Your Input Please It's that Time of Year Again! Need your input for the 2014 Meister Awards!

[dunover]

OK - I can't argue with the general consensus, Playtech's complacency (As KK mentioned) is frankly shocking.
Guts definitely the best casino, Bet-at storming up the rear.
Our old fruitcake Johnnygottheboneandstartedchewingitbeforeheburiedit again or whatever he was called for any one of his guises.
I don't play Rival/RTG but Karolina has been great all year, followed by Dieter.

A new category I would suggest is 'Memorable Moment of the Year' for those whom may have gone beyond the call in either effort or a good cause. If we remember Lotusch's addictive quiz, followed by Bet-at's 1k charity donation and then Incrediblestuff actually passing the choice of charity destination over to me despite beating me in the tie-breaker, then that would be my moment of the year. :notworthy

Funniest moment category? Well I think we all laughed at poor old Spintee who posted a screenie while forgetting he had a tab showing concerning 'copulating in night-time music and drinking venues' errmm.. ahemm... but mine was Chopley's famous line from his video he did on 3dice - he was going down their games list playing until he hit the feature and then moving on. After getting a crap feature on one game (Skunks) on the next game he got 2p when he hit the feature.

"Awww F*CK! F*CK! F*CK! A 2p f*cking feature right after Scatterville f*cking Skunks has just bent me over and fired one up my ar$e!!" Still laugh at that one....

 

[mimi26]

OK - I can't argue with the general consensus, Playtech's complacency (As KK mentioned) is frankly shocking.
Guts definitely the best casino, Bet-at storming up the rear.
Our old fruitcake Johnnygottheboneandstartedchewingitbeforeheburiedit again or whatever he was called for any one of his guises.
I don't play Rival/RTG but Karolina has been great all year, followed by Dieter.

A new category I would suggest is 'Memorable Moment of the Year' for those whom may have gone beyond the call in either effort or a good cause. If we remember Lotusch's addictive quiz, followed by Bet-at's 1k charity donation and then Incrediblestuff actually passing the choice of charity destination over to me despite beating me in the tie-breaker, then that would be my moment of the year. :notworthy

Funniest moment category? Well I think we all laughed at poor old Spintee who posted a screenie while forgetting he had a tab showing concerning 'copulating in night-time music and drinking venues' errmm.. ahemm... but mine was Chopley's famous line from his video he did on 3dice - he was going down their games list playing until he hit the feature and then moving on. After getting a crap feature on one game (Skunks) on the next game he got 2p when he hit the feature.

"Awww F*CK! F*CK! F*CK! A 2p f*cking feature right after Scatterville f*cking Skunks has just bent me over and fired one up my ar$e!!" Still laugh at that one....

aww I missed that

 

[chuchu59]

I really cant decide between casino Ben and PatH both excellent reps, do I have to pick one or can I pick two

Both are excellent reps but I reckon Ben to have a more hands-on approach in recent times.

 

[Jd666]

A new category I would suggest is 'Memorable Moment of the Year' for those whom may have gone beyond the call in either effort or a good cause. If we remember Lotusch's addictive quiz, followed by Bet-at's 1k charity donation and then Incrediblestuff actually passing the choice of charity destination over to me despite beating me in the tie-breaker, then that would be my moment of the year. :notworthy

I Second that

 

[hoff1985]

My Awards

Here are my awards for the categories where i have some personal experience to share:


Best Rep: DIETER (Refilliates Casinos). No other Rep has given me faster and more transparent responses to my questions. A very nice, honest, and active Casino Manager/Rep.
Best Casino of 2014 - Global BETSAFE
Best Casino Group - Global BETSSON GROUP
Best Player Experience 2014 CASUMO (The Webdesign and Ideas on the website are fantastic!)
Best Customer Service 2014 INTERCASINO (Very generous loyalty experience and very friendly customer support)
Best Gaming Experience Award new! THUNDERKICK (Well made, incredible creative games)

Of course i did have great experience with 32RED (although i still miss weekend cashouts and i still can't understand the business decision for that move), and it's the year i started playing Rival again with a top notch experience at Tropica and the sister casinos.

 

[PNEFOREVER2]

I only ever play at 32Red's group, so here goes, drum roll....

Best CS - 32Red
Best Rep - Mark
Best Casino Manager - Pat H
Best Casino - 32Red
Best Casino Group - 32Red

 

[Jono777]

Top 3 casinos (in no particular order cos they are all great)
32 Red, Guts, BetAT

Close 'almost there's'

Next Casino

Best Support, 32red, Betat, Guts
Worst, Betway / Spin

Best promos / value for deposits
Guts, 32 Red, BetAT

Low Roller recognition awards

Guts, 32 Red, Betat

Best New game: T2, Jurassic Park, Go bananas
Worst: Attraction, Avalon II, Red Hot Devil

Clueless Support award, gotta be Spin (again)
Worst Decision made by casino management award: Ladbrokes!! - What were you guys thinking????

All the best Guys!!!!!

