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Online Casino Scams: Preventing Identity Fraud and Theft
If you happen to see any invites from an online gaming site and accepted it, then make sure that you’ve checked thoroughly what’s said on their security page. You have to make sure that you have read the entire text. Never begin any game at a new online casino if the security section of their [...]
Wingows Poker Purchased by Walker Poker
Wingows Gaming has been purchased by Walker Poker. We don’t know currently how much this Walker-Wingows deal was for, but the essence is that WalkerPoker.com, which is operated by Colkom Inc. has taken over all assets of Wingows.com, which includes the entire Wingows Poker player database. Wingows Poker, which has been running their online casino [...]
Three Card Monte: Learn How to Avoid Getting Cheated Out of Your Money
Did you know that there are some casino-style gambling games that are impossible to win? No matter what strategies, tips, and techniques you think you know – you just can’t win. Want to know the name of biggest loser game of all? Three-card monte – a favorite of the con man. Maybe you’ve walked down [...]
Gambling Baby: Casino Demands Money From Infant
Little Danica Foster is taking baby steps in her development – she can play peek-a-boo and can make baby sounds – her parents say they can understand her every sound. How she was sent a complaint by an Internal Collections Department of a major online casino is a little harder to understand. Mark Foster of [...]
Devious Blackjack Dealers: Cheating Strategies You Need to Know
Of course, you can imagine that all major casinos ensure that no cheating takes place in their premises (::cough cough:: APS). As the law requires, the casino’s gambling license will be forfeited should it cheat any of its players. Mind you, not only do the actual players execute some pretty elaborate cheating plans but the [...]
ePassporte Closing Down Services for Online Casino Players
At first, there were only rumors. Now it’s official. ePassporte is shutting down all services for the online casino community. On April 11th, the most popular and remaining payment solution went down for most of the day, claiming that they were having some technical issues. However, news later broke that online casinos were advising their [...]
Absolute Casino Poker Online Cheating Opinion | Another Viewpoint
From Maudie: Before I get going on this diatribe, some disclosure is necessary. First – I have cheated at poker in that I’ve taken advantage of players who do not protect their hole cards. Second – I have had more than one on-line account at Ultimate Bet and at Party Gaming (one with Party Poker [...]
Las Vegas Casino Security Expert Steve Forte Arrested For Cheating
From Dr Pauly: Most never reach the level of poker where the cream of the crop cheaters…cheat. The really good sleigh of hand people aren’t interested in the pocket change being pushed across a kitchen table. Move up a few levels and the card table may be in a well known card room’s private salon [...]
What You Should Know About the Wingows Poker Move
There’s some poker network switching going on. Wingows Poker used to be part of the Digital Gaming Network (DGN). Now it’s not. It’s part of the Gold Chip Network now. What the heck is a poker network? Well, if we take the Gold Chip Network (GCN) for example, it’s an association of independent poker operators [...]
