Also earlier in the thread someone said this
"It's about BONUSES. Just about EVERY casino I know has a "ONE BONUS per IP/Computer/school/etc/etc" rule and they ENFORCE it. Are you saying that pretty much ALL of the accredited casinos are ROGUE? "
I'm not doubting the poster but more a question , If like you said one per school or something similar how would one person know from the next if somebody had or hadn't already opened an account using that i.p or computer etc..
Now if it was opened using the same email address or bank card was used you would be alerted to this right away as being duplicate but this wasnt the case for the I.P address ,If there was a message when signing up i would not have gone ahead ,
Again yes this was my fault , But in other cases ,Like you mentioned above in places were there may be many many individuals at say a place of work ,college etc.. How could one person know if somebody has already made an account on that computer , I know this is not the case for me but would being unknowing or oblivious really be a case of fraud ?
This is the problem. The terms assume a knowledge of at least the technical basics of how the internet works, so are not worded in a language that a mere user can relate to in terms of a computer sat in front of them. many therefore interpret the term "person" in the ordinary sense, so that so long as you stick to one account as a person, you are fine. The trouble is, you are NOT fine, far from it. In order to be safe, you have to have absolute control over the computers you use and where you use them so that you can determine whether another account has ever been opened at the same casino by another individual.
Your girlfriend has no chance, so many people share a common connection that it's a matter of when, rather than if, there will end up being more than one account at a particular casino deemed to be from the "same entity".
Had you waited till the laptop charged up, you would STILL have had the same problem. Although you would have registered on separate machines, both registrations would have been tagged to the same "wire in the wall", or wireless hotspot. As far as casinos are concerned, this constitutes multi accounting. If anyone else had used that same connection with their machines, all the accounts would still be tagged as multiple accounts.
Even if you are allowed to select between yourselves which bonus to play, you still might run into problems if there is another account tagged to you, perhaps a guest at your girlfriend's location, or someone else who used the connection where you both registered.
The casino isn't really being fair, it's giving itself another bite at the cherry, you won the first time around, but next time you might lose.
The casinos assume that there is no such thing as an innocent circumstance that would throw up phantom connections, they assume they are all deliberate attempts to get one over on the casino which got caught out because it wasn't done well enough. They will think that if you really were innocent, you would have asked beforehand. The problem with this idea is that in order to ask, you have to know that two different people who live at two completely different addresses could somehow end up being tagged as one pair of "illegal" multiple accounts.
With you and your girlfriend resident in different countries, it's NOT against the terms for you to both play the same bonuses. Even close family members can all play the same bonuses in the same circumstances. It's all a technicality surrounding how the internet works, where it's not your identities that determine whether you are different individuals, but the data your machines and ISP send back to the server.
Had you registered at home, and your girlfriend likewise, there would have been no problem, and never would be. Had you both lost, there would have been no problem, and not until one of you had won would the casino have mentioned there being this problem.
Experienced players don't tend to get caught out like this, because they have more of an in depth knowledge of how things work, and would know how dangerous it is playing away from their own internet connection. Where they do play away, they would make sure they were able to know enough detail about the away connection and it's users' activities to ensure that the casino they are about to play has never been played by another on that connection.
I can be 100% sure MY away connection is safe, it's my Mum's, and she absolutely does not gamble. It's also secured, so no neighbour can sneak on and freeload to open an account at a casino I play at.
Connections at hotels, public hotspots, internet cafes, are NOT safe. Anyone could have used them to open casino accounts, and because of their public nature, they are likely to be frequented by scammers wanting to make damn sure their home address can't be traced from their online activities.
