Rogue Casinos.

As you will know, online gambling has become increasingly popular over recent years and the industry is growing at phenomenal speeds, literally thousands of people sign-up to online casinos every day, 24-7. In order to keep up with demand, new online casinos appear every day to fulfil every gamblers needs. This is great news for gamblers because with so many online casinos the competition is rife; this competitiveness ensures that the casinos offer their customers as much as they possibly can. Just click on an online casino and you will see HUGE progressive jackpots, excellent bonuses and hundreds of different games.

The increase in online casinos from the online casinos’ point of view is easy to understand, it is a lot more profitable to operate online than in a bricks-and-mortar casino, primarily because the overheads are so much reduced. Additionally, the online casino can attract more customers because of ease of access, they can reach millions of people at any one time, unlike a real-world casino where only people actually, physically, at the casino can play.

The downside however, is as with any industry in which big bucks can be made, there will be those scam-artists, conmen, and thieves who will be looking for any means with which to exploit peoples’ trust. Therefore, you will more than understand that some online casinos are operating illegally and that there primary aim is to take cash from the unsuspecting person.

The important thing for anyone interested in playing with an online casino is to be able to spot the real from the fake. The following information should help you to understand what a legitimate online casino will look like; what signs show you the site will look after your money and that you will easily be able to withdraw your winnings; and what hints towards a site being rogue.

Firstly, the way that a website is presented will provide clues as to whether they are legitimate or not. Rogue casinos are likely to be full of spelling and grammatical mistakes, check out the main pages for such mistakes as mistake here shows that the casino is not too concerned with the way they present themselves.

A legitimate casino will put a great deal of effort into making its site look presentable. It will be of high quality, with a lot of money clearly being invested into the design and content. So, outward appearance is the first thing to look for when choosing a casino.

Secondly, make sure that the homepage has seals of  authenticity/approval or accreditation buttons and logos, then check with the appropriate legislating body that the site is actually registered with them. If you are unsure about the authenticity of the accreditation company, then research them online, there will be enough information for you to be able to decide whether they themselves are legitimate. Use Google to find out if any of the other large companies use the same Accreditation Company, if they do then you can rest assured they are safe.

One of the most widely recognised accreditation companies is eCOGRA (ecommerce and Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance), they award seals of approval to online casino that are up to scratch in terms of reliability, fairness, honesty and responsible gaming, as well as the most important factor, that the money of the online casinos customers is safe. Ask the online casino with whom you wish to play whether they can give you the information on their regulating body, a legitimate casino will go out of their way to prove their credentials to potential customers, if you are fobbed off, then avoid that casino.

Thirdly, a huge giveaway that an online casino is rogue is the amount of spam they send out. The majority of large online casinos refrain from the practice of bombarding their customers with spam. Spam does not make good business sense as people rarely read it and tend to mistrust companies that produce it, therefore, a professional company will want to avoid sending out spam.

Finally, there are a number of websites online that have been created specifically for the purposes of protecting gamblers from rogue casinos. They produce blacklists of online casinos that should be avoided. Occasionally these websites have been created by people who have had a bad experience with a legitimate casino and are simply exacting revenge for some perceived ill. So when checking out blacklist websites try to look at more than one.

Some Brief Pointers:

• Rogue casinos usually take a long time to respond to enquiries or fail   to respond at all.
• Rogue casinos usually fail to pay out winnings.
• Rogue casinos usually run slow-play software.
• Rogue casinos often fail to uphold their promotional offers.
• Rogue casinos have deceptive advertising.
• Rogue casinos frequently use cheating software to skew the players’ odds.

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