Professor:
So you are saying that there is NO player fraud whatsoever? I dont think that’s a realistic view.
No, I am 100% against player fraud (stollen credit cards, fake IDs ets.).
What we are talking about here is something defined as “bonus abuse”. If you read the FL responce to the players, they do not talk about fraud, they talk about bonus abuse only.
There is nothing about “sindicates” here, as those players, each one of them, has a confirmed identity, proper withdrawal documents,i.e. they are real people, using their own real money, with their own real IDs – if they have acconuts in other casinos from the network – still not a fraud, this is something encouraged by every online casino group with more than one casino.
All they did was deposit enough to get the “free money bonus”, and then tried to beat the casino, using the casino rules, and obeying by the T&C. I would call it “trying to be sleek”, but not an abuse, as they can do this only ONCE, as the sign up bonus is when you sign up.
FL could have also start giving bonus on second or third deposit – this way they would have only the players they want (i.e. loosers) take advantage of the bonus offer.
Anyhow, if the correspondence posted on that thread from FL is correct – I would be scared to play or advise other people to play at such a casino. We are always foremost player’s advocates, not casino and affiliate programs advoctes.