Online Gambling Blunders of 2010

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The Worst Online Gambling Blunders of 2010

January 3, 2011 · CasinoScamReport.com




Last week we brought you some of the most outrageous online gambling news stories of 2010, this week we offer you the “Worst Online Gambling Blunders of 2010”. Casino’s and player’s throughout the year made some major blunders which ended up making their way into the news. So we have compiled a few of the most memorable “screw ups” of 2010 for you to read and reminisce. Enjoy!

Betfair Casino Giveth & Taketh Away! – Betfair Casino had a fantastic promotion in 2010 called their “Happy Hour”. This was an unlimited bonus event where players were only required to roll their bonus over 10 times before being allowed to cash out, which in online gambling is Fantastic! So of course, thousands of players took them up on their offer. Well once management at the casino saw how many players were taking them up on this “Happy Hour” bonus they realized the promotion was “too” generous and they stood to lose too much money. So, what they did next was a huge blunder! A great number of players ended up not receiving their winnings of this bonus and some were actually told to return their winnings! LOL, can you believe that? There were threats that if they didn’t return the winnings there accounts would be put in the negative until all monies were paid back. Betfair was spanked hard by the gaming community and had to absorb all losses and be happy about it.

Self Banned Gambler Loses out on Jackpot Win – A man from New Zealand knew he had a gambling problem and asked the casinos to ban him from playing at their casino. All was well and good until one night in Aug. 2010 when he felt like playing a little Caribbean Stud poker at the very same casino that was supposed to keep him out, let him in, let him gamble, and he ended up winning $60,000! But the casino refused to pay him the winnings when they realized he was the man that asked to be banned 6 years earlier! The case was headed to authorities the last we heard.

Poker Player Sues 6 other Players for his losses! – Scott Crespo played in over 700 poker tournaments online, against some of the biggest and best in online poker. Being the sore loser that he was, he turned around and tried to sue 6 well-known poker players for his losses claiming he was cheated! Crespo lives in Illinois where it is possible to recover your gambling losses if you can prove cheating, and that’s what he tried to do. Honestly, if you lose 700 poker tournaments you suck at poker and should go find another line of work. Just saying.

These are some of the big Blunders that took place in 2010; there is more but not enough room to write them all tonight. Look for more in the future, because in the online gambling world there are plenty of strange and stupid stories out there and we just love to report them!

By Patricia C. Senior Editor CasinoScamReport.com
 

bjcardcounter

Well-Known Member
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Heard a very similar story - There was one bank during the initial days when ATM became popular did not check for Account Balance. If a person withdraws more it sends a Security Personnel to that person's address to give back the money. Luckily it allowed only its customers to access the ATM then.
 

rwbbj

Active Member
#3
now that's gotta hurt!

Unreal, The man from New Zealand who knew he had a gambling problem...

That's just WRONG! You can't let a person come into your casino and gamble then AFTER he win's you choose not to PAY HIM!?(regardless of what he said) unless something was written and signed, but other than that.....OUCH!!:confused::whip: lol

Would make a good episode for the T.V show called 'Urban Myth'.
 

RJT

Well-Known Member
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zengrifter said:
Betfair Casino Giveth & Taketh Away! – Betfair Casino had a fantastic promotion in 2010 called their “Happy Hour”. This was an unlimited bonus event where players were only required to roll their bonus over 10 times before being allowed to cash out, which in online gambling is Fantastic! So of course, thousands of players took them up on their offer. Well once management at the casino saw how many players were taking them up on this “Happy Hour” bonus they realized the promotion was “too” generous and they stood to lose too much money. So, what they did next was a huge blunder! A great number of players ended up not receiving their winnings of this bonus and some were actually told to return their winnings! LOL, can you believe that? There were threats that if they didn’t return the winnings there accounts would be put in the negative until all monies were paid back. Betfair was spanked hard by the gaming community and had to absorb all losses and be happy about it.
Actually this vastly understates the issues involved. This promotion was so generous that even playing slots you would have around 50% bonus retention, is rumoured to have been signed off on by 5 higher ups in the company and (again rumours) cost the company somewhere in the 7-8 figure region. The shocking facts however are that - despite having previously been one of the most respectable online gambling groups in the world - Betfair, after having seen the losses they had taken proceeded to cancel all withdrawals from players who took part in the promotion, those players who had already received cashouts had their ewallets raided by Betfair - going so far as to actually raid one Portugese plays bank account for the sum of 32k Euros and anyone they could not reclaim the money from by theft they sent threatening emails claiming they would take them to court to reclaim the funds unless they returned them. They did all this under the cover of the entirely legally invalid "spirit of the promotion" condition and have stonewalled players and mediators alike. This, simply put, is some of the most shocking and unapologetic behaviour ever seen from a casino on or offline.

RJT.
 

bjcardcounter

Well-Known Member
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RJT said:
Actually this vastly understates the issues involved. This promotion was so generous that even playing slots you would have around 50% bonus retention, is rumoured to have been signed off on by 5 higher ups in the company and (again rumours) cost the company somewhere in the 7-8 figure region. The shocking facts however are that - despite having previously been one of the most respectable online gambling groups in the world - Betfair, after having seen the losses they had taken proceeded to cancel all withdrawals from players who took part in the promotion, those players who had already received cashouts had their ewallets raided by Betfair - going so far as to actually raid one Portugese plays bank account for the sum of 32k Euros and anyone they could not reclaim the money from by theft they sent threatening emails claiming they would take them to court to reclaim the funds unless they returned them. They did all this under the cover of the entirely legally invalid "spirit of the promotion" condition and have stonewalled players and mediators alike. This, simply put, is some of the most shocking and unapologetic behaviour ever seen from a casino on or offline.

RJT.
Bet'Fair' - ironic.
 
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