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Millionaire Casino (English Harbor Group) Stealing My Winnings

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I had opened an account at English Harbour back in November, lost my deposit and never played there again. I recently opened an account at Millionaire and they credited the welcome bonus. I met the wagering requirements and then some.

When I tried to withdraw ($1200), I got an email saying that I had been red-flagged for promotional abuse and that only my deposit ($350) would be returned. I don't understand why I was credited the bonus if they had no intention of paying me if I won. Obviously they wouldn't have refunded my deposit if I lost.

Anyway, I should have read the past posts on this group before I deposited there and got scammed.

This group should be listed as rogue.
 
They have donne this before. There is something hidden in their terms to say that they might confiscate your winnings if you have an account with more than one of their casinos.

Load of crap because they encourage people to signup and because they could quite easily stop people fromhaving more than one account by simply banning when the player signs up. I believe they want to have their cake and eat it. If you lose, well good. If you win, then a retrospective ban and winnings confiscation is the order of the day. Avoid.
 
As someone who was interested in getting the casino software previously, I could share with you this thoughts.

Software licenses are actually given out to casinos with the agreement that the casino has to actually give a percentage of their earnings (from the software) to the software provider. It's the same for each and every software provider out there. So with that in mind, think about this scenario.

If you win and they pay, it means that they are actually doing it legitimately and well the software provider will definitely record it as them losing money, they the commission goes down a little. But if you win and they don't pay, they reduce their commission and not only that, they manage to get money from your side as well as they do not have to pay you.

In my opinion, this is what most of the non-paying casinos think about. How to get more and more money. This is the best way to evade the software provider. Report to the software provider that they paid you already and not pay. WIN - WIN on their side. Player side? LOSE - LOSE.

I really do hope that you could get your money back. This is very unfair as EH and MC are not the same casino. You could not use EH username in MC and vice versa. So, it's very unfair to think that it's related somehow. If I'm someone who doesn't know much about software providers and etc, how in the world are we suppose to know those 2 casinos are related? UNFAIR!
 
thelawnet said:
They have donne this before. There is something hidden in their terms to say that they might confiscate your winnings if you have an account with more than one of their casinos.

This is most likely it, because I opened a Millionaire account last week and cashed out about $1,200 with no problems at all.

I don't have any other accounts with English Harbour, though.
 
hey,

The same situation has just happened to me. With my balance on $850 and having wagered a lot they send me an email stating I have been red flagged and they will refund only my deposit ($350) and keep my winnings.

After a couple of follow up emails they send me this

"The Company reserves the right to cancel Player's account for any reason, and issue any balance in Player's account at the time of such cancellation. The Company also reserves the right, in its unfettered discretion, to void any winnings and refund the original purchase in your Casino account in any of the following circumstances:


If a Player has more than one active account within the group of casinos*.


* Casinos:
Apostle Casino
Casino(s) Blue Blanc Rouge
Caribbean Gold Casino(s)
English Harbor Casino(s)
Super Slots Casino(s)
Millionaire Casino
Magic Lamp Casino
All Poker Casino
Silver Dollar Casino(s)
"

This is HIDDEN deep in their general terms and conditions at both English Harbour and Silver Dollar Casino (where I have previously played.) This is NOT stated in any terms at Millionaire Casino nor is it stated in promotional t&c at any of the casinos.

Obviously they WANT you to play at more than one of their casino's as these terms would not be read by 95% of players. However, they can not accept you winning at more than one of their casinos.

If they wish to bar me from their casino's at sign up that is entirely their perrogative. However, the fact that they first give you the bonus and let you play with is before banning you when you win is clearly despicable business practice. Let's get together, pitch some bitches and put some pressure on this casino to do the right thing.
 
Also redflagged!

I played English Harbour Casino, Caribbean Gold Casino and lost everything. I then played Silver Dollar Casino and won. I cashedout 1515. I then got the mail that I had been redflagged and got my deposit back. I have fulfilled the terms 100 % . I even have a printscreen of a livechat and they welcome people to have more accounts in that chat. I have pitched a bitch!
I hope they will pay.
 