 

[spintee]

Well I certainly agree with that except a few of them games

Betat has got to be top of the list for for all the good things, Cannot fault them,

Best bonus around is hidden at bingostars, £10 casino Mach deposit daily with only 25x bonus WR

Top 3 casinos (in no particular order cos they are all great)
32 Red, Guts, BetAT

Close 'almost there's'

Next Casino

Best Support, 32red, Betat, Guts
Worst, Betway / Spin

Best promos / value for deposits
Guts, 32 Red, BetAT

Low Roller recognition awards

Guts, 32 Red, Betat

Best New game: T2, Jurassic Park, Go bananas
Worst: Attraction, Avalon II, Red Hot Devil

Clueless Support award, gotta be Spin (again)
Worst Decision made by casino management award: Ladbrokes!! - What were you guys thinking????

All the best Guys!!!!!

 

[deadoralive23]

Top 3 casinos
Betfair, SportingBet, William Hill


Best New game: Genie Jackpots (not sure if its new, but its new to me)
Worst new game: Attraction

Also like to mention Rival casino's, very bad experiences, even the games there are horrible.

 

[Dinahnana]

My top 3 casinos are 32Red, Guts and Betat. All have great CS with 32Red in the lead and Betat second and Guts third. For fast payouts I nominate Betsafe (instant), Betat and Guts.

For the worst I would nominate all Rival casinos due to lack of professionalism, slow payments and max payout limits.

Cheers

 

[Deleted member 37551]

Thank You

You are most appreciated for watching over Gamblingland

 

[brianleeporter]

Probably agree with most of people who have replied!

Best casino is guts/32 red/3dice etc.

Don't really have a worse casino to be honest as I stay away from those bad boys! haha!

good luck to all!

 

[mjmetz]

First post, I lurk a little here, been paying a bit more attention lately!

The Best Casino of 2014 - US Friendly

3dice - I'd name names, but they are all great with what few issues I've experienced. My payouts are usually 4 or 5 days from click to my post office for pickup, which is about the best one can expect in the US without an overseas account. Never any excuses, lateness, or shenanigans.

 

[funnymunny]

Just a bit of input from an American (read somewhere the US is the largest gambling community in the world.)

In terms of loss per adult resident, the below shows that this dubious honour actually falls to our antipodean friends...




However, based on the significantly higher population, the above does confirm that that the US is indeed home to biggest bunch of losers!

/derail & ducking out of the way

 

[Deleted member 37551]

Mr.Green

Mr. Green is awarded for unlimited winnings

 

[Wild Reels]

Top Casinos

BetAT, Guts,

On the up again redbet

Best Bonuses - Slotsmagic daily offers and vip stuff

Fav New game: Medusa 2, and T2

Favourite slot developer Nextgen and WMS

Best slot developer newcomer - Thunderkick and Yggdrasil

Persons post who i like reading the most Blathaon for his super stat posts

 

[hippydaved]

I only play in Rival casino's

Best and Worst of Online Gambling - Meister Awards for 2014 - I need your input!


Yep, once again a year has flown past (man, it went quick) and the Casinomeister Awards are being compiled and kicked around. This is your chance to suggest new and interesting categories, awards, recipients, or any other input for that matter.

For the newbies, The Casinomeister Awards are dished out right after the Xmas break - usually during the third week of January (this year the last week of Jan.). It's a super-duper special annual event that's been done since 2001.

For quite a number of people, these are the only awards that matter...

The most recent years:

https://www.casinomeister.com/static/meister_awards/bestworst2013.php
Best Worst 2012
https://www.casinomeister.com/static/meister_awards/bestworst2011.php

I could use input on best/worst categories. Stupid casino tricks - worst named, and/or anything else you can think of.

With your input - I will be putting together a short list for the Best Casino. The short list will be voted on (in a secret vote) by the Casinomeister Advisory Group. The awards will be announced during the last week of January - the winner (Best Casino) will be announced at the iGaming Awards in London on Sunday February 1st.

In my opinion in the Rival gaming Sunset slots is the fastest paying casino, I hit $1600 on a Saturday afternoon couple weeks ago and I had my money in my bank on Monday morning at 8am. Desert nights is also a fast paying Rival casino but no bonuses worth using. Golden Lady casino is best for slots they pay good, I just got a $2300 withdraw from them this week. and as for the worst casino ever!!!! Has to be Crazy Luck. I have $700 sitting in there for over a month now and they wont let me withdraw, even though I have been corresponding with Dave Miller about it they just keep telling me to wait. Golden Cherry banned me from bonuses for winning too much, and their sister casino Slots of Fortune well, I have five pending withdraws of $500 each and they only pay me one every two weeks and put the rest back into my account and I have to withdraw each one again only $500 at a time. So I guess this is my input on the Rival side because that's all I play and I win over a thousand a month depositing only around $300 or so a month. So you will have to take the information from what I just said and use it as you may for what ever info you are needing. But please put the worst casino rating possible on Crazy luck!!!
I am trying to end this reply but it keeps telling me that I have to lengthen it by 4 characters and I added about 50. Now it is telling me that again that I have to lengthen it again by 4 characters so I'm done here.

