Suspense is killing me so gonna vent!

jshort

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I posted this in the "attic" because honestly I might regret writing this (I'm drunk too!) and figured not as many people come to this sub-forum. I'm not necessarily interested in any particular feedback.

Okay so whats on my mind me........

It's like this; I signed up to xxxx-casino. I registered through an affiliate portal (not casinomeister) which just so happens to have blacklisted
all casinos that belong to a group which xxx-casino also happens to belong to. Stupid yes, but I was looking for another MG casino to bonus whore from and the affiliate site itself had its own ADDITIONAL incentives for those who clicked its link (fyi; the page I clicked the link didn't exactly have the words BLACKLISTED or "Not-recommended" posted anywhere and xxx-casino is an accred casino here at Casinomeister).

Anyway got through the welcome bonus and profited a few hundred. They at first rejected my KYC docs, so I submitted newer ones (less than 3 months) and just to show I was a "good" customer, I deposited another $50 or so (no bonus, no promo incentives attached). Anyways, my docs were approved and I got my first withdrawal.......Yay.

Afterwards, I made a couple more smaller deposits and lost each of them........THEN I suddenly started kicking their ass (ie I was winning)! In part thanks to their too-generous bonus offers (which only have x30 WR I might add) I made a withdrawal. Then I reversed withdrew and won again, hence I mad a second withdrawal. Then I "reverse-withdrew" and won AGAIN....And then it happened again (I won)....Not a crazy insane amount but more than $1000 total.....

Now I'm waiting on 4 withdraws. Three of them I've been told have been recieved and I don't know what the heck their security team is looking for right now! The first one I made Thursday night! Now I'm just sitting here on my butt just waiting/hoping they don't confiscate my winnings and lock my account (which they have a surprisingly tendency to do to members who have signed up through this particular affiliate site).

END OF STORY.......
 
I posted this in the "attic" because honestly I might regret writing this (I'm drunk too!) and figured not as many people come to this sub-forum. I'm not necessarily interested in any particular feedback.

Okay so whats on my mind me........

It's like this; I signed up to xxxx-casino. I registered through an affiliate portal (not casinomeister) which just so happens to have blacklisted
all casinos that belong to a group which xxx-casino also happens to belong to. Stupid yes, but I was looking for another MG casino to bonus whore from and the affiliate site itself had its own ADDITIONAL incentives for those who clicked its link (fyi; the page I clicked the link didn't exactly have the words BLACKLISTED or "Not-recommended" posted anywhere and xxx-casino is an accred casino here at Casinomeister).

Anyway got through the welcome bonus and profited a few hundred. They at first rejected my KYC docs, so I submitted newer ones (less than 3 months) and just to show I was a "good" customer, I deposited another $50 or so (no bonus, no promo incentives attached). Anyways, my docs were approved and I got my first withdrawal.......Yay.

Afterwards, I made a couple more smaller deposits and lost each of them........THEN I suddenly started kicking their ass (ie I was winning)! In part thanks to their too-generous bonus offers (which only have x30 WR I might add) I made a withdrawal. Then I reversed withdrew and won again, hence I mad a second withdrawal. Then I "reverse-withdrew" and won AGAIN....And then it happened again (I won)....Not a crazy insane amount but more than $1000 total.....

Now I'm waiting on 4 withdraws. Three of them I've been told have been recieved and I don't know what the heck their security team is looking for right now! The first one I made Thursday night! Now I'm just sitting here on my butt just waiting/hoping they don't confiscate my winnings and lock my account (which they have a surprisingly tendency to do to members who have signed up through this particular affiliate site).

END OF STORY.......

Well, I gotta say I'm a little miffed that you signed up through another affiliate to a casino that is promoted and accredited here. There is enough information and contacts here that Bryan could easily run this site as a subscription site and he would have plenty of subscribers.

This site is supported by players signing up through the links provided here.

What did you get from the other affiliate? A few shiny trinkets?

And now you are worried that you might not get paid because of the reputation of the affiliate site you signed up through?

I'm at a loss for any other words.
 
Well, I gotta say I'm a little miffed that you signed up through another affiliate to a casino that is promoted and accredited here. There is enough information and contacts here that Bryan could easily run this site as a subscription site and he would have plenty of subscribers.

This site is supported by players signing up through the links provided here.

What did you get from the other affiliate? A few shiny trinkets?

And now you are worried that you might not get paid because of the reputation of the affiliate site you signed up through?

