Did you need to write 7 paragraphs about something that they have already changed? Dont see the reason really but your choice.
Do you REALLY think Neteller is the same as using a barclaycard. Look at the T&Cs out there and see how many comapnies have certain restrictions on what you can do with Neteller. Off the top of my head,
Paddy Power dont give Sports Bonus with Neteller.
Due to the abuse of free bet promotions, customers using Moneybookers or Neteller to deposit will not qualify for this free bet offer.
Betfred.
Customers who deposit via Moneybookers, Ukash, Neteller and PayPal are excluded
This is just another restriction a deposit method. If they are professionally abusing the bonus, then like you said, let them change. Checks are alot easier with a debit card than they are with Neteller. The regualr player probalbly wont come close to having £10k to withdraw.
Questa, just to go back, I regularly get offers from Intercasino. As I said earlier, I play at 32Red, Gala and Inter mainly as they offer me different softwares. We all know we can get the needle when things arent going my way. I do however play alot more at Intercasino because I do receive better offers than the others but I also play alot with my own but (No Bonus attached). I have also since the £6.25 rule come in played £10 a spin and been paid.
Personally I think its becasue I am doing my dough in there and they like me
but maybe its down to me not playing as much as others with a bonus.
All deposit methods are the same, it's the same damn fiat currency that is being used. I could understand a difference if it was fiat currency vs something like Bitcoin. The excuses are all BS in any case, a "professional bonus abuser" can "abuse" a given bonus no matter how they get their qualifying deposit into the casino.
The casinos are simply following a version of the gambler's fallacy. They see abuse of a free bet, and they notice that in the past there was a higher degree of abuse from players using deposit method A. They then restrict deposit method A thinking that they have solved the problem. All they get is a dip as the "professional abusers" switch to an alternative deposit method. The casino then keep the restriction on the initial deposit method long after the problem has shifted. What is often seen then is a cascade effect as one deposit method after another gets restricted. This shows that they are not addressing the underlying problem, rather they are trying to hold back the tide of abuse with the repeated erection of temporary barriers that are never taken down even when the tide of abuse has receded.
I have seen casinos start the process with cards, restricting them and giving all the benefits to users of Neteller. Others restrict things like Ukash.
It's the regular player that suffers because of this, because unlike the "professional abuser", they are not comfortable with the duck and dive needed to keep up with the changes, they just want a stable method to deposit, play, and occasionally withdraw.
I have raised the escalation of the anti-Neteller sentiment with Neteller, and they have asked me to forward them examples of merchant terms that are potentially driving people away from using Neteller. Their initial response was that they were not aware that this was even a problem, but I pointed out that it could be costing Neteller a loss of business as players are likely to be switching their preferred deposit methods if their favourite sites turn against Neteller. Whether anything comes of it depends on who is "top dog", the merchant or the processor. Normally, it's the merchant if they are of any size, but from the stories players are telling, it seems that many casinos are pretty powerless when it comes to sorting out an issue related to deposits, withdrawals, data errors, etc when the processor is involved. It seems that when the processor says "jump", the casino says "how high". This is not just in the USA either, where such a reversed relationship is to be expected.
Currently, anti-Neteller terms drive me away from offending casinos, although if too many casinos have such an attitude, I will have to move to a different deposit method.
I may find that the UK card providers become less problematic when it comes to depositing at sites holding a UK license, as this removes the earlier legal "grey area" governing such transactions, as well as ensure that the sites are adhering to UK standards, not just the standards in one of many different offshore jurisdictions. Coupled with the new "faster payment" banking systems, it could be that cards will eventually outperform eWallets.
There seems to me to be something about our eWallets that is being deliberately kept from us, their customers, and it suggests that our money might not be as safe in them as we think it is. Instead, whenever the questions are asked, we get a load of vague waffle about "bonus abuse", as though players can somehow play much better at random games if they have deposited via Neteller. However, if there was a REAL problem of systematic abuse, then there would be a pretty uniform attitude at all sites, and we would not have one site trying to steer us away from Neteller, and another trying their hardest to steer us away from our cards towards Neteller.
