That still doesn't explain why some can and some can't bb. It kind of bothers me when some posters claim things as fact when they really don't know the true answer. Believe what you want, but until I get some sort of proof that it is so damn difficult for others to pay quickly, I can only assume that these sites are making a conscience effort to stall. Think about it, when people here believe that it is difficult, it gives these operations a built in excuse to make things hard on the player.
Max, I still await your answer as to whether CM is compensated by the accredited sites.
If you read the article, it did explain why some can and some can't.
It has nothing to do with software, each operator has to find processors and usually casinos do not share unless they belong under one umbrella. There are exceptions where the software provider manages to get processing in place, it is always temporary.
The whole thing is hush hush, the processors don't exactly advertise either. You have to know someone who knows someone who knows someone.
Processors charge whatever they want now, because they know the casino has to pay or go under. Some are crooks, accept the very high security deposit from the casino and then just disappear. Like with any prohibition, the situation has given raise to a criminal element. You also have to consider the risk to the processor and the very short term he can operate befor he has to find a new way.
There are still honest to goodness processors that manage to stay in business for a good length of time, but finding them is difficult, and when a casino finds one, they do everything in their power to keep him to themselves. That's competition. Precisely because of threads like this one, nothing is shared.
He who can find a good processor and has the luck of the method lasting a few months, gets player affection.
He who gets screwed by a bad processor, gets a bad player reputation to boot.
That's what it boils down to. It makes the processor all powerful. He can manipulate casinos and players. Of course this gives cover to casinos who just are plain rogue, like some of the RTGs. They now don't look much worse than the unlucky guy. The difference is that the rogue will happily refuse to pay and just pocket the money, while the unlucky guy scrambles to find another processor and spends a ton in order to make it happen again.
Like with any prohibition, the only ones who benefit are criminals.
Re, the question about how Casinomeister manages to raise the funds to stay online - it operates like a magazine with the exception that it screens possible advertisers excruciatingly and only allows those who emerge clean to advertise. Without sites that bother to do this, players would be screwed all the way because no one would know which casinos are rogue and which are not. With so many sites online that advertise any crap, it's good to know some of us are ethical.
...................laurie
"Still await"? Excuse me, but I need as good a night's sleep as everybody else.
