pinnit2015

Is 20c even gambling?
Christ, if reduced to that i'd have to fire the earth into the Sun 😛

BTG pay again (for those who think they don't)
 

Probably best to just concern yourself with your own play and not anyone else's play 

Is 20c even gambling?
Christ, if reduced to that i'd have to fire the earth into the Sun 😛

His temporary back, untill he is fed up with UK gambling laws reducing bets to 20 cents and leaves again.

Wait a minute, has royalty entered the building? 😝

As someone with no skin in the game, to be fair, i have a bit of sympathy with the poster re the boost bet - i would personally read the original  post re the comp and i don't think there would be expectation on them to scroll down etc to find out any 'clarifications' - whether that comes on page 1 or 1000 is, IMO, pretty irrelevant. 

I don't play anymore mate - well Mrs has some accounts still open so some freebies there but deposits from my own account are a thing of the past, otherwise i would 😉

I don't play anymore mate - well Mrs has some accounts still open so some freebies there but deposits from my own account are a thing of the past, otherwise i would 😉

Are you just gonna talk @pinnit2015? 
Lets see some screenshots action from you bro! 
 

Yeah, we're told that, for example, number of players etc don't affect a games style/play - odd then that a lot of older games seem to be dead more than they used to. But that could be memory/confirmation bias
It is pseudo/controlled-randomness - like Afi says, how it actually goes is a mystery to most - we can hear the lines trotted out: doesn't matter if someone wins big on one spin and how it doesn't alter the chances of someone else hitting on the next RNG out of the hat but, you know, who knows!
Folk have often wondered: the RTP's must be monitored and corrective actions taken if too much standard deviation from the 96 etc but i believe the answer from people in the industry is no....but hmmm... 😛
Oft wonder why some games run on different platforms - eg Bonanza has about 3 - is it geo reasons? EG MG don't operate in some countries, NYX do, so it's a way of getting round that. 
It's something i think that A. you accept you will probably never really know how it's worked out but just choose to play or B. Think, oft, that is fishy and don't. 
Compensated games, online, which is what you kinda talk about are, seemly, prohibited online (as opposed to some physical AWP's that you'd see at a seaside town/pub, i believe - where, due to bugs many moons ago, you could literally force, in some circumstances, the machine to payout)

Is winning counting as a mechanic?
Depends on your playing dreams i guess....some might not play a No Limit Slot for the fun in the mechanics of the game (half the time i find it impossible to work out what's going on and they lack, cos of that, the anticipation value a lot of the time) but they can spit out (even for UK players, monsters - see the latest, Disturbed which doesn't look like it needs a Bonus Buy for 55k odd x)
2-5 quid bets, some might be happy with 100x wins in a Netent etc on those stakes....
I played games like DOA, not for the actual game play, because lets face it, it's as dull as ditchwater but for the variance.
Overall, the mechanics mean little to me - what i would say, is whilst true, the can annoy - PNG's games are famous for the 'anywhere but there...and yep, it lands there' 
Reel Strips v almost scratchcard like outcomes like jamming jars: again, not fussed as long as have potential to pay.
Tumble games, not my favourite - again, like i mentioned, sometimes they serve to infuriate more than often but a games not good until you win on it and then it is...
If you're a rep and want to see a truly awful mechanic then check out RAW games or Leander 😉 - certainly RAW make some of the worst games i've ever seen 
Other things like volatility, how the RTP is split between base and bonus games and the general balance of a game, that are more important. 
 

On the plus point, bonus's, even in the crypto's are being phased out, so these issues will no longer be an issue
Play with own money, withdraw own money

On the plus point, bonus's, even in the crypto's are being phased out, so these issues will no longer be an issue
Play with own money, withdraw own money

Is winning counting as a mechanic?
Depends on your playing dreams i guess....some might not play a No Limit Slot for the fun in the mechanics of the game (half the time i find it impossible to work out what's going on and they lack, cos of that, the anticipation value a lot of the time) but they can spit out (even for UK players, monsters - see the latest, Disturbed which doesn't look like it needs a Bonus Buy for 55k odd x)
2-5 quid bets, some might be happy with 100x wins in a Netent etc on those stakes....
I played games like DOA, not for the actual game play, because lets face it, it's as dull as ditchwater but for the variance.
Overall, the mechanics mean little to me - what i would say, is whilst true, the can annoy - PNG's games are famous for the 'anywhere but there...and yep, it lands there' 
Reel Strips v almost scratchcard like outcomes like jamming jars: again, not fussed as long as have potential to pay.
Tumble games, not my favourite - again, like i mentioned, sometimes they serve to infuriate more than often but a games not good until you win on it and then it is...
If you're a rep and want to see a truly awful mechanic then check out RAW games or Leander 😉 - certainly RAW make some of the worst games i've ever seen 
Other things like volatility, how the RTP is split between base and bonus games and the general balance of a game, that are more important. 
 

I have claimed it now. 20 spins on Wild Cash and won 0. 
FYI - spins are at $0.04 per spin value.

Aside from the pay dispute, the use of AI is one of the pinch points for the Writers Strike in Hollywood - someone was saying an AI mocked up a 3 minute advert for a 'proposed/fake' Wes Anderson film and it was pretty much inline with his cinematic style/genuine looking (whether than 3 minutes can be stretched out to 90mins, not so sure)
Being said, i think AI could write the scripts of a lot of Hallmark Films and you'd not see the difference. 

