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I think you are seriously misunderstanding the self exclude process. You are using it to force a casino to actually close and lock your account after they have provided poor service so that you will be tipped off if they try the rebranding trick to distance themselves from their past (you will have the account locked instantly).<br />
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Unfortunately, it doesn't work like this. You have already found that the locking isn't instant, so your intended aim of using it as a "rebranding detector" isn't going to work. Worse, it doesn't just exclude you from a group that is giving you poor service, it gets placed on an MGS wide database with means ANY MGS casino you play at, or sign up at, is likely to get a delayed notification from the network and lock your account.<br />
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Self exclusion should only be used to help strengthen willpower after realising you might have a gambling problem as this is how the networks interpret it.<br />
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Closing an account doesn't work because operators DON'T delete your data, but keep it on file for at least 6 years. Even with a self exclude, your data is kept on file. Operators are not going to stop keeping data like this as they use their database of past players, even those who close accounts or self exclude, to detect multiple account abuse where a player closes an account and opens another to have another go at the welcome bonus.<br />
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<b> Rather than using self exclude in the future, when you find a casino has given you poor service, uninstall it and make a note somewhere as to why you decided to stop playing there. Note also the group to which the casino belongs. When some "new" casino catches your eye, refer back to these notes to see whether it is as "new" as it appears, or is just another skin from a poorly performing group you decided to ditch.</b><br />
Add additional notes when you read elsewhere that a casino has rebranded, especially when it is one notorious for poor service. Quite a few players got burned when the "new" RTG casino "Ruby Slots" suddenly appeared with some aggressive marketing and spamming. It was in fact a rebranded Virtual casino, notorious for screwing over their players.<br />
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Rebranding of MGS casinos is much rarer, they tend instead to just move to Casino Rewards whilst retaining their original name, with a few closing altogether. A few groups have rebranded too, such as Belle Rock becoming Digimedia.
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Agreed, again there must become a difference between self exclusion, take a break and or close my account.<br />
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IMO - Self exclusion means I have a gambling problem and need to stop. Period.<br />
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Take a break can mean multiple things. Maybe I'm not doing well at a particular site so I request to take a break but in fact I'm doing well at some others, so take a break shouldn't be enforced at the other sites. Take a break should be on a site by site basis.<br />
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If there's no option to close an account, do as VWM said, uninstall and don't go back. Do not self exclude for this purpose.<br />
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This is a slight derail// What if player's had their own database to enter their experiences with different IGaming sites? VWM mentions taking notes but I think I can take this a step further and create a personal player database as to where you don't need to keep notes on paper but enter into your personal database. <br />
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IGaming sites keep databases on players, I'm pretty sure I can create your own personal database of your personal experiences with online gambling sites. It would be private to you only and your experiences and notes.<br />
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So an example would be: You'd enter your gaming experience, or details that you want to remember and the information would be accessible via a database search etc.. <br />
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Sorry about the derail but I'm always looking for ways to help players and this caught my eye.<br />
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If interested start a thread about your player personal database and I'd be happy to see what I can do. Again just for clarification this will be your own personal database and not a shared database. <img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/smile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>