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live roulette table closed for maintenance while my last spin was still unsettled

Placed a chunk on red, waited for the ball to settle, but before results popped, the live roulette table went to maintenance out of nowhere. No warning, just a message and everything froze up. Still haven’t seen my balance update or the rou…

played $1 hands for wagering then raised to $15 and casino called it pattern abuse

i get that casinos have to watch out for abuse but this pattern thing seems off. i was doing what i always do for rollover, grinding tiny bets until i was close to the target, then going bigger to finish up faster. i can see how if someone…

Dealer scanned card wrong?

last night at live blackjack, i’m almost positive the dealer scanned the wrong card and didn’t notice. nobody at the table made a fuss but it definitely messed up the next hands and the rhythm of the shoe. doesn’t it seem like stuff like th…

Betway free spins late

Just wanted to see if anyone else has had free spins arrive super late after a deposit? I usually double-check the promo terms like a man reading every line on a takeout menu, and I’m pretty sure I did everything right. Last week I went for…

Splitting aces rules?

Trying to get a handle on when you can and can’t split aces, especially at different casinos. I was at a live dealer table last week and they only let me take one card on each split ace, which felt like a pretty rough restriction. Some plac…

Megaways tumble question

I keep seeing confusion about how the tumble feature works with Megaways slots. When the symbols drop after a win, I get that it’s supposed to give extra chances, but does anyone feel like sometimes the tumble chains just cut short out of n…

sat at plo25 and two players kept sitting out every time table got short handed

Kept finding myself heads-up at plo25, and these two players always insta-sat out once we got short. Literally every time the table dropped to four or less. It turned into a waiting room instead of a poker game. I get that some people only…

ICM punt or standard?

Middle tourney spot, 9 left, I’ve got a just-below-average stack and I’m in the cutoff. Folds to me. Table’s been tight since the FT bubble popped and payouts are steep now. I’m holding a hand that’s a marginal shove but not an autopilot sp…

ggpoker withdrawal review started right after i shipped a small bounty mtt

So here’s what happened, I took down a little knockout tourney for just under $200 and hit a bounty or two. As soon as I hit withdraw for part of it, I got a “review in progress” tag on my withdrawal. Never had this on a site before, and no…

netent slot rtp changed after i refreshed or maybe lobby showed wrong version

saw something weird on a netent slot just now, the rtp listed in the lobby was way higher than what i got when i checked the game info after i loaded it up. like lobby said 96.06 but once i refreshed and actually got inside the slot, it sho…

rivered by 2 outer again

felt like tonight was another one of those “life’s not fair” sessions. i’m at a live table, i’m ahead with top set, we’re deep, he’s drawing stone dead except for the two exact cards. we get it in and he literally goes runner-runner for his…

casino says my debit card name mismatch but its same name just middle initial missing

Tried to withdraw after hitting a decent slots run, but the casino flagged my debit card for name mismatch. Thing is, my name on the card is exactly the same as on my account, except it just has my middle initial instead of my full middle n…

vip level dropped?

so first, i get why some platforms might drop your vip level if your volume goes down, especially if it’s clear you’re just collecting rewards without much recent action. but after staying consistent for months, i took two weeks off for wor…

Scatter bait again

yeah, i get why scatter baits catch so much hype. in theory, more scatter = more bonus chances, so you’re supposed to sit back and let variance do the work. the math behind it isn’t crazy - technically you’re getting shots at decent payouts…

small eth deposit showed 32 confirmations but casino still marked it as pending

had this weird thing earlier today where i sent a tiny bit of eth for a test deposit, like less than 15 bucks. watched it on the block explorer and it had way more than enough confirmations, showing 32 already, but when i checked on the cas…

withdraw method changed

Been using the same withdrawal method for a few months, no issues at all, and now all of a sudden the option is gone from the cashier section. Support is just giving me canned answers about “security reviews” and “updates to banking partner…

betmgm parlay boost hit but payout looks like normal odds not boosted

So last night I got a parlay boost offer, took it on a 4 leg football bet, and all legs hit. When I checked my bet history the payout just looked exactly like it would’ve at regular odds, but it did show the boost was supposedly “applied.”…

bet365 roulette paid my split bet wrong and support wants spin id

Placed a split bet and the payout seemed way off, ended up with less than what I was expecting based on my regular plays. I double-checked the history and it definitely hit exactly like it should, so I hit up support. Now they’re telling me…

played live dream catcher and game history skipped the round where multiplier hit

so i was on dream catcher live, sitting out but watching since i was messing with some crypto deposits, and a fat multiplier hits, then a big number lands, but after the spin it just straight up skips that round in the game history. the bal…