This issue has popped up here before. Just do a CM forum search on "Harbour" and behold the numerous complaints.

I don't know when English Harbour was dropped from Bryan's accredited list, but I've found that it's generally a bad sign when it happens. Tend to stay away from those.

Clearly, English Harbour and the whole group should respond, and if they don't respond satisfactorily, they should be rogued.

What they do is steal money. It's pretty obvious. You open an account. You deposit. You lose. They keep the money. You win. They return your deposit and keep your winnings.

A very profitable practice I'm sure. No risk for the Casino.

Their implementation of the T&C's would be justified ONLY IF they refunded your deposit regardless of if you win or lose.

Stay away.

Cheers,
SM
 
have you tried InterCasino?

Hey Guys!

Sorry to hear your problems.

I have never heard of this before! Sounds outrageous to me!!

If you want another Casino to try, check out InterCasino - i have never heard any problems about these and they have just won Top Online Casino for the 5th Consecutive year - which speaks volumes in itself!!

hope this helps!
 
If there's nothing in the terms and conditions at Millionaire (which I believe there isn't, just at English Harbour) then they have no right to steal your winnings at Millionaire.

The terms on the English Harbour site have nothing to do with your play at Millionaire.

I must also say this is a joke term, if they do want to have it they need to make it CLEAR before signing up that they have it in force. Not hidden away in some obscure terms of use or the like.
 
treacle said:
Hey Guys!

Sorry to hear your problems.

If you want another Casino to try, check out InterCasino...

Good grief, you should be barred outright - you are spamming for your affiliate programme in a thread which has NOTHING to do with Intercasino / Partnerlogic. Not only that, you are not just some pondlife affiliate, you are the Partnerlogic Marketing Executive.

About you:
I am the Marketing Executive for PartnerLogic
Location:
London, England
Occupation:
Marketing Executive
Best Casino IMHO:
InterCasino
Does Partnerlogic endorse this behaviour? I'll be shooting off an email and publishing their response.

First the video poker trick, now we have a "top ranked" affiliate programme behaving like this. What is happening with Intercasino right now??
 
Dirk Diggler said:
If there's nothing in the terms and conditions at Millionaire (which I believe there isn't, just at English Harbour) then they have no right to steal your winnings at Millionaire.
Unfortunately, they do state this.

The Company reserves the right to cancel Player's account for any reason, and issue any balance in Player's account at the time of such cancellation. The Company also reserves the right, in its unfettered discretion, to void any winnings and refund the original purchase in your Casino account in any of the following circumstances:

If a Player has more than one active account within the group of casinos*.:

This is becoming common practice: list the terms for the bonus on the bonus page, then list VITAL extras on a page that 99% of gamblers would never read.

Notice that they do not state you may NOT have an account. Why? Because they WANT multiple accounts for profitable customers. They simply want their asses covered when they pull a winnings confisaction job on customers they regard as unprofitable.

This practice needs highlighting, and the casinos employing it need naming.
 
Didn't realise.

This to me is exactly the same as the 'management reserves the right rule' that most casinos have to void winnings. Only a rogue casino would use it.

They should either dissallow more than one account accross the group full stop or pay out.
 
caruso said:
Good grief, you should be barred outright - you are spamming for your affiliate programme in a thread which has NOTHING to do with Intercasino / Partnerlogic. Not only that, you are not just some pondlife affiliate, you are the Partnerlogic Marketing Executive.


Does Partnerlogic endorse this behaviour? I'll be shooting off an email and publishing their response.

First the video poker trick, now we have a "top ranked" affiliate programme behaving like this. What is happening with Intercasino right now??

"Good grief" was my first thought also. It's his first post, let's give him a second chance. I'm sure he'll get an ear full of it for that anyway. :lolup:
 
paul1 said:
"Good grief" was my first thought also. It's his first post, let's give him a second chance. I'm sure he'll get an ear full of it for that anyway. :lolup:

:thumbsup: I agree.

