As VWM pointed out it is appalling that RTG sit back and allow these kinds of operations to flourish. It is a pity that RTG doesn't vet their would be clients as rigorously as the casinos do with their clients.
This particular group has become so infamous now, that I honestly believe they couldn't care less anymore, and are now in it to fleece as many punters as possible, dreaming up ever devious ways of avoiding payouts.
RTG should and does have the power to revoke licences which are not upholding its standards of integrity. Business entrepreneurs who are on the look out to establish new casinos might not be so keen to use their software, if it is affiliated with so many shoddy operations. So preserving the integrity of the software brand must be paramount for RTG.....Is that the case though?
Mike
With so many software providers pulling out of the US, there is less choice for operators to move from RTG and keep their US players on board.
RTG has been around for some time, and is well known among players, even if mostly for the wrong reason. There is nothing wrong with the software, the problem is that RTG will let ANYONE use it if they keep up the payments.
Reputable RTG operators try to get themselves judged on their own merits, rather than the reputation of the software.
Previously, the Virtual group would impose max cashout carry over rules. If players deposited without a bonus this time, their winnings would STILL be capped by the max cashout from their most recent bonus. THIS is exactly how mysticjos got screwed by Palace of Fat Chance. She had PREVIOUSLY used some free chips, but the deposit that won the RJ was all her own money, but her $6000+ win was mostly confiscated, and she was offered the derisory sum of her previous max cashout, which was only a couple of hundred dollars.
The casino tried to argue that depositing without a bonus was "bonus abuse", and that players would deliberately LOSE with huge bonuses, and THEN deposit without one and win big, because the machines were "due" because the player had previously lost. What utter BULLSHIT when it comes to RANDOM games, as this excuse tries to convince players the payouts are somehow balanced by the software to guarantee the long term outcome for the casino, and deliberately losing somehow disturbs this. In effect, they were saying "our software is rigged, so you could deliberately be trying to 'streak' the games on non-bonused deposits after losing big for a while"
No reputable casino would try this excuse, because their software provider would take fright at the suggestion the software worked like this coming from an operator.
I believe a similar situation occurred with GaleWind software and Heroes casino. Heroes had a player win big at Blackjack, and tried to deny winnings claiming the player used "patterns" to beat the game. GaleWind was alarmed at this reasoning, and pulled Heroes' licence, and in the end paid the player out of it's own pocket, whilst at the same time publicly refuting this allegation, and assuring players there were no "patterns", and that their Blackjack was both fair and RANDOM.