I'm at a loss for any other words.

I think you're being a little unfair here.

CM isn't the only place or forum around that members visit or contribute to (it is for me however), and whilst in this particular case it sounds like the op didn't particularly know the affiliate he signed through all that well, hence CM would have been a better option, I don't think we should feel at all obligated to only sign up to casinos via CM, as sometimes another affiliate may have a better offer, and be just as trustworthy as CM to that individual.

Personally I have shared my business between here and The Pogg, with CM being better off only because I frequent the sites I signed up to through here more often (eg. Guts, Betat, Slotty etc), however whilst I appreciate the site very much, I don't feel like I owe CM my exclusive loyalty, as this site would still not be as great as it is, if it didn't have any dedicated members who take their time to contribute to it.

Just my opinion, and something to think about from the other side of the spectrum, as Bryan would be doing just fine, and I don't think we need to make the op feel any worse than they already do. ;)
 
The affiliate can't be that bad since the casino is still prepared to do business with them in order to draw in new players. If they don't feel the affiliate is sending them good traffic, they should terminate the agreement. If anything, the casino is favouring this affiliate by allowing them to offer additional incentives for going through their site, which means they have an advantage over other affiliates when it comes to attracting players.
 
I think you're being a little unfair here.

CM isn't the only place or forum around that members visit or contribute to (it is for me however), and whilst in this particular case it sounds like the op didn't particularly know the affiliate he signed through all that well, hence CM would have been a better option, I don't think we should feel at all obligated to only sign up to casinos via CM, as sometimes another affiliate may have a better offer, and be just as trustworthy as CM to that individual.

Personally I have shared my business between here and The Pogg, with CM being better off only because I frequent the sites I signed up to through here more often (eg. Guts, Betat, Slotty etc), however whilst I appreciate the site very much, I don't feel like I owe CM my exclusive loyalty, as this site would still not be as great as it is, if it didn't have any dedicated members who take their time to contribute to it.

Just my opinion, and something to think about from the other side of the spectrum, as Bryan would be doing just fine, and I don't think we need to make the op feel any worse than they already do. ;)

Does 'The Pogg' blacklist a casino and give you extra special offers for that casino?

If 'The Pogg' had a reputation of players who signed up through them not getting paid would you use them? And then vent here?

Look, jshort seems like a good guy and I sincerely hope he gets paid but in order to make the whole enterprise of on-line gaming better we all, especially those of us who know better, got to do our part not to support shady operations.

AFAIK 'The Pogg' has a pretty good reputation and actively and publicly supports his players so that would be a good site to support as would any other affiliate that practices what they preach.
 
This site is supported by players signing up through the links provided here.
Bryan has said in the past that this is not how it works here. Even so, I have signed up to many casinos via this site as a show of support.

Other affiliate sites do offer different things to CM, such as different sign-up offers and more information about bonuses, etc. So if a player appreciates that, then I don't see why the shouldn't use the other site to sign-up. (I admit I am a bit biased there ;))

I would also love to know which casino we are talking about here, but that's up to the OP if he wants to reveal it or not.
If they're Accredited, he should be safe however he signed-up.

KK
 
I just had to look for some casino portals who have "blacklists" and still advertise the casinos they want players to avoid. :rolleyes:

This is what I found:

xxhttp://www.gamblinggrumbles.com/Casinos/Hall-of-Shame

Several CM accredited Microgaming casinos are there.
Gambling grumbles belong to the Gambling City Network and they are affiliates for those casinos they have in Hall of Shame. :rolleyes: I can understand if players use a 200% bonus when they use the link from Gambling City, but it's quite odd to advertise casinos you warn players for.

Here's an old thread where this was discussed with webmasters from there:

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/gambling-grumbles-correction.46702/?t=46702

@jshort:

Correct portal?
 
Bryan has said in the past that this is not how it works here. Even so, I have signed up to many casinos via this site as a show of support.

Other affiliate sites do offer different things to CM, such as different sign-up offers and more information about bonuses, etc. So if a player appreciates that, then I don't see why the shouldn't use the other site to sign-up. (I admit I am a bit biased there ;))

I would also love to know which casino we are talking about here, but that's up to the OP if he wants to reveal it or not.
If they're Accredited, he should be safe however he signed-up.

KK

I thought he more said that is not the top priority here. There has to be some funding coming in from straight up affiliating activities. But I hear ya, nothing wrong with supporting the good guys.
 