You'd be better using this HP
One thing with them is their webcam quality etc is pretty *****, which in work situations isn't great.
Apples are ok if you don't intend on doing much with them 😛 (though they've certainly upped their game with their own chips)
 

Yeah, we're told that, for example, number of players etc don't affect a games style/play - odd then that a lot of older games seem to be dead more than they used to. But that could be memory/confirmation bias
It is pseudo/controlled-randomness - like Afi says, how it actually goes is a mystery to most - we can hear the lines trotted out: doesn't matter if someone wins big on one spin and how it doesn't alter the chances of someone else hitting on the next RNG out of the hat but, you know, who knows!
Folk have often wondered: the RTP's must be monitored and corrective actions taken if too much standard deviation from the 96 etc but i believe the answer from people in the industry is no....but hmmm... 😛
Oft wonder why some games run on different platforms - eg Bonanza has about 3 - is it geo reasons? EG MG don't operate in some countries, NYX do, so it's a way of getting round that. 
It's something i think that A. you accept you will probably never really know how it's worked out but just choose to play or B. Think, oft, that is fishy and don't. 
Compensated games, online, which is what you kinda talk about are, seemly, prohibited online (as opposed to some physical AWP's that you'd see at a seaside town/pub, i believe - where, due to bugs many moons ago, you could literally force, in some circumstances, the machine to payout)

@andy67  Hi there and welcome to the forum.
No one could possibly give you any correct answers to your questions because casino operations are trade secrets.
When you choose a game to play (at any casino), the game would be loaded up from the game provider's server and onto the casino's gaming platform. This gaming platform may vary casino to casino and this is believed to be the cause for slight variations in the gameplay of that chosen game.
For example, if you play Slot A at one casino using Platform X, and at the same time, you play that same Slot A at another casino using Platform Y, and another casino using Platform Z, all three platforms will not give the same gameplay...one might play better, one might play okay, one might play horribly!
So, stick to a casino that tend to give you better gameplay all the time and avoid those that don't. No need to crack your brains in trying to understand the workings of the slot games! 

They're kinda like White Hat Gaming - slow payers, slow verifiers but they're not a dodgy Island joint. 
Using pound signs so presume UK? Technically you should be verified before you're able make a deposit - ID wise. (though i dont see many UK casinos adopting this - a few stop you, but not many). 
Their support is woeful - you might wait a while to get a response and by the time you do, probably already verified - took them 72 plus hours for me when i played there a few years ago
If it's like some of their other casino groups i don't think you can see that you're verified (not very useful Playojo) so there's a chance you might well be now (they email to say you are though)

There's a lot of instances where you have to wonder just how data security conscious casinos are:
Eg. those that still insist you send information via email....unencrypted email? Sure, what can go wrong.....If i told my bank to start exchanges sensitive info via my Outlook account I'd be met with a: no chance. 
How likely are they to restrict access to the info to small, vetted, employees? er.......Bare in mind as well, a lot of the staff in these places aren't exactly paid mega money so it couldn't be hard for groups to target such staff with the promise of ££££ if they slipped them a few details (I'm sure it happens as i know it happens elsewhere)
When GDPR came out, particularly around data minimisation, it was almost an acknowledge that your data will be leaked (and we've seen it happen with large companies with greater security protocols than a casino) so the best thing you can do is LIMIT what is shared/given to you. What do some casino's do? They refuse documents as they aren't unredacted, even though they don't actually need THAT other data if you send in (which is in itself a possible breach of data laws). -ergo increasing their data leak risk.
Pretty sure some casino hold more info and data points on you than your mortgage provider - which, when you think about it, is pretty insane. 

Basically in a nutshell as far as it goes with source of funding / and source of wealth document requests for validation I see a number of 
security risks these risks were identified by a number people not merely myself : 
1. The Risk of Someone Using the Information for a fraudulent purpose . 
2. The Risk of Someone Using the Information for a Political purpose . 
3. The Risk of Someone Leaking the information to the media . 
Bottom line the word is Risk then there are the many clauses which can be invoked to deny cash outs that really is the jist of it so to speak 
and with the growing amount of fraud and information leaks going many will opt to just not comply that's the hard core fact of the matter and
something that needs to be reconsidered as player security and their privacy will erode under the current circumstances as a rule of thumb I don't 
trust nothing over the internet 100 percent never will . 

Bit of a linkage there as well - poor casino practices gave weight to allowing some 'pressure groups' to call them out as not doing x,y,z: which in turn, brings in the regulator who, to look like they're all powerful, use a sledge hammer to crack a nut.  Shouldn't really be a surprise that where some casinos specifically use data/marketing to target addicts there won't be some backdraft on the industry. 
You kind of see that in other areas where there is de-regulation - companies 'trusted' to monitor themselves, they don't and then comes the call for regulation when folk realise they're in a viper's nest. 
There must be some data on links between RTP drops and addiction - for me personally, if i had a good run on a deposit but never got to take anything out, but had play time - re depositing to play right again doesn't enter my head. If folk are busting out in record times then there comes that temptation to re-depo. The fact these various white papers never even mention RTP, kinda says it all. 
The guise of 'we're here to protect players as a casino'm is a joke as well:
 - protecting them from having casino's randomly pulling out: selfie on ur street nonsense?
 - protecting them from casinos using their own t's and c's (many of which are back of a ***** packet) to deny legit payouts
-protecting them from: hand over your companies accounts before we process withdrawals
Meh

I don't play to any of Skillon net casinos as well, they restricted me from any bonuses and what's weird is that I didn't had any from them. Lot's of fish in the sea.