globalgamer

All I can say is when new to online gaming, it is complicated. Its as if the casinos want you to play no matter where you are, its quite easy to play even from a restricted country it seems. And if you loose, no harm no foul no complaint all is fine. But if you win, then you are faced with the rules etc etc. Of course there will be no refund of what you lost playing form the prohibited country. But your wins will be cancelled. Unless by oversight (lucky to the poster above) they are paid. Many learn the hard way, it is not clear. In this day and age, people use VPN's to watch TV shows from other countries, its quite common, and is not really viewed as such a big deal by the average human to say you in one place when you are in another. However for casinos, if you do that and win, they will likely find out. But if you do that and loose, most likely nothing will be said or come up. I am not saying this is sinister or intentional, but I suspect its a nice profit source since not completely blocking players from blocked countries (which can be done), and letting them play, creates a money trap. Let them loose, and if they win no need to pay. It really should be changed so players from banned countries can't play. Anyway no way for this to happen, it is what it is. Newbies to online casinos often loose on situations like this. In this case the poster won, lucky him. Most don't, Yes he was wrong, but honestly I get the feeling many casinos intentionally make it easy for everyone to play no matter where they are from, to capture the revenue. Revenue with no risk of payback (unless by mistake). Anyway, not being critical of BitStarz, I play there. I never win much, and never loose much. Pretty typical of most casinos, nothing bad happening that I can see, they seem fair in the end (despite occasional heated moments which can happen at land based casinos also). So I am content with them. It just so happens that in my country I am very limited on which game providers I can play with them, no NET ENT for example, so I am stuck with others such as Endorphinia and Amatic and I don't see to find many posts about big wins on those platforms. Not BitStarz fault, just the nature of the beast. Thats it for my daily rambling. Good luck to all, don't forget social distancing!

interesting insights

Sorry I should have quoted the previous comment to help with the context. It was about ValDes comment to Mimi 72. Nothing against ValDes, and not the peoples champion for Mimi 72 either. I do understand your point and it makes sense. Good to justify concerns and issues. Freedom of speech is a good thing, but its also good to backup your statements with facts. Thanks for the reply.

it could be a huge surge for online casinos, I suppose they will never tell us this, but in my humble opinion the busier they are the better the chance for a big win, and the more overall that pays out. Not sure how true that is but I never seem to do well at 4am in a land based casino when I am the only one there.

Definitely agree, a nice win would really be helpful!

I woke up in a whole new world recently. Surrounded by people wearing antiviral space suits, empty planes, masks and gloves and social distancing. Is this the Twilight Zone, or perhaps Black Mirror? After going through my normal extensive travel routine, bounding from country to country and donating money to various land based casinos (as well as online from time to time), I found myself locked down due to travel restrictions for 14 days, three times in the last few months. And now I am in a country in which everything is closed (except hospitals, fast food, and convenience stores). No Starbucks, no sit down restaurant, no hotel reservations, no foreign travelers accepted and.....the big drumroll now begins...NO CASINOS!!!! They all text me to tell me they were closing (one perk of being a big loser in a small town). Anyway, where I am going with this is that....given the mass closure of land based casinos in many countries given the state of affairs globally amidst the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, how are online casinos doing? I have a feeling they are getting rattled pretty hard also, since many of us are loosing all of our money in the stock market, others are off work, etc. etc. On the one hand land based are closed or if open are quite risky right now due to the virus, but on the other hand people have a lot of time on their hands at home which seems perfect for online casinos. On top of this is an endless stream of bad news and markets crashing and people without jobs. And by the way it's quite hard to catch the virus playing online, unless you are doing so in an Internet cafe or aboard a cruise ship. Mostly I am curios if online casinos are struggling, as well as their gamer providers, and if so perhaps it is harder than usual to win (less money in seems to mean less money out - at least in my humble opinion - I never seem to win in an empty casino). Or perhaps they are making a killing (figuratively of course) right now, and as a result, soaring profits and lots of money in and a GREAT TIME TO WIN. No idea, so curious if anyone has their finger on the pulse of this online gaming industry and can shed some light on the state of affairs for online casinos. Slow or busy? And I would like to leave you all with some unrelated but much needed good news (you won't hear this on CNN): Some positive news ...... -China has closed down its last coronavirus hospital. Not enough new cases to support them. - Doctors in India have been successful in treating Coronavirus. Combination of drugs used: Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along with Chlorphenamine. They are going to suggest same medicine, globally. - Researchers of the Erasmus Medical Center claim to have found an antibody against coronavirus. - A 103-year-old Chinese grandmother has made a full recovery from COVID-19 after being treated for 6 days in Wuhan, China. - Apple reopens all 42 china stores, - Cleveland Clinic developed a COVID-19 test that gives results in hours, not days. - Good news from South Korea, where the number of new cases is declining. - Italy is hit hard, experts say, only because they have the oldest population in Europe. - Scientists in Israel likely to announce the development of a coronavirus vaccine. - 3 Maryland coronavirus patients fully recovered; able to return to everyday life. - A network of Canadian scientists are making excellent progress in Covid-19 research. - A San Diego biotech company is developing a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with Duke University and National University of Singapore. - Tulsa County's first positive COVID-19 case has recovered. This individual has had two negative tests, which is the indicator of recovery. - All 7 patients who were getting treated for at Safdarjung hospital in New Delhi have recovered. - Plasma from newly recovered patients from Covid -19 can treat others infected by Covid-19

