- Joined
- Jun 5, 2006
- Location
- Edmonton Canada
We see a lot of players coming in and complaining about online casinos. If there's a PAB sometimes we get to hear the casino's side of the story but not often, and not really in any depth. Occasionally we get a chance to see a snippet from a player's email or chat where the player is abusive or threatening, but again, not that often.
On a couple of instances when a casino rep actually responds and says something about the player, then everyone gets on their case about privacy issues. I can understand nobody wants their playing history or personal info to be made public, but it's kind of lopsided. A player can come in and talk crap about a casino as much as they like and the casino reps can't really clear the air because of the privacy thing.
I remember several instances where a player came in and told some sob story and got a lot of support from the members here and then they did a PAB and suddenly that player's name went red. But unless the player starts a PAB, nobody (not even Bryan) gets to see the evidence that the casino has, and that person can run around to forums and cause damage to the reputation of the casino. It doesn't seem fair to me.
There was something I heard awhile back about a player (who used to be a member here) who either had or was linked to 80 accounts with one casino. The player hasn't been a member here for awhile, but interestingly they weren't banned from here for player fraud, it was something else. But while that person was a member here, they could come in and badmouth that casino and people would have assumed they were telling the truth, because the casino couldn't have responded with their side.
I understand that there are privacy policies for a reason, and when I sign up to a casino I expect them to keep the dealings I have with them confidential. But if I'm commiting fraud by depositing with a stolen credit card or opening multiple accounts to take advantage of bonus offers or charging back deposits, then coming in talking trash about the casino that outed me, why shouldn't they have the opportunity to tell their side of the story?
Fraudulent players make things tougher for the rest of us, we get more complex terms and more bonus restrictions and more issues with document verification because of it. If a casino finds out that a player is a fraud, they'll confiscate the winnings and close the player's account and that's as far as it goes. As far as I'm concerned, player privacy is the player's personal information, their address, transaction history and even play logs. If the player commits fraud then their fraudulent act shouldn't fall under the 'player privacy' umbrella anymore.
Thoughts?
On a couple of instances when a casino rep actually responds and says something about the player, then everyone gets on their case about privacy issues. I can understand nobody wants their playing history or personal info to be made public, but it's kind of lopsided. A player can come in and talk crap about a casino as much as they like and the casino reps can't really clear the air because of the privacy thing.
I remember several instances where a player came in and told some sob story and got a lot of support from the members here and then they did a PAB and suddenly that player's name went red. But unless the player starts a PAB, nobody (not even Bryan) gets to see the evidence that the casino has, and that person can run around to forums and cause damage to the reputation of the casino. It doesn't seem fair to me.
There was something I heard awhile back about a player (who used to be a member here) who either had or was linked to 80 accounts with one casino. The player hasn't been a member here for awhile, but interestingly they weren't banned from here for player fraud, it was something else. But while that person was a member here, they could come in and badmouth that casino and people would have assumed they were telling the truth, because the casino couldn't have responded with their side.
I understand that there are privacy policies for a reason, and when I sign up to a casino I expect them to keep the dealings I have with them confidential. But if I'm commiting fraud by depositing with a stolen credit card or opening multiple accounts to take advantage of bonus offers or charging back deposits, then coming in talking trash about the casino that outed me, why shouldn't they have the opportunity to tell their side of the story?
Fraudulent players make things tougher for the rest of us, we get more complex terms and more bonus restrictions and more issues with document verification because of it. If a casino finds out that a player is a fraud, they'll confiscate the winnings and close the player's account and that's as far as it goes. As far as I'm concerned, player privacy is the player's personal information, their address, transaction history and even play logs. If the player commits fraud then their fraudulent act shouldn't fall under the 'player privacy' umbrella anymore.
Thoughts?