This is on that page TWICE!
Sports Interaction is fully licensed and regulated in North America.
Right at the bottom of the page is a rather inconspicuous Kahnawake logo, without explanation. This DOES at least connect to a legit Kahnawake issued license, which also confirms that Sports Interaction have been operating since 1999.
An address for the operator is also given on the page, which is a PO Box in "Kahnawake QC,
CANADA"
It seems the "North America" statement is yet more "cloak and dagger", giving a deliberately vague statement about licensing, rather than naming a specific jurisdiction.
This is no different to the reply from a Grand Prive chat rep who told a player that they were "licensed and regulated throughout North America".
Any player with experience knows damn well there is no such thing (yet) as a gambling license from the North American government for operating online gambling of any sort.
Kahnawake has had it's critics, but have managed to turn things around so as to be come a more respected regulatory body than some others, even a couple of UK Whitelisted ones - Sports Interaction should wear the Kahnawake badge with PRIDE, not hide it behind a vague statement, and tucked away right at the bottom of the page.
As for software, first we are told it is this CTXM, which Bryan was clearly lead to believe when he added this to the entry in "Baptism by fire". Now a player manages to download Playtech from Sweden, and REGISTER, and only when games didn't load were they told (after a while) that Playtech was not available in Sweden.
This statement is easily verified, as I am sure Bryan has a contact at Playtech who can clarify the matter of whether Sweden (and others) are now banned countries along with the USA.
I don't buy it, if this was a PLAYTECH ban, the REGISTRATION would have failed, just as it does with all the major software brands when a US IP address is detected, or "US" entered as country of residence. It is the act of DEPOSIT that breaks any laws, so enforcing a country ban AFTER a deposit by blocking games is "shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted".
Looking at the CTXM site reminded me of Salus Technology, it was a company that did pretty much the same thing, "bespoke" crappy "white labels" or "turnkey" casinos of operators who wanted one "on the cheap".
It's a good thing that the rep retracted the statement about it being CTXM, but the question remains as to which software it is, and the impression is that is may not be CTXM, but it is software of the same "on the cheap" standard, produced by another "solutions provider" similar to Salus and CTXM.
Sports Interation don't even want to admit to using PLAYTECH, which is even MORE surprising, as these major softwares WANT their brand paraded in front of players, as they are PROUD of it.
Also bear in mind that if the software is unidentified, has no brand name, it also has no intrinsic COPYRIGHT, as legally - no-one stakes a claim of ownership to it, therefore there is no-one to be "offended" by a breach of commonly accepted copyright rules. This is one other main reason that software suppliers brand their products, and you will see that Microgaming, for example, employs the international copyright symbol with the name, on the games, and also uses the "TM" mark on a few of the themed games.
Of course, if the software is as "cheesy" as stated, who would WANT to rip it off anyway
If it is "bespoke", as is the 3Dice software, then the rep will have to provide a "bespoke" independent testing certificate with it.
I notice a TST certificate on the webpage, but is this actually TRUE, in that it is for Sports Interation, including their "bespoke" alternatives, rather than for Playtech alone.
PS - Just found another predatory term.
If playing in any of the live games, in any event of suspected card counting we further reserve the right to withhold any withdrawal amount from your account which will be in excess of your original deposit
So, if you merely SUSPECT a player of "card counting", you can confiscate their winnings.
Since when was using your HUMAN SKILL at a game, not a bot etc... grounds for confiscating winnings.
The scope of this term is pretty wide, and could be applied to ANYONE who had an unusual run of luck, even if their skills were pretty "basic". I don't believe such a term meets the standards required for accreditation, and should thus be removed, and replaced with something more specific, such as a ban on bots, or other software based card counting applications as would be illegal in most casinos, where as HUMAN skill, however good, is NOT illegal, and is NOT grounds for taking any action against a player other than asking them to leave, which online is closing their account after payment of all balances.