I thought he more said that is not the top priority here. There has to be some funding coming in from straight up affiliating activities. But I hear ya, nothing wrong with supporting the good guys.


I think Bryan receives income from a variety of sources. Affiliate income is just one, and another is advertising (only accredited casinos are allowed to advertise). He also owns GoneGambling. He does not rely on any one casino group to keep the site running, so no casino group is "too big to pitify" as seems to be the case at some other affiliate sites.

If a casino is not accredited, then no amount of money will buy them a slot here. The only way in is to meet the standards, apply, and complete BBF successfully.
 
I just had to look for some casino portals who have "blacklists" and still advertise the casinos they want players to avoid. :rolleyes:

This is what I found:

xxhttp://www.gamblinggrumbles.com/Casinos/Hall-of-Shame

Several CM accredited Microgaming casinos are there.
Gambling grumbles belong to the Gambling City Network and they are affiliates for those casinos they have in Hall of Shame. :rolleyes: I can understand if players use a 200% bonus when they use the link from Gambling City, but it's quite odd to advertise casinos you warn players for.

Here's an old thread where this was discussed with webmasters from there:

https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/gambling-grumbles-correction.46702/?t=46702

@jshort:

Correct portal?

Yikes, good googling!

I suspect this could be just an honest mistake with regards to giving a good review or listing one of their "hall of shame" casinos from Gambling Grumbles. Gambling City Network is otherwise a great place to go and I've found Graeme to be an awesome dude.

I don't want to mention the specific casino I personally played at. I don't believe in underserved bad publicity, and truth be told even some of my fav casinos to play at have occasionally taken me more time than this to process withdraws. The only difference here is that this casino group owes me a large sum and also happens to be listed in GCN's hall-of-shame, but that alone is no reason to publically name them (more so as their accredited here).

Speaking of the topic which BigJohn mentioned of "making the enterprise of online gambling better by signing up through a common link", perhaps the reason why a casino that is accred here at CM but is blacklisted elsewhere is because here at CM, there are enough players that sign up through the links here that would be willing to leave (or call them out) if a listed casino didn't behave. However this same casino might not behave nearly as well at other website portals because it knows it won't be hit as hard either financially or publically.......Just my two cents. I know the very best listed accred casinos here like 32Red or GUTS wouldn't behave this way at other less important portals, but the rest of them????

..................

Anyway VYM and others mentioned CM wasn't an affiliate portal. Sorry if I'm calling CM something that it isn't. I'm not really interested in that though.
 
... perhaps the reason why a casino that is accred here at CM but is blacklisted elsewhere is because here at CM, there are enough players that sign up through the links here that would be willing to leave (or call them out) if a listed casino didn't behave. However this same casino might not behave nearly as well at other website portals because it knows it won't be hit as hard either financially or publically.......Just my two cents. I know the very best listed accred casinos here like 32Red or GUTS wouldn't behave this way at other less important portals, but the rest of them????

Actually I think this is incorrect - the internet is a small place and most of the gambling community belong to multiple forums. If a Casinomeister accredited casino was behaving badly anywhere, it would get back to Bryan. If you noticed the failed BBF of the Reffiliates casinos just awhile back, that was because of something that was brought to light at another portal.

That being said of course, there are plenty of reasons why some portals have blacklisted casinos when others don't. Some will blacklist casinos because the casino won't respond to inquiries, or they'll do a blanket blacklist of anyone using a specific software.
 
blacklist casinos because the casino won't respond to inquiries

This was definitely one of the reasons in this case, yes. There were others, but don't wanna give too much away, less maphesto figures out which casino were talking about with his Jedi-googling skills!

I noticed the failed BBF for Reffiliates too. Actually it was something of an eye opener for me.
 
You must live in a very big city. :lolup:

lol yeah you got me, that was kinda stupid - after all I have only seen about half of the internet so far. :oops: What I meant to say in my own clumsy way is that in the online gaming community, it wouldn't be long before any shenanigans by any casino would spread like wildfire.

This was definitely one of the reasons in this case, yes. There were others, but don't wanna give too much away, less maphesto figures out which casino were talking about with his Jedi-googling skills!

I noticed the failed BBF for Reffiliates too. Actually it was something of an eye opener for me.

I think I already know which casino group it was, but if that's who, then you're pretty safe. Although if it's the group I'm thinking of, they have pretty strict anti-AP policies and also a limit to the signup bonuses you can take at their brands within a certain timeframe.
 

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