guys? There are shitloads of sites that call themselves watchdogs that are ACTUALLY unethical bullshit artists that brag about promoting rogues and crooks, who only care about the hundreds of thousands they and their acolytes rake in per month.

Casinomeister is an honest joint. Take it as it is, and not what you've decided it should be.
 
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I think the OP has the right to post their OPINION, and that is just what it is, an OPINION, it is not FACT.

I have been a member here for almost a year now and I really think that Casinomeister is fair. I have read many posts and if it weren't for the time and efforts of Max and/or Bryan, many people would be out alot of money.

This site has been up and running for 10+ years, and if it were doing so much wrong, do you think it would have lasted this long and have so many active users? Did anyone stop and think that what if they didn't have advertisers to help pay for the site? What if they didn't have advertisers, and Casinomeister charged US (the members) to work on the PAB's and to post here? Then I guess they would be faulted for that too. Because they handle our PAB and take our money to do so.....

I mean c'mon, what they do for us they do at no charge to us. They take the time to look into our complaints and help try and solve them. Lets face it, some of these complaints are time consuming. I really do believe they do all this in a professional and unbiased manner. Hell, they even prepare a summary of all the PAB so we can all see the outcome.

As far as the whole online gaming industry being corrupt, I have to disagree. As with everything else in life, you have the good with the bad. Hence the Accredited and Rogue lists. Again, that takes time to create, keep updated and Casinomeister does this service for us at no charge.

Does Casinomeister always make the right decision? Maybe, or maybe not. But I can honestly say that in my opinion they are fair. Max and/or Bryan have the ability to see things we as members can not see, so who are we to question their decisions? They may make decisions we all do not agree on, but we almost always do not have the whole story. They do. I don't think they make their decsions based on the amount of advertising money the site collects. I do believe however, they are fair.

Again, this is my opinion, but I do think some of what I wrote is fact.

LH
 
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I agree with this. Most of 4oaks posts are long, wordy rants without specifics to back them up.

I also find him a bit rude, I mean this response to jod5413 a few days ago was just uncalled for:

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/real-vs-fun-vp.40737/

Well, it may seem to be uncalled for but.....I have a bad habit of riding the a$$ of folks that are at best deluded and at worst, simply empty headed. Although there are very few people here that don't know I am a bit mouthy. But...They also know that I do not say anything I can not prove. In fact, a lot of people I go off on can not dispute my posts so they just smart mouth about my posts. What'cha gonna do, huh? :p

What'cha think of that, Nate and 4oak? :rolleyes:
 
Well, it may seem to be uncalled for but.....I have a bad habit of riding the a$$ of folks that are at best deluded and at worst, simply empty headed. Although there are very few people here that don't know I am a bit mouthy. But...They also know that I do not say anything I can not prove. In fact, a lot of people I go off on can not dispute my posts so they just smart mouth about my posts. What'cha gonna do, huh? :p

What'cha think of that, Nate and 4oak? :rolleyes:

I can dispute any post. :p
 
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