Well this thread has gone in many directions. I am satisfied with the outcome of my situation with BitStarz. I am playing there again. Win some and loose some. The good thing about a forum is players can say whatever they want, respectfully I hope, and others can jump in any weigh in plus or minus up or down. But I am a little confused by the moderators jumping in to defend the forum/site sponsors so quickly. Is that how its supposed to work? Maybe it is, I am not much of a forum junky. However, in the end truth will be clear based on feedback from everyone. Will I be banned if I question the moderators aggressiveness in responding to forum posters? I hope not. Anyway, in the end I am not disagreeing with the moderators. I just feel like you need to be careful what you say or you may get banned, is that true? Maybe not, but I truly hope this is not just a forum intended to advertise casinos. I hope it is a place where everyone can express their views without censorship/being kicked off or deleted or banned. In the end, as in my case, without intervention it worked itself out. No need to ban me. Some should be banned I suppose, disrespect, rudeness, vulgarity, but questioning if things are legit? Not sure that qualifies as a reason to ban. Just my opinion. Maybe I will be banned next.

I have noticed over the years and especially over the last few days that while I am playing online slots sometimes the screen flickers or distorts in a way that makes it seem like an update. If that happend in a land based casino it would possibly mean they just updated the payout percent, which in some countries/states they can do without notice, while in others there are rules where they have to shut down the machine first or the screen must say update in progress etc. I am wondering with online casinos if this screen update appearance during play (while the reels are spinning) is a sign of something sketchy going on. I have never once had this happen and then the reels land on free spins or anything good. It always seems to land on a 0 pay. And sometimes it seems like it happens after the first two reels look promising like a good outcome will be there and sudden update then nothing. Also after it happens things seem to go cold. And it happens lately (last few days) like every 3-7 minutes. This is not from any one game provider, it is from several, within one casino. I am running a high end computer with fiber internet so its nothing on my end. Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone know what this means (if anything) when it happens?

You were right. I still hate the hassle. But the conclusion matters more in the long run. And it sounds like smooth sailing from here on out. Now I can go back to donating money to bitstarz through my ongoing global streak of bad gambling luck.

LOL, well for those of us in Jungles whether it be Malaysia or the Philippines or Vietnam, I suppose we are all under radar in this part of the world to some extent. I think he meant not getting hassled but it sounds like it doesn't matter how little or how much, it's all about KFC. I mean KYC. Whoever thought of that, sure made the world more complicated. The real hustlers seem to evade KYC issues and its the regular everyday boring life working stiffs (like me) that end up getting hassled. But, gotta support KFC. Getting hungry as I type.

I am really into this million dollar withdrawal talk

I agree its industry standard. I just wish KYC happened first. The alternative is land based. If we want to play online as obviously we do, its the nature of the beast. It sucks IMO, but everyone seems to do it. However I think we can ask to be verified first, and if so, that would solve the issue up front.

I also am not a small print reader. I should be, but I look more at ratings and reviews and don't read the many long documents I sign in business. Some are 80 pages long, others shorter, but in the end I look more towards reputation and trust and less to small print. Maybe foolish or old fashion but I believe more in the value of the handshake than the small print. Should read it, you are right, but the policies of online casinos to verify later is not exactly consumer-friendly. But, we better read it. However, once you do, you may decide to forget about gambling.

I agree with you that they should require verification first. That's what banks do, imagine if banks waited until you wanted to withdraw to verify you. It would be a nice best in class best practices step to require players to verify first. Unfortunately this may backfire on the casino since people may be less likely to play, one more step to start the gambling IV from pumping through your veins, and maybe the underlying psychology of gambling establishments prevents them from doing it. Still, it should happen. That way, no problems like this. But most likely it will never happen. They need people to feel the vibe, drop in money, and play immediately without delay and waiting or the action may never start. Oh well, anyway I agree with you on this.

I have to say your responsiveness and engagement on this issue goes a long way to re-establishing peace of mind. Somehow when we (the players of the world who know we are not up to something bad) are told we can't instantly withdraw our money, it gets a bit intense. Perhaps its a cultural thing. In some countries, where I have friends, their own bank may not let them withdraw money without knowing what its for and some times it can take a few days. However where I am from and where I spend my time, that would never happen. If I walk into the bank to take out $500 USD in whatever currency and they say only after I bring them my birth certificate, I would literally cause such a scene in that bank and move my account elsewhere since it becomes emotional when any entity wont give us money that is truly ours, immediately. However out of fairness to the casino world, there are reasons I understand why you have to follow certain KYC policies (thanks in great part to the influence of the USA and other governments) and in the end, its probably not the hustlers, conmen, hackers, and sleeper cells who are hit by this, its the regular tax paying law abiding citizens who end up getting inconvenienced. Not much different than airport security, when the sketchiest person you have ever seen with more bags than you can imagine passes through with no issues, and the 80 year old grandmother is searched with a full pat down and bag check. Oh well, such is life. Thank you for your comments and engagement. Much appreciated. You had me at 10 million dollars in your comment above and the possible handshake if that happens. I watched someone put 50 cents in a machine last week and win 300,000 USD, so perhaps on a $5 bet this can happen (10 million would be pretty helpful I must admit, in fact I would settle for half that). I already logged back into BitStarz and played with a lingering bonus so my appetite for your platform is coming back. As always, in the end this was all solved. It got emotional. But I am at peace now. Thank you.