If this is some affiliate for the casino that just took over the domain, I'm wondering if they're just mass mailing everyone on gambler lists that lives in Canada, or did they somehow get hold of the EWX database so they know who had accounts there...?
If it is just a random spamming campaign, then sooner or later a player without an EWX account will get one. If there are ONLY players with frozen EWX accounts getting these, this is far more sinister, as it does suggest that EWX just left all your personal data "just lying around" when they closed down the service. It is possible that the owners and directors of EWX are PERSONALLY liable for this lapse, so it might be worth reporting this to Canadian authorities as a potential phishing fraud using details stolen from a closed down Canadian company, and using it's old domain.
If US players receive one, report it to the DoJ who REALLY know what went on, and would see this as an "incitement to gamble online" coming from a company they thought they had shut down. They may go after whoever now has control of the domain.
The casinos is clearly involved somehow, as they are the only advertiser, and were NOT there when EWX initially shut down, so must have been put there when the company was supposedly subject to the DoJ seizure.
The most likely culprit at present seems to be an ex employee, or even an owner/director, who managed to take the customer database and domain access codes with him, and has now decided to surface and try to make some money for himself by making EWX customers think their money is going to be given back.
I get lots of spam, but I never joined EWX. I'm not getting these particular "offers".
I did look at EWX a few years ago, when all was working well, but Moneybookers was much cheaper as I use an ewallet for gamlbling.
Despite taking saying they took Canadian players, I belive the site stopped taking new signups long before the recent closure. There were a few threads about the service dead-ending for people and not being able fot open accounts/fund accounts for Canadian players.
This company operated out of downtown Toronto, I originally thought they ceased to serve the Canadian market because of a potential legal conflict.
While it's not illegal to gamble online in Canada, it may well be illegal to offer gambling services to Canadians from Canada.
As I understood it at the time, it was a factor in Rival (who operated with Canadian owners from a Canadian base) withdrawing from the Canadian market.
Not only US players lost funds with EWX. DOJ seizures should have left other countries free to get their funds.
Casinomeister has said he's seen the seizure warrants, but I think these boys skipped town with everyone else's money from other countries.
I don't think I'd trust with a free $50, and I personally don't think I'd play any casino that can't spell Canuck properly.
I didn't spot that, but added to all the other oddities I saw, it doesn't help them.
The only thing impressive is the slot software with it's 3D effects, similar to 3Dice.
The fact that it was called "Lucky Canuk", and had Canadian themes throughout, made it clear it was marketed at Canadians, but there is nothing to stop players from other countries from playing other than them engaging their common sense circuits before making their first deposits
