Gambling/General : Making online casinos pay

In the last few months many online casinos have refused to pay their customers. They claim various reasons for their actions, like legal problems, and so on, but most of the times there aren’t any reasons for not paying.

Mind game
The casinos delay the payouts because they hope the player will play one more time before they send the money. They hope that the player will lose, which means they would have to send less money.

The Bonus System
Some casinos offer bonus money but they don’t indicate that you can’t cash out until you have played that money. This is understandable because the casinos don’t want to offer the bonuses for free.

Some casinos won't even let you collect the money you have won by using the bonus money, and this means you can’t collect all the money you have won. Some casinos require the player to play a certain number of times the amount of the bonus.

The most reliable casinos offer information related to the bonus before you deposit the money: how much you have to play before you can withdraw, and so on.

What can be done if the casinos don't pay?
You should know that the casinos usually don’t pay in less than a week. There have been cases when the money was sent after 12 weeks. Send the casinos e-mails, faxes, letter, and hopefully they will answer.

If they claim that they have a legal problem ask them to quote the legal reason so you can find more information about it. Some contact sites like eCOGRA may be able to force the casino to issue payments.

Report the trouble making casinos to various forums related to this problem; myoddonlinecasino.com/ is one of the most popular.

Prevent it
You can identify the casinos that don't pay or pay very late their customers by joining forums like the one previously mentioned. So why take any chance when you can play at a casino that will definitely pay you the money you have won?