- Joined
- Aug 25, 2004
- Location
- Bexhill on sea, England
It has been obvious to me for many years that it IS the software supplier (or at least, an operator under their control) who can blanket-block individual players.RTG is merely the software supplier, so how come they can forcibly overrule an operator in respect of which players they accept deposits from?
RTG seems FAR more involved than they would have us believed. Apparently, RTG don't even license the software to operators, they license the whole thing to a third party (Hastings) who in turn deal with the operators. The whole POINT was to distance RTG as far as possible from the actual running of the casinos. If RTG are calling the shots over the blacklist, processors, and operators, then they cannot claim to be "just a developer of gaming software", and are thus more directly involved with the act of supplying an "illegal" service to the US. They are also involved in the "processing" side, which is what UIGEA is REALLY aimed at.
Rival have been proved to be doing this for years, and their is significant evidence to show RTG run a very similar system. To be honest, I don't blame them - it makes an awful lot of sense to try to stop all fraudsters in their tracks. The only big problem is when an innocent player gets caught in the net, which seems to be the case here.
KK