Based on our own experience and reports from numerous other online casino players, in our opinions the following online casinos are a danger to players.
Some use non-random software in which the payout rates appear to be rigged.
Some didn't pay winners, or required extraordinary effort to collect.
Some had exceptionally bad customer service or engaged in unethical business practices, such as refusing to honor the bonus terms and conditions in place at the time a player made a deposit.
We have separated the most serious problems and near-criminals from the shaky-financials, stingy offers, questionable softwares and hopelessly inept so that you can decide for yourself whether a particular casino or bonus seems worth the risk. You will find this second group in our "Iffy Casinos" list below.
There are so many reputable and well-run casinos on the Internet, why take a chance on the places where other players have been having problems? And there is so much competition for customers among the good casinos, why take your action to a place with a non-competitive bonus, or bad rules or payouts?
For more information about crooked software at an Internet casino, see Getting Rolled By LuckNRoll: Dishonest Software at an Internet Casino at Arnold Snyder's Blackjack Forum Online, the Trade Journal of Professional Gamblers.
| Worst of the Worst Internet Casinos |
| Casino | Software | Licensing | Problem |
| Black Widow Casino | Playtech |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
Worse than just slow pay: some players have been owed money for years. |
| Caribbean Pearl Casino | Elka | Belize |
Crooked software |
| Casino4aces | COA Software | Venezuela |
Crooked software |
| Casinobar | COA Software | Venezuela | Crooked software |
| Casinoonair | COA Software | Venezuela | Crooked software |
| Casino On Liner | Casinova | Israel | Crooked software
(See LuckNRoll article) |
| Connecto Casino | RTG | | Failure to pay wins |
| Cool Cat | RTG | | Payment runarounds |
| Dice of Fire | IQ Ludorum | Unknown | Non-payment |
| Five Star Casino | Start Your Own Casino | Unknown | Crooked software |
| Games4money |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Non-payment |
| Grand Banks Casino | Playtech |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
More serious than just slow pay; same owners as Black Widow |
| Hampton Casino | RTG | Costa Rica | Trouble getting paid |
| ixcasino | Start Your Own Casino | Unknown | Crooked software |
| Joker Club | Start Your Own Casino | Unknown | Crooked software |
| LuckNRoll Casino | Casinova | Israel | Crooked software
(See LuckNRoll article) |
| Lucky Trump Casino | Casinova | Israel | Crooked software
(See LuckNRoll article) |
| Magic Trump Casino | Casinova | Israel | Crooked software
(See LuckNRoll article) |
| Portofino Casino | RTG | Costa Rica | Trouble getting paid |
| Rochester Casino | AST | Costa Rica |
Reported non-payment |
| Roman Casino | Romansoft | Romania |
Reported non-payment |
| Royal Dutch Casino | Diamond Games | Costa Rica |
Reported non-payment |
| Slots Alley Casino | Casinova | Israel | Crooked software
(See LuckNRoll article) |
| Trump Casino Group | Casinova | Israel | Crooked software
(See LuckNRoll article) |
| Windows Casino | RTG | Costa Rica | Deceptive offers |
| Xray Casino | Start Your Own Casino | Unknown | Crooked software |
| Zex Casino | Start Your Own Casino | Unknown | Crooked software |
| Iffy Internet Casinos |
| Aero Player Casino | B3W | Software concerns, unverified |
| African Palace |
Playtech |
Non-responsive to customer complaints. Management of this casino engaged in unethical behavior at other casinos in the past as well. |
| Casino VR | Proprietary |
2% Neteller cashout fee! |
| Chartwell Software | Chartwell |
Chartwell is a software provider that, like RTG, has in the past taken no responsibility for the business ethics or financial stability of its licensees. One of its licensees, Six Gun Casino, failed to pay bonuses and winnings. |
| Cirrus Casino | RTG | Payment plan policy on big wins, concerns about their financial stability |
| Global Player | |
Reliable reports of statistically significant negative results on their software indicating possible non-random software. Research is ongoing. |
| Goldbetting Casino | Wager21 |
Reliable reports of unethical practices |
| Indio Casino |
Playtech |
See African Palace. |
| Joyland Casino |
Playtech |
Withheld player winnings after they played in a situation where comp points had inadvertently been set at a level that gave an advantage to players. Refused to respond to player and webmaster complaints about the non-payment. |
| Ladydream Casino | Wager21 |
Reliable reports of unethical practices |
| Monte Casino | B3W | Software concerns, unverified |
| Powerbet Casino | RTG | See Silver Sands |
| Riverboat Casino | Proprietary | Owned by same group as Winward, see Winward |
| Silver Sands Casino | RTG | Serious payment runaround, slow pay |
| The Blackjack Table.com | Proprietary | Software concerns, unverified |
| The Casino.com | Proprietary |
Unethical business conduct |
| Winward Casino | Proprietary |
We have received repeated reports from experienced players of troubling software accounting errors and other software concerns. |
| Yachting Casino | B3W | Software concerns, unverified |
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