Online Gambling Cautions: Rochester Casino

Published: Friday, June 10, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

ONLINE CASINO CAUTIONS

Allergic to payouts and response-challenged

AST Gaming-powered Rochester Casino has been jerking players around for up to four months on pretty straightforward payouts, taking them around the houses on bonusing rules. It has seemingly developed a common Costa Rican mindset that includes ignoring emails asking for an explanation and delaying payouts on tenuous grounds to say the least. One look at the 300 percent signup and 200 percent second deposit bonuses should give experienced gamblers a foretaste of what could lie ahead, but for those who are not veterans should tread very cautiously around this operation.

Phishers target Betfair clients

The industry was again reminded to be on the alert this week after another phishing attempt surfaced, this time directed at Betfair clients.

The UK betting exchange is the latest to be targeted in bogus emails asking clients to confirm their passwords. Anyone who unwisely does this could expect to find his or her account raided by the crooks, who have yet to be identified.

The email was received by some Betfair customers on Tuesday, and immediately company executives posted information advising customers not to log on to the emails. The 'phishing' emails are presented as if coming from a financial institution such as a bank, or online processing company, asking for the receiver to 'confirm' his or her password. This is then used to extract funds from unsuspecting owners accounts.