4 of a kind
Repeated violations of forum rule 1.16 - troll
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2009
- Location
- New York
I'm starting this thread actually in response to another thread titled "Does anyone have any good news" since I thought this didn't fit there.
Online casinos have chosen to let the industry evolve into what it has become today. Maybe it was a direct result of the uncertainty for their future after the UIGEA was passed in the USA. But everyone would have to agree that over the past few years online gaming has hit new lows. They have done nothing to improve their image and on the contrary have done a great deal in redefining the term “ROGUE”, constantly exhibiting never ending contemporary tactics never seen before, while keeping the old ones in place.
Like I said many times before I have never been screwed by any online casino in the past or too this day, and didn’t even know what goes on till joining this forum in March of 09. Up until 2007 I was always satisfied with my online gaming results. I could not care less what software platform the games were being run from nor even cared to find out. But after 2007, 2008, 2009, and this present year I realized things have changed drastically.
This led to me joining several other gaming forums and my desire to find out what was really going on. To me it became obvious that video poker which is the predominate game I play had to be running off a RTP platform like slots. After millions of hands over the last four year period it was obvious the probabilities were way out of range. This could only be a result of lowered RTP’s. So it’s obvious in the past these games were always run off an RTP platform but they were set high enough to equal expected returns from Random Draw. Any professional player would have never noticed the difference or have any reason to question the software.
This is the direct reason that led me to my quest for fairness. I am 57 years old with plenty of time and access to computers wherever I may be. I pursued alleged online regulators in Gibraltor, Alderney, Curaco, Antiqua, (and a few more I can’t think of now) with written requests about game regulations, by snail mail and e-mails. I left every possible way for them to contact me, home address, phone number, e-mail address, and didn’t receive one single response in any way, shape, or form or even an acknowledgement it was received. No casino rep has ever responded to my questions on the forum either when it came to game regulation.
The only alleged confirmation we ever got on some issues is by Bryan talking to inside connections that refuse to be identified. I trust Bryan for his word but he can’t be positive who he’s talking to is 100% being upfront since this is a billion dollar industry that I’m certain they wouldn’t want to be jeopardized.
In addition we have affiliates and advocates that no doubt exhibit prejudice opinions when issues involve casinos they promote. This behavior is not always obvious at first, but if you were to read many of the active gaming forums (which many people don’t) their motives do in fact become obvious.
I miss online gaming in a big way. It was a great way to pass time which I have plenty of with excitement. Gambling is in my DNA and I'm now being forced backed to B&M's like many other past online gamers. I stay current reading everything about it (including hopes of USA regulation) and find it repulsive to sit back and not express my opinions from personal experiences regardless if what I say offends anyone. I'm always ready to stand corrected, and have been several times in the past.
Unfortunately regardless of what some will try to convince otherwise, there is no regulation being implied and or intended. Everything needs to be exposed be it good or bad about online gaming in its present form.
So why does it seem there’s not many good things being said about online gaming especially lately? Maybe because if I wanted I could make a list that would consist of at least a thousand reasons why online casinos can’t be trusted and that list would be certain to grow in the future; and could only list maybe four reasons why you might trust a list of casinos you could count with only one hand and a good chance of that small count even reducing in the future.
All anyone wants is to know their losing their money fair and square. Online casinos had that chance to prove this and still do but endlessly refuse to be transparent. Refusing to be transparent is like a suspect pleading the 5th amendment in a murder trial and in my eyes with online gaming is all the evidence I need to convict.
Online casinos have chosen to let the industry evolve into what it has become today. Maybe it was a direct result of the uncertainty for their future after the UIGEA was passed in the USA. But everyone would have to agree that over the past few years online gaming has hit new lows. They have done nothing to improve their image and on the contrary have done a great deal in redefining the term “ROGUE”, constantly exhibiting never ending contemporary tactics never seen before, while keeping the old ones in place.
Like I said many times before I have never been screwed by any online casino in the past or too this day, and didn’t even know what goes on till joining this forum in March of 09. Up until 2007 I was always satisfied with my online gaming results. I could not care less what software platform the games were being run from nor even cared to find out. But after 2007, 2008, 2009, and this present year I realized things have changed drastically.
This led to me joining several other gaming forums and my desire to find out what was really going on. To me it became obvious that video poker which is the predominate game I play had to be running off a RTP platform like slots. After millions of hands over the last four year period it was obvious the probabilities were way out of range. This could only be a result of lowered RTP’s. So it’s obvious in the past these games were always run off an RTP platform but they were set high enough to equal expected returns from Random Draw. Any professional player would have never noticed the difference or have any reason to question the software.
This is the direct reason that led me to my quest for fairness. I am 57 years old with plenty of time and access to computers wherever I may be. I pursued alleged online regulators in Gibraltor, Alderney, Curaco, Antiqua, (and a few more I can’t think of now) with written requests about game regulations, by snail mail and e-mails. I left every possible way for them to contact me, home address, phone number, e-mail address, and didn’t receive one single response in any way, shape, or form or even an acknowledgement it was received. No casino rep has ever responded to my questions on the forum either when it came to game regulation.
The only alleged confirmation we ever got on some issues is by Bryan talking to inside connections that refuse to be identified. I trust Bryan for his word but he can’t be positive who he’s talking to is 100% being upfront since this is a billion dollar industry that I’m certain they wouldn’t want to be jeopardized.
In addition we have affiliates and advocates that no doubt exhibit prejudice opinions when issues involve casinos they promote. This behavior is not always obvious at first, but if you were to read many of the active gaming forums (which many people don’t) their motives do in fact become obvious.
I miss online gaming in a big way. It was a great way to pass time which I have plenty of with excitement. Gambling is in my DNA and I'm now being forced backed to B&M's like many other past online gamers. I stay current reading everything about it (including hopes of USA regulation) and find it repulsive to sit back and not express my opinions from personal experiences regardless if what I say offends anyone. I'm always ready to stand corrected, and have been several times in the past.
Unfortunately regardless of what some will try to convince otherwise, there is no regulation being implied and or intended. Everything needs to be exposed be it good or bad about online gaming in its present form.
So why does it seem there’s not many good things being said about online gaming especially lately? Maybe because if I wanted I could make a list that would consist of at least a thousand reasons why online casinos can’t be trusted and that list would be certain to grow in the future; and could only list maybe four reasons why you might trust a list of casinos you could count with only one hand and a good chance of that small count even reducing in the future.
All anyone wants is to know their losing their money fair and square. Online casinos had that chance to prove this and still do but endlessly refuse to be transparent. Refusing to be transparent is like a suspect pleading the 5th amendment in a murder trial and in my eyes with online gaming is all the evidence I need to convict.