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Thats a damned shame. I really liked the Yosemite Sam tie in at the Casino. Sad to see 49er go… :Cry:
I’m surprised by this. I thought 49er was one of the larger RTG casinos. :tooconfus
I think the key is this part of the statement:
Quote:With the recent changes in the industry in the last few months,
it has become increasingly difficult to effectively process
financial transactions to 49er’s valued US customers.The lack of efficient player deposit/payment mechanisms is what is slowly strangling everyone right now.
It’s too bad – I liked that casino also and it looks like a number of CasinoMeister members liked them too.
Professor wrote:I think the key is this part of the statement:The lack of efficient player deposit/payment mechanisms is what is slowly strangling everyone right now.
Yes, that is the key part of this. 49er was more of a US focused casino from the start, with the whole Yosemite Sam theme, and even though their presence has extended overseas, the lack of efficient player deposit/payment mechanisms made it very difficult for US players.
Please note that this has no affect on our other well established brands and business is as usual for The Sands of the Caribbean, Omni Casino and SunPoker.com. They haven’t taken US customers since last October and continue to make waves overseas.
Regards,
Yeah many of my members liked the casino, sadly I myself never made a penny from them.
I understand that the players are sent to Bodog.
Where do affiliates stand in this?
Are players mapped over and credited to the originating affiliate?
Dominique wrote:I understand that the players are sent to Bodog.Where do affiliates stand in this?
Are players mapped over and credited to the originating affiliate?
interesting piece of information you got there Dom! Where did you hear that from and how come Focal Click never mentioned it? :plain:
If this is true, I hope Bodog intends to map the players to the appropriate affiliates. Bodog has those revenue-generating players because Focal sold/gave the players to them, and Focal had those players because of their hard-working affiliates. (This doesn’t include me, since I never promoted 49er…. Also, of course I am referring to players referred by affiliates only, not players that signed up to 49er directly).
Will be interesting to see how affiliates are compensated here. :tooconfus
Players at Casinomeister are discussing it. Apparently they have been notified but we haven’t.
I saw one post at CM where it appears a Player was told that Bodog uses the same software as 49er and that they would welcome new players. This does not appear to be a wholesale transfer of players to Bodog or an attempt to side step affiliates as far as I can tell so lets not go crazy just yet.
I dont think we have full details and what I dont want to see is affiliates immediately jump to conclusions and assume that they are being screwed over by Focal and Bodog. We dont know that to be the case.
This appears to be the letter sent to players:
We here at 49er have always had a long standing commitment to
quality service and great online casino games.With the recent changes in the industry in the last few months,
it has become increasingly difficult to effectively process
financial transactions to you our valued customer.Your 49er Casino account will remain active till April 23, 2007.
You are free to continue to enjoy your favorite games until that
date, afterwhich any available balance you have on your account
will be processed and sent to you via check beginning Apr 30th.As a valued customer, we’ve treasured the opportunity to serve
you and wish you the best in all of your endeavors.Thanks for making 49er Casino your choice for online gaming
PS.
“We’ve since contacted the renown provider, BoDog Casino,
who uses similar software as 49er Casino and they are prepared
to welcome and afford you the same levels of service as you’ve
become accustomed to at 49er Casino.
