But it's not really fair IMO to penalise the casinos that are doing things honestly and right (iNet, CWC etc). I'd like to think they are also putting pressure on RTG but with the amount of money the rogues bring in, probably the only way to make RTG realise that they are basically facilitating dodgy ops is for the reputable operators to show RTG the door. And until there are good viable options for the USA that is probably not going to happen.
But the day where these options are available will come eventually and if any software provider entering the USA had any common sense, they would approach the best RTG operations and offer them good deals. Because let's face it, they are the glue that hold RTG together.
I respectfully disagree. If RTG won't shut down these rogues. Then it's the players responsibility to do it. That means boycotting the product. If Inetbet and CWC would feel the effect. Then maybe they will join in the fight and force RTG to get regulate their clients. One spoil apple does in fact spoils a dozen.
You are both right aren't you?
On the one hand it is not fair that decent Casinos get tainted with the same brush as the rogues for using the same software but on the other hand
every Casino has the choice of software they use
Inet and any other so called "honest" Casino must have been fully aware that the RTG platform supplied rogue Casinos that ripped players off, happily standing idly by and raking in the cash, when they made their choice of provider. How honest is that by the way?
Further they have the choice to switch provider at any time and prove their integrity/honesty but fail to do so.
The same is true of Casinos using other dodgy providers, they are all complicit in allowing the rogues to operate and people to be ripped off.
What about players?
Yes we have a responsibility to.
In the same way Casinos can choose their provider so can the player and I appreciate the contradiction of players moaning about software yet still playing it. Truth be known if all players simply refused to use the product it would solve the problem in the same way as Casinos doing likewise but this is a practical impossibility.
What about the affiliates?
They certainly have a responsibility to protect their clients from rogue Casinos.
Unfortunately for every rogue Casino there are a hundred rogue affiliates.
Again affiliates can choose which Casinos/software they promote and any that promote known rogues or ignore issues are really the lowest of the low because they make money off the back of this thievery. It's like mugging an old lady but asking your accomplice to hit her with the cosh because you don't have the stomach for it then gleefully going through her purse as she lies on the floor.
Players stay loyal to an affiliate you can trust, many of which exist here, rather than seeking out the best bonus offers, that is your responsibility again.
So let's be clear.
The onus is on the providers to ensure their product is fair and licensed only to Casinos which adhere to their standards of fairness.
It is then for Casinos to choose the software they feel best reflects on their brand.
Then the affiliates need to promote these brands and make players aware of the issues surrounding other brands.
Finally the players need to be more responsible when choosing which casino to donate their cash to.
None of that is going to happen without proper regulation though is it?
Certainly the industry has proved it is incapable of regulating itself.