Meantime though, I'd just like to clarify the following for any newbies:

...InterCasino... have just won Top Online Casino for the 5th Consecutive year

These awards (Gambling Online Magazine) allow the casinos to incentivise players to vote for them.

Cheers,

Simmo!
 
This is Partnerlogic - a big affiliate programme representing the biggest casinos out there. If their top managers are resorting to spamming threads with irrelevant, derailing comments about their casinos, they do not deserve any "second chance". These people should have a grasp of standard practice, and this is the lowest of the low from the...well, I would have said "top". I certainly would have to rethink that judgement now.

Partnerlogic have not bothered to reply to my email. Time to step this one up a bit.
 
https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/help/

1.3 - No "Spamming". Post ads in the "Online Casino Promos and Ads" section. Ads posted elsewhere (or cloaked ads) will be removed. Spammers will be dragged out into the street and shot. Shills be warned. Also, you will not mass-PM or mass-email multiple members of this site the same message. Spammers who spam the board will have their email addresses posted in public view. You've been warned.

Yeah, I hate spammers too.

Keep up the good work, Partnerlogic.
 
OK, back on track.

lenno said:
"The Company also reserves the right, in its unfettered discretion, to void any winnings and refund the original purchase in your Casino account in any of the following circumstances:

If a Player has more than one active account within the group of casinos*.

* Casinos:
Apostle Casino (etc etc etc)"

This is HIDDEN deep in their general terms and conditions at both English Harbour and Silver Dollar Casino (where I have previously played.) This is NOT stated in any terms at Millionaire Casino nor is it stated in promotional t&c at any of the casinos.

Hmm...can you prove this? Like I said, it IS now listed, but they may have added it after you posted. Do you have a screenshot of the appropriate Millionaire section where this is NOT stated?
 
it seemed to me a nice place...

Very useful information, as I was about to open an account in English Harbour after receiveing an interesting email offer...
I dont think its a good idea after reading all this... thanks to all and good luck.
 
caruso said:
OK, back on track.



Hmm...can you prove this? Like I said, it IS now listed, but they may have added it after you posted. Do you have a screenshot of the appropriate Millionaire section where this is NOT stated?

Bugger, no i can't. I (stupidly) didn't think to get a screenshot when I was looking through Millionaire's general T&C.

Looking at the terms now I can assure you they have been changed since my last post. The old terms were shorter, noticably differrent to the terms at other casino's and did not mention any other casino's in the group. The current terms are now identical to the others in the group.

Unfortunately my word isn't going to count for much when trying to get my winnings back.

If anyone happens to have a copy of the old Millionaire T&C this would be useful.
 
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However, I do have a copy of the email they sent me which told me to check the t&c at Silver Dollar Casino!!!

Why would they say this when I was being banned from Millionaire Casino?

I think we all know the answer to that.
 
lenno said:
Unfortunately my word isn't going to count for much when trying to get my winnings back.

Unfortunately, it isn't - it looks like you got well and truly suckered in. I don't see any way of getting your money unless someone can furnish a dated copy of the terms at the time of your signup, which realistically is not going to happen.

This matter certainly deserves more publicity.
 
Looks like the terms were only added recently

The following link shows a cached version of Millionaire casino's sitemap taken January 20th:

Outdated URL (Invalid)

The current page is:

Link Removed ( Old/Invalid)

The only difference I see is that a link has been added at the bottom of the new page for Terms & Conditions, which contains the info about having an account at more than one casino in the group.

Clearly these terms were added after Google's snapshot on January 20th.
 
oh cool, thanks for that ritsol. very interesting and useful.

I thought I had read some terms at millionaire but I must have looked at the promotional ones when I couldn't find the (non-existent) general ones.

I knew they didn't mention the other casino's anywhere as I searched before my first post. Thanks for the proof!
 
lenno,

Is this what your looking for? I've found 2 pages of their Terms & Conditions...I have not compared this with the current page Link Removed ( Old/Invalid) but from a brief glance all three seem to be different.

