- Joined
- Jan 20, 2004
- Location
- Pictland
In recent weeks we’ve seen a handful of cases and complaints against FatPirate where a common denominator appears to be that the players are or have been registered on Gamstop. Of course these are vulnerable players, obviously many are using Gamstop as a tool to restrict their access to gambling opportunities. For FatPirate to be seeking these players out is about as rogue as rogue can be. But then a pirate — especially a fat pirate — is, by definition, a rogue so perhaps there’s not much surprise in the dirt that FatPirate is doing. It goes without saying that FatPirate offers no response whatsoever to these cases when we’ve tried to contact them.
What’s written between the lines here is that unregistered and unlicensed casinos like FatPirate now apparently have access to Gamstop. In fact we knew this indirectly because we’ve had similar casinos — meaning offshore, unlicensed casinos — tell us in the past that they were confiscating winnings and returning deposits because a player was registered on Gamstop. Our understanding was that access to Gamstop, and obviously info on the players registered there, was restricted to legitimate casinos within the jurisdictions that Gamstop serves. For that info to have leaked out and become available to anyone who wants it is an issue of serious concern.
WARNING: FatPirate appears to be targeting vulnerable players and routinely ignores their complaints. All players are STRONGLY advised to play somewhere else, Gamstopped players are strongly advised to ignore any approaches FatPirate may make to them.
Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader
What’s written between the lines here is that unregistered and unlicensed casinos like FatPirate now apparently have access to Gamstop. In fact we knew this indirectly because we’ve had similar casinos — meaning offshore, unlicensed casinos — tell us in the past that they were confiscating winnings and returning deposits because a player was registered on Gamstop. Our understanding was that access to Gamstop, and obviously info on the players registered there, was restricted to legitimate casinos within the jurisdictions that Gamstop serves. For that info to have leaked out and become available to anyone who wants it is an issue of serious concern.
WARNING: FatPirate appears to be targeting vulnerable players and routinely ignores their complaints. All players are STRONGLY advised to play somewhere else, Gamstopped players are strongly advised to ignore any approaches FatPirate may make to them.
Max Drayman
Complaints & Player Arbitration (PAB) Team Leader
