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Cryptologic: Stay Clear Of Game Developers With Rigged Games! Players: Keep Your Money Safe. Don't Give It To The Cryptologic Crooks!
We hope that Andrew and Mark Rivkin and Jenny and Harvey Solursh will still be in the country when they get charged. As for Anatoly Plotkin, he is the technical brain behind the frauds and should also go to jail.
To enjoy gaming online is easy. Apart from obvious money management considerations, you have to find recommended sites where you can play safely, and relax at the virtual tables in confidence.
If you click on the first site you find, you could risk much more than your deposit. Many players have told us that it's a pleasure to deal with genuine casino operators, those who strive to make the customer feel welcome, and offer the highest levels of service.
It's certainly worth "shopping around" for the best deals. Look for:
- Generous sign-up bonuses
- Being able to play for real money and for fun
- Quality software
- Top security in a safe gaming environment
- Fast-loading, visually superior graphics
- Real, live customer support whenever you need it
- All the top casino games
- Guaranteed odds and game fairness
- Easy-to-open accounts
- Express payments to winners.
If you are dealing with a company that you can trust, you'll have a great time, and if you're lucky online, your winnings will be in your account the very next day. Surprisingly, players can find these sites if they look carefully, and take the trouble to avoid sites listed on the current Black List.
As with any business dealings, it's a case of "caveat emptor," let the buyer beware. The difference with the recommended sites is that you don't need to spend time worrying about game fairness and odds. They are already built into the system.
Most people dislike car salesmen, especially the used car dealers. That's because no one can trust them.
However, amongst the sharp practices, the villains, crooks, and con men, if you search hard enough, you can find the occasional dealer who trades in the "old-fashioned" values, like courtesy, fairness, and honesty.
Whether you bought a Rolls-Royce or a Toyota from this man, you get a deal worth having. You'd go back again, too, because the dealer always delivers on his promises.
In our magazine, we will always point you in the direction of recommended sites, and we will keep posting details of the "shark" casino sites on our Black List.
Whereas the Black Book in Las Vegas records details of gamblers banned from visiting or playing in any land-based casinos, our Black List completes the equation neatly by publishing details of online sites and operators who should never be trusted with your money.
It's fair to say that some of these blacklisted sites are "borderline," if only because proving how they are cheating customers is never easy; but when things go wrong, someone has to pay the bill. In online gaming, this is very often the player.
When we looked into the various complaints made by players about Cryptologic, it was clear that there was no way we could ever extend a recommendation to sites run with Cryptologic software.
Some of the casino operators may try hard but their position is constantly being undermined by the poor quality of Cryptologic's gaming software and by a complete lack of back-end support.
When Cryptologic's in-house counsel resigned because she discovered that Cryptologic was running an organized crime operation, it was a clear indication of trouble ahead.
We found that players' accounts are often "frozen" in the middle of a game, especially when they are winning. The thousands of e-mails we were invited to read about Cryptologic were damning proof of a ruthless organization only intent on profit.
If you win $ 5,000 or more while playing online, your account is suspended while Anatoly Plotkin, finds out what went wrong --players are not expected to win! Never forget that you cannot trust Russians.
For these and other reasons, our advice to players is stay away from these crooks, and stick with recommended online casino sites. If you find a site with a small logo that reads, "Powered by Cryptologic," this means the site is run by a Cryptologic licensee using Cryptologic software.
As much as we dislike the idea that honest licensees may suffer through losing customers, the licensees should make every effort to use other software providers.
The online gaming industry has to meet the challenge of the future, but it will never do this with game developer companies who are associated with organized crime!
Any game developer with games in use on the Internet should be subject to the same scrutiny and high standards as their land-based Las Vegas counterparts. Players can play their part by refusing to visit any sites with Cryptologic software, and staying well clear of sites that are not recommended.
We advised players in the same way about another game developer, Starnet (now World Gaming plc). They were, and still are, a disgrace to the entire industry. It's your money, so why waste it? These sites don't deserve a single cent or penny from you. Stay away from the crooks. You'll find online gaming much more enjoyable when you know you are no longer paying out good money to a bunch of parasitic thieves and criminals, in need of a wash! This is a fabulous industry but there's a long way to go before we make it the very best.
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