1'st page found:

Terms & Conditions

Please read these rules carefully and make sure that you fully understand them before agreeing to be bound by them.

This offer applies to FIRST TIME REAL MONEY PLAYERS, will be applied to their FIRST DEPOSIT ONLY, and cannot be combined with any other bonus or promotion. The WELCOME BONUS will not be given for future deposits. The Welcome Bonus will be deposited into the Casino account approximately twenty-four (24) hours after the first deposit has been made. If a customer withdraws his balance BEFORE receiving the Welcome Bonus, any betting activity will not count towards the published betting requirements. Once you have been credited with the WELCOME BONUS you must meet the wagering requirements before you are eligible to Cashin.

To qualify for this promotion, you must download and install the casino software, register for Real Play and deposit a minimum of $250 into your Real Play account.

Qualifying players will have their account credited with the advertised welcome bonus.

You are allowed only ONE ACTIVE ACCOUNT. Winnings will only be dispersed to players having one account. If you have more than one account, all winnings and bonuses will be VOID. If the name on your account does not match the name on the credit card(s) used to make deposits to the account, all winnings and bonuses in that account will be VOID. Any abuse or fraudulent activity with relation to your account will cause your account to be blocked and any winnings and bonuses will immediately be VOID.

Credits issued during the promotional period MUST be wagered twenty times the deposit amount up to the maximum eligible bonus plus the bonus amount deposited (maximum eligible deposit + bonus) BEFORE making any withdrawal. Customers playing from Israel must wager sixty times the deposit amount up to the maximum eligible bonus plus the bonus amount deposited (maximum eligible deposit + bonus) BEFORE making any withdrawal.

By claiming this promotion, Craps, Roulette, Baccarat, War, All Star Horse Racing, Blackjack, Red Dog, Extreme Lotto and/or Ultimate Hi Lo will not count towards the minimum level of play. Failure to comply will void any and all winnings, as well as progressive and all real money credits, and may result in your account being locked at the sole discretion of the casino.

All withdrawals will be subject to audit before being processed. EHNV reserves all rights to void bonuses or any winnings for failed audits. EHNV reserves the right to modify these rules or cancel this promotion at its sole discretion.

This bonus policy is in addition to and is subject to our official Terms and Conditions, which shall be binding in all cases. You must comply at all times with the standards and/or laws in any jurisdiction where you are located or residing. If you have any questions regarding our policies, please contact our 24 HR Customer Service Department for assistance.

EHNV reserves the right to block accounts at any time if registration information is discovered to be incorrect or misleading, or for any other reason it may deem sufficient at its sole discretion. EHNV is restricted to individuals of legal age only. Minors cannot play. The Welcome Bonus offer is not open to players from Denmark. The distribution of the Welcome Bonus remains at the discretion of EH New Ventures Inc.'s management.

All promotions are available only once per person, family, household address, e-mail address, credit card number, and environments where computers are shared (university, fraternity, school, public library, workplace, etc.).

This welcome bonus may not be used in combination with any other promotion currently offered by EHNV. By participating in this bonus, you agree to be bound by these rules and to the decisions of EHNV whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. Any applicable taxes and fees in connection with any winnings awarded to you are your sole responsibility.


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2'nd page found:

Terms and Conditions for Wagering the Welcome Bonus

Eligibility for the 'First Deposit Bonus' or Welcome Bonus' is limited to new players who have registered a real account and deposited the qualifying amount.

Once you're in the casino and playing, you can withdraw your purchase and any winnings earned from that purchase at any time you like. To play with the Welcome Bonus or to withdraw the bonus as part of your winnings, however, please note that you will need to fulfill a wagering requirement of twenty times the combined value of the purchase and bonus before you can do so.

(Regrettably, due to ongoing abuse of promotional bonuses, players resident in Israel are required to wager forty times the combined bonus value and purchase before any withdrawal can be made. Also, this promotion is not available to players residing in Denmark).

