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Brian Cullingworth, owner of online gambling news and trivia service Infopowa, is a long-standing advocate of eCOGRA. eCOGRA is currently embroiled in the Grand Prive fiasco, as a result of an attempted audit of the Grand Priv� affiliate programme, which left all affected members with derisory compensation offered a year after the programme's closure.Cullingworth is touchy on the subject of

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This article follows on from my most recent Grand Prive affiliate issue comments of six days ago.To sum up the recent events: after eCOGRA issued its findings on their audit of the Grand Prive affiliate programme, there was general outrage from all involved parties on the basis of the derisory amounts of compensation that were offered. It turned out that the most likely reason for this was the

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Jackpots Heaven Casino has recently been issuing threats against some webmasters on the basis of allegations that the casino regards as libelous: that the casino software uses games copied from established software providers Realtime Gaming and Microgaming, and is as such in breach of copyright law.Founded?There is an alleged connection between Jackpots Heaven and little-known software provider

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There's something in the air; over the space of just three weeks, two online gambling regulators have done what I had long considered would never happen this side of the next millenium: on the basis of complaints received, they issued comprehensive and detailed findings, and delivered sound, fair judgements. Not only that, but the judgements favoured the complainants - the players.The first I

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Concern grows over gambling in UK There is growing concern over the number of people turning to gambling to survive the recession, a charity says. Research by Credit Action shows that nearly one in 10 adults in the UK has used gambling in an attempt to manage their finances and make extra money. Chris Tapp from the charity says "They have to pay their mortgage and electricity bills, but they

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I reported on the eCOGRA investigation into Grand Priv� a few weeks ago. Yesterday, 15th February, the eCOGRA report on the Grand Prive affiliate programme investigation was released...and immediately provoked quite a storm of controversy.ReportHistoryAnalysisFurther reading15 February 2010 - Following a number of Internet-based allegations concerning the closure of the Grand Priv� Affiliate

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As W.H. Auden almost, but didn't quite, say:Stop all the clocks, Cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos, And with muffled drum......announce the fact that a regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority, has actually just done its job, made a fair judgement based on a sensible adjudication without recourse to "must-back-casino-at-all-costs"

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Mastercard and Visa have recently imposed restrictions on online gambling transactions to US customers. The following was reported by eGaming Review:Mastercard crackdown leaves US players unable to payUS-facing operators have been hit by an overnight crackdown on online gambling payments by credit card giant Mastercard. The US company is believed to have toughened its stance on the widespread

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32Red has given the lie to the apparent stance of the online gambling industry that it is largely impossible to write terms and conditions that are not vague, inadequate, waffling and player-unfriendly.After writing my 32Red article last week, which included copies of the 32Red welcome bonus terms and bonus balance terms, it struck me how clear and concise they were, with no vague language to

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32Red has just launched a new sign up bonus - I got this from them yesterday:We have launched a brand new welcome bonus at 32Red Casino. New players can now receive up to �320 when they join. For every multiple of �10 made on their first deposit, your referrals will get a �32 bonus. This also applies to USD, AUD, CAD and EUR deposits.So if you deposit �100, you get �320.You can view all details,

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British tabloid The Mail On Sunday has reported on an offer they received to purchase the personal details of four and a half million customers:For sale: Personal details of millions of Ladbrokes gamblers, offered to the Mail On Sunday by a mysterious AustralianThe confidential records of millions of British gamblers who bet with top bookmaker Ladbrokes have been offered for sale to the Mail On

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According to the Daily Echo's Ladbrokes refuse to honour Southampton man's �7.1m winning accumulators article, a punter's successful accumulator bet on snowfall on Christmas Day was voided by Ladbrokes on the basis that the bet was placed in error, the subject matter not being valid for that kind of bet:Standing in a bookmaker's, Cliff Bryant thought that a heavy snowfall had changed his life

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The Palace Group is a long-standing group of Microgaming casinos, comprised of Spin Palace, Cabaret Club, Ruby Fortune, Mummy's Gold and Piggs Casino.The Palace Group is among the burgeoning list of Casinomeister accredited casinos, a behemoth which includes, amongst others, the following operational standards:?�Must not confiscate winnings for vague & unclear reasons, such as "irregular playing

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As reported in my Grand Priv� affiliate problem article, in late 2008 Microgaming casino group Grand Priv� decided to close its affiliate programme and stop paying previously agreed lifetime commissions to its affiliate partners. In the intervening twelve months there has been much negative comment which will have had some degree of negative financial impact on the group.Somewhat out the blue, a

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(This article deals with the subject of blackjack rules; if you're unfamiliar with them, you'd do worse than to read the blackjack rules section of my main blackjack page.)I was in a London casino recently, reacquainting myself with my old hobby of standing behind a blackjack table and watching the play. On an immediate sidenote: this is a non-participatory activity with no adherent cost, and one

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The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Florida, is owned by the Seminole Indian tribe. Indian casinos are not known for the tightness of their regulatory procedures, and are not governed by US state regulations. A Florida resident recently found himself victim of this traditional tribal laxity after a decision to not pay him any part of a slot jackpot, in spite of apparently hitting the

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Online casino software provider Microgaming has had a turbid couple of years, in which the aftermath of the failure of two big pokerrooms and the closure of a large affiliate programme has seen both player customers and affiliate business partners vocal in their criticism and condemnation of the company.The troubles began in February 2008, with the collapse of casino and poker operator Tusk

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Sportsbook.com is the parent operation of a large group of sportsbooks under the apparent management of "Jassy Sports Events Limited" according to the about us page.Sportsbook.com is located in the Caribbean territory of Antigua and Barbuda, and licensed by the Directorate of Offshore Gaming - see their licensee information page. Confusingly enough, the company name is here given as "Gaming

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Gambling systems - methods of structuring your betting with a view to negating or reducing the house edge - are as old as they are bogus. I put together a betting systems page a few years ago which describes some of the betting techniques employed and why they have no value. This post relates to one such system in particular.A day or so ago I had my attention drawn to the slotbeater strategy

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The problems with Rushmore Casino are currently gathering pace. I previously reported on the Rushmore payments delays and problems that players were experiencing, and also the rather inexplicable confiscation of $5000 winnings a player suffered in late 2008.Now, Rushmore Casino has confiscated player funds of around $1500 on the basis of no wrongdoing on the player's part whatsoever, nor does the

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I recently removed Paddy Power for rogue behaviour after the casino attempted to renege on a player payment for bogus reasons, breaching their terms and conditions in the process.It?s now the turn of the Paddy Power affiliate programme to play games with one of their customers, again regarding bogus withholding of payment and again in breach of contract. On this latest occasion, the customer

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I think I enjoyed writing this page as much as any on the site to date:SlotsA bit of history, description of the old mechanical reels, the RNGs of modern slots, slot clubs, how slots can fit into a low-cost gambling venture, and a plethora of relevant pages and articles.I even stepped sufficiently out of character to add a few cartoon graphics.Slots do wierd things to a fellow.

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888.com seems to be getting into the habit of confiscating players' money for bogus reasons. Only a week ago I posted about an 888.com bonus funds confiscation issue, in which a player's �200 bonus was not paid. Now, 888.com seems to have upped the ante a bit. In the 888.com have stolen at my $878 Casinomeister discussion, a player reports having fully $878 confiscated, funds which represent his

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