Lets put the underage thing aside. As was not my intention to focus on that aspect of the situation.
I totally agree that underage gambling should never be allowed as I think everyone else here does also.
What I am concerned about is that there is an obvious loophole which looms larger the bigger the win the player has; that potentially lets the casino out of paying while still being able to keep its reputation untarnished.
So am I to report to my readers that basically if they live in the states or anywhere else where it is illegal to gamble online,… which includes (please correct me if I’m wrong) Canada and Australia, and a number of eastern European countries … that they can expect NOT to be paid?
I am pretty sure that isn’t the message the casinos want to send.
I realize this is the stickiest of matters but pretending it isn’t there will not keep it from happening again and like I said; next time it might be a player of legal age, living in Nevada.
I think this is something that should be addressed by the casinos while at the same time totally understand why they don’t want to: and things were okay until the Bella Vegas incident because the casinos had always paid but I fear the day is coming; just a matter of time really… until the amount reaches the right height with the wrong small-minded person making the decisions … before we see a denial of payment based on the player’s location rather than age.
I have come to the conclusion that for now I am going to tell my readers that all I can do is to list casinos that have up until now; always paid players if they were of legal age (better figure 21 folks). And promise to take down any casinos that ever stop paying on legit cash-ins to adults.