If you wish to withdraw before fulfilling the wagering requirement, you will be advised by the Cashier system that you have not met the wagering conditions and that the withdrawal will be automatically re-deposited into your casino account. If you still wish to proceed with a withdrawal, the original bonus amount and any winnings will be deducted from your withdrawal request and the casino will return the balance of the funds.

Any bonus money you earn through your play, or, by taking advantage of Millionaire Casino promotions will be stored in a "bonus account" indicated as 'Bonus' located under your 'Balance' which holds your own casino deposits.

All bonus money given to you as a Millionaire Casino player will be located in the separate Bonus Account. No amount can be withdrawn from this bonus account. When you are betting at the tables, your wagers will be taken from your Bonus Account money first until the account is empty and then all further wagers are taken from your Real Account.

If the bet is won, the wagered amount taken from the Bonus Account will be returned to the Bonus Account; and the winnings placed into your Balance Account as normal. If the bet is lost, the Bonus Account stays empty until the player is rewarded a future bonus.

Please note that the Welcome Bonus cannot be removed once issued.

The Welcome Bonus may not be combined with any other bonus unless otherwise stated.

If you have any questions regarding our bonuses or restrictions concerning them please contact us by email.

Only one Real Account is allowed per player and the bonus is available only once per household, address, e-mail address, credit card number, bank account, and environments where computers are shared (university, fraternity, school, public library, workplace, etc).

If you already have multiple accounts you are NOT eligible for multiple bonuses in your additional accounts. Any player attempting to claim multiple bonuses for which they are not eligible will have his/her account closed and any winnings on all his/her accounts will be null and void. All cash-ins will be cancelled.

Play at any Blackjack, Progressive Blackjack, Multi Hand Jacks Or Better, Multi Hand Aces And Faces, Craps, Roulette, Baccarat, War, All Star horse Racing, Red Dog, Extreme Lotto and Ultimate Hi-Lo game is restricted until you have met our wagering requirement. If you play on these games before meeting our requirements, then you agree that the casino holds the right to void any winnings made from these games at our discretion. Further, all losses incurred while playing said games will be non-refundable. We are therefore strongly advising you not play any of these games until your wagering requirement is met to avoid potential winnings being voided. If you choose to disregard this restriction advisory, then please note that any game play at these games before you meet the requirements set forth will not count for fulfilling your requirement. If you would like to play these games without restriction, please contact our support department before you wager and we will remove the bonus from your account. We will not accept a request once you begin play.

If, while playing at this casino, you win a sum regarded by the Casino Management as worthy of publicity, you agree to make yourself available for any event of such a nature arranged by the Casino.

While the Casino protects all personal data entrusted to us, we reserve the right to use first names in any Casino announcement about promotion results.

In the event of any dispute, the decision of the Casino Manager will be considered full and final. No correspondence will be entered into.

Employees, officers and directors of the Casino, its promotional or other agencies, licensees and licensors, service providers and any other associated or affiliated companies shall not be eligible for entry. The same terms shall apply to the direct families of such persons.

Entrants who fail to comply with any of the stipulated Terms and Conditions of this promotion will forfeit their bonus, which will subsequently be removed from their gaming account.

The Casino reserves the right to bar any promotional abusers from receiving this or any further promotions at the Casino. All persons regarded by Millionaire Casino to be promotional abusers lose membership at all Casinos utilizing Odds-On Gaming services. Moreover, in the event a barred (or any likeness of) a barred person attempts to open an account, their account will become void retroactive to one (1) second after the account was opened.

Only the original account holder is granted winnings, no transference is allowed. Any account that violates this term will be void and only the original deposited amount shall be returned.

All withdrawals will be subject to audit before being processed. English Harbour New Ventures reserves all rights to void bonuses or any winnings for failed audits.

The Casino management reserves the right to change or end this promotional offer at any time.


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Trezz
 
This casino should be rogued for malicious advertising practices.

They sent me snail mail spam advertising all 6 casinos in their group, along with the deposit bonuses that you can get from all of them. On the CD they included they even printed "Over $1000 in Bonuses".

