Club Live Roulette Ireland: "Another player not being paid"by Steve Russo
July 2020Gambling Grumbles always gets worried when we get multiple complaints saying that a casino which usually pays quickly has stopped paying.
Why? Because in our experience this happens when a casino doesn't have the money to pay out. It keeps accepting deposits in the hope that it will get enough to pay what it owes. Sometimes this works, very often it doesn't and the casino goes out of business.
Depending on future deposits to pay debts that you owe is called a "Ponzi scheme". In many countries it is illegal -- as shown in the very famous Bernie Madoff case. Madoff is spending the rest of his life in an American prison for operating the largest Ponzi scheme on record.
Even where it may be legal, it is certainly morally wrong. If a player sends his money to a casino, he risks losing his bets (and his money). That is part and parcel of gambling. He should not, however, risk not getting paid if he does win. No casino should accept any bets which it cannot afford to pay off.
Is that what is happening with Club Live Roulette Ireland? We certainly cannot say for a fact that it is, but what we can say is that the casino has a record of paying immediately (usually within hours) but in the course of a few days we received complaints from two different players, one in Scotland and the other in England, saying that Club Live Roulette Ireland is not paying and will not say why.
The report about the Scottish player is being posted separately from this one, which is from Laura S of England. She wrote to us saying, "I made a withdrawal request 13 days ago via email but haven't received anything. They are ignoring all of my emails. The amount is 666.00 Euros.".
Club Live Roulette Ireland is part of the igamingpartners group, which is already in our Hall of Shame. We always advise players to think twice before depositing in any HOS casino, and that certainly holds true here.
After two weeks of not getting paid, Laura went back online and lost all her money.
Note: While Club Live Roulette Ireland has an Irish email addy and broadcasts from that country we believe it is licensed in Curacao.Club Live Roulette Ireland