1 AM and I just read this entire thread . . .
I have never made a withdrawal at JC. Played there a few times. I do know that I can relate to the overwhelming consensus that this policy change sucks and it is obviously a way to dangle the proverbial carrot on a string in front of the horse all that much longer.
I quit playing online in mid 2006 and did not start back until--ummm the exact day was Super Bowl Sunday 2010. I stuck with the English Harbour group almost exclusively. They paid their customers but make not mistake about it, they used every trick in the book to keep that money in pending status for as long as they could so I'm used to it.
In 2006, the Microgaming Casinos all did the same thing. 48 hours was the norm. Many would say 48 hours and would leave it in there 3 or 4 days during the week. If I had back all the money I threw back due to reversing withdrawals. I'm sure most everyone on this site can relate.
That's one reason I'm babbling in the forum right now . . . I have a withdrawal that I need not touch. I thought this would be a better idea and cheaper.
Let's face it, the brick and mortar's of Las Vegas and elsewhere employ the same philosophy. Keep 'em playing. Of course they do it with fine food, booze, the "treatment," and their entire arsenal of weapons. Remember the scene in
Casino when the Asian Whale was up a couple of million and DeNiro told him the private casino jet had maintenance issues. It worked. What an incredible movie. I started going out there in 82. I was there the day the Dunes closed. The first hotel I got the "treatment" at was the Sands.
I'll never forget the first time I walked into the Mirage. Wow! Sure Caesars was next door but it was just so unlike anything else ever in the business. The Mirage set the stage. I'm so glad I got in on the tail end of the "Old Vegas." There are things I miss about it but I really love what Las Vegas has become. The mobbed up Vegas was the one I started playing in. The movie (Casino) does such a great job of showing how the big corporations squeezed out the "wise guys" for the most part.
OK, I have gone COMPLETELY off topic but I'm on my 3rd beer and my Xanax is kicking in. Hopefully that will do the trick! Go to bed P.mutts!