No where did they say you can't have accounts at more than 1 of them. This is clearly intended to dupe the unsuspecting victim to play at as many casinos as he/she likes, if they lose, good. If they win, then this group will invoke their "no more than 1 casino" rule, and confiscate winnings while keeping losses. This is as rogueish as it gets folks.
 
this same thing happened to my friend back in December. I will let them know about this thread. They have been pretty muched turned off online casinos because of this incident. Its a shame that this happens.
 
Aindreas_Daoc said:
They sent me snail mail spam advertising all 6 casinos in their group, along with the deposit bonuses that you can get from all of them. On the CD they included they even printed "Over $1000 in Bonuses".

WOW, what can you say?

Cheers Trezz, they look like the promotional t&c. I was after the 'general' t&c but thanks to ritsol have realised the problem was they didn't exist.
 
English Harbour group was recently taken over by Leisure and Gaming, a large listed company headed up by Alastair Assheton who is generally respected as an industry professional.

It may be an idea to draw his attention to this thread, and I will attempt to do so in the hope that these problems (which could be rooted in inefficiency as well as dishonesty) can be ironed out.


P.S. (Later) I have contacted Alistair Assheton (the CEO of Leisure and Gaming) and his Commercial Director, Henry Birch, so let's see if that gets some action in redressing or explaining this.
 
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This is basically VIP Casinos group now.. The VIP Sportsbooks had a similar thing about multiple accounts and usually only letting players have bonuses at one without making it very clear that all accounts will be combined in this way. Obviously this is a bit worse than that. VIP don't have a very clean history with their original casinos either.
 
Alistair Assheton has responded by return of email and he has a member of his management team at L and G looking into this right now.

As I said before, this guy is an experienced executive of integrity, and I therefore have hopes that the company will redress this issue quickly and communicate their findings.
 
Very nice, Millionaire and Planetluck both looking to be paying their players.

It was starting to look like meltdown in the complaints department in recent days. Still much happening, but good results in the offing here it would seem.
 
Will they change their terms?

Jetset:
Can you please ask for a clear answer on the accounts at each casino? I understand they prohibit accounts at eacg casino now in their terms, however their advertisements encourage the signing up at each individual casino. I think they need to drastically change and synchronise their marketing and enforcing departments.

Future gamblers need these kind of things to be clear or gambling will be ruined forever.
 
Hi TrixSlice, this has already been communicated to Alistair Assheton and as you can see things are already starting to move. I would be surprised if they were not now monitoring threads here and at WOL too.
 
Thanks everyone for your patience. I am just beginning to get back into the swing of things after my brief absence.

Apologies for the Partnerlogic sales pitch - she's brand new and didn't know any better. I'll brief her on how this forum operates.

As for this issue at hand, there have been problems in the past identical to this one. There should be no reason in the world why a player can't open an account in each and everyone of these casinos. The EH group was listed here for quite a while, and they were promoted as "one" as in "sign up at EH and then give Silver Dollar a spin". I was never privy to the fact that players could only sign up for a "new player bonus" at only one of these casinos. Perhaps this is a recent thing. Nevertheless, it is not clear and it's not regulated in a fair way. EH took a break from Casinomeister when they were going through some administrative changes a year or so ago; I spoke about this a while back.

Anyway, like Jetset mentioned - Alistair Assheton is highly regarded in this industry. He knows me - and I know him. He's one of the reasons VIP Casinos and Poker are listed here. I'll be in touch with him to try to work this all out.
 
While you're at it, could you please ask them about their spamming policy? I have repeatedly requested to be removed from their mailing list after I got one of those offers that was not honored. I asked via e-mail to support, then I asked via Live Chat - the chat person rudely terminated the chat without so much as a word.

I still keep getting daily promotional e-mail from English Harbour, most of them seem to originate from dollars.playforcash.com or gems.fortunesawait.com

Cheers,
SM
 
I have accounts at all EH casinos and have had them for years.

So - if I take the bonus offer from Silver Dollar (they sent one) - where am I in regards to the multiple account thingy ??

I will just stop playing at EH until this clears.
 

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