Take Care
Dave D

 

[Googobucs]

2014 review

First I want to be clear that my review is strictly from a USA players point of view and I excluded non-accredited Casino's from my choices.

1. Best USA Facing casino - NONE. IMO no one deserves this award this year. They are average to bad at best. No one is stepping up their game.

2. Worst USA Facing Casino - Inetbet. The lack of live CS in 2014 in ridiculous and the constant bad posts flowing in speak for themselves.

3. Best USA Facing Rep - CW Karolina. Always helpful and a pleasure to work with.

4. Best Thread - Marks CM I-Gameing Quiz done by Lotusch. I really enjoyed this. As a relatively new member at the time it got me more involved and interested. I appreciate the effort Mark put into it and it was fun.

5. Worst forum member - Johnnygotthebon. No one else comes close in my mind. I feel bad for the guy, but he just grinds on my last nerve with every post.

6. Best Forum members - Tie - Kasino King & Tirilej. They both bring so much to the forum in their own unique ways.

7. Biggest impact for On-line gaming - tie new UK Legislation & Bitcoin

 

[1366613]

best casino: 3Dice
best Gaming Experience Award: 3Dice
best casino manager: Anna (3dice)
best support manager: Ellen, Karen, Andrea, Lance, Jared
best group: 32red
best new casino: vera and john
best bonuses: 32red

 

[suzecat]

In terms of loss per adult resident, the below shows that this dubious honour actually falls to our antipodean friends

Were you meaning to kid/insult/ridicule/whatever our friends in Australia / New Zealand or do you believe the pond between our countries is very very vast?

The Mayor of London was on Letterman last night. He made a statement about the British that surprised me. He believes that most British would like to be Americans. Who'd have thunk?

 

[09237653]

I only really play 32red (and sister casinos) and partycasino since the UK changes.

best casino: 32red.
best Gaming Experience Award: 32red group.
best casino manager: Pat 32red.
best support manager: Mark 32red.
best group: 32red group simply because of the ability to flush W/D on request.
best new casino: Spin Casino - only played once, made nice profit (£800) no hassle or delays cashing out.
best bonuses: 32red - cant beat the daily generous bonuses
best improvement: Partycasino, much better since the addition of the IGT and WMS games

best new game: T2 (mg) wasn't so keen at first but now cant stop playing this.
Worst game: Winnings of Oz (playtech) pretty graphics and sound, pi$$ poor payouts. (not sure if this is a 2014 game)

 

[jshort]

My opinion of best casino(s) is biased being I'm from Canada (as such you won't see GUTS or others which are big member favs).

Fav casinos: 32Red, Maple casino (and pretty much any casino from Vegaspartnerlounge).

Least favorite: Wintingo (poor communication), Royal Vegas (I'm still undecided about fortunelounge as a whole), VideoSlots (they accused me backcharging my credit card for $5), RedFlush, some Playtech casino here (can't remember the name, but got FLY in it somewhere), and Lucky247 (rep doesn't reply) and maybe LuckyNugget too (confusing and unfavorable bonus T&Cs).

edit: might rewrite the above into something more useful when I have time

 

[bruinsdude]

Here are some random thoughts for 2014:

Best Casino: (Tie) 32 Red and Guts
Best Software: NetEnt
Best new game 2014: Jurrasic Park
Best Rep: Ben (based on his interest and activity alone...only had the pleasure of dealing with him once)
Fall From Grace: Roxy Palace (my first casino ever, and the only one I played at for years. Customer service has disintegrated into a fine dust)
Best CS manager: Jonathan (32 red)
Worst new game: Avalon II
Come-a-long-way: Ruby Fortune Casino.....this group is trying really really hard. I remember Bryan saying he was considering a new BBF for them??

 

[Orbmail]

Best casino: Betsafe
Worst casino: don't have one just yet but there is a casino handling a withdrawal extremely badly that may make the list!
Best Software: WMS by some distance
Favourite game: Raging Rhino, great graphics and game play, it can burn you but on the other side it can make you very happy
Least favourite game: Cosmic Fortune, what the hell is this game! bad pays in base game and shocking bonus game
Best Rep: haven't have any dealing with reps this year, which I think is a good sign! But from last year Paul BGO was excellent.

Many thanks to all the casinomeister posters for interesting, informative and unusual posts

 

[dunover]

Were you meaning to kid/insult/ridicule/whatever our friends in Australia / New Zealand or do you believe the pond between our countries is very very vast?

The Mayor of London was on Letterman last night. He made a statement about the British that surprised me. He believes that most British would like to be Americans. Who'd have thunk?

Yeah, somewhat ironic when he and his cronies have contributed to anti-free speech legislation, allowed E-USSR enforced socialism and forbid us arms to defend ourselves against those whom would harm us. So, yes Americans have freedoms we USED to have and many Brits want back. We won't get them with clowns of his ilk.

Anyway, rant over and back on topic. That's given me an idea for maybe not an award but CM recognition of the politician in whichever nation who has done most to assist in a beneficial way the online gaming industry, each year?