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The truth about Online Casinos operating in the US is hard to swallow sometimes. It remains illegal in almost every state, and because of this issue, you really are at the casinos mercy with any situations that could arise. Sometimes its hard to forget about this because there are so many sites still operating and allowing US players to play on their site. The most recent complaints seen by online casinos is the inability to payout players, and even when players are paid out, it could take MONTHS to see your money. This is really frustrating as a player, and its very stressful as well. The two biggest US operating casino and poker sites which are rated in the top 5 at this moment are Bovada, and Carbon Poker. I never wanted to make an article like this, but the most recent Carbon Poker meltdown has caused me to stress players to be cautious in the US. Cabon Casino which has been in the business for 17+ years, is a very recommendable poker room and casino. They payout, they have live support, and do a great job with customer service. On March 15th, 2014, Carbon Casino had a huge melt down at around 10pm eastern time. The Casino glitched out players, and booted poker players in the poker room. One of the main issues with casino, was the inability to move away from a hand, thus creating a glitch which made you keep re-playing the same exact hand over and over again, and if it was a losing hand, you were in big trouble. I was one of those players. I was urged by customer support that any issues which took place in the system would be looked at and taken care of. Because of this, I assumed I was in good hands… WRONG! Carbon has refused to take any responsibility for what had happened, and dozens of players are also in furry as they have lost money as well. This moment was truly eye opening to me because it made me realize that online casinos are in full control, and there is really nothing we can do about this. You put your money and trust in their hands, and because they are not legally running in the US, you can't honestly do anything about who they treat situations. The manager for Carbon actually DENIED a site meltdown, while the employees and customer service said there was indeed a glitch and a system meltdown. How weird is that? I was actually specifically told NOT to play the casino because of the glitch. Yet a manager tries to lie to me saying there was no site malfunction. I guess my whole point of this blog is to sort of open players eyes about the risk you are taking. The FBI http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2007/june/gambling_060607 statement makes it very clear. And to me i can see why. I love gambling, I love playing with online casinos, but the truth is truth, the players don't have the power. I have seen some players who are going to try and take legal action against Carbon in this situation, but this happens everywhere. What can we do as players? Do we have any hope if its not legalized? These are questions I have to ask myself. Its scary knowing where my debit cards are being saved, who has my information, what can they do with it. I finally know that the risks are very much serious, and its time to be cautious as players before depositing on a sketchy site.