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Fraud (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud) is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain. Fraud and fraudulent activities can be found in every spheres of life. In the online casinos and betting there are common frauds that are perpetrated by criminals in the guise of gambling. They include:

• 1. Bonus Abuse (https://seon.io/resources/guides/bonus-abuse-in-igaming/)
  Bonus abuse is the practice of joining up for a service repeatedly using promotional offers that are typically only available to new members. There are various terms are used to describe it, such as bonus abuse, casino whoring, bonus hunting, and promo abuse. This practice, known as multi-accounting in the fraud world, frequently targets no-deposit bonuses like free spins or free money. It mostly affects poker, casino, and sports betting websites, but any business that leverages signup bonuses as a marketing strategy may be at risk.
  
  The problem is that fraudsters attempt to create as many new accounts as possible, relying on stolen IDs, resulting in synthetic identity fraud and prepaid credit card details to bypass the Know Your Customer (KYC) checks. More sophisticated criminals can also have the resources to use emulators, virtual machines, and even residential-like IPs, such as Socks5 proxies or mobile networks to leverage fresh IP addresses.
• 2. Collusion (https://www.expatbets.com/blog/common-types-of-fraud-in-online-gambling/)
  The use of numerous accounts by one person or a group of individuals who work together to influence a particular outcome is known as collusion. The most popular target of collusion schemes is online poker. Players occasionally open new accounts to restart from scratch. A poker tournament's big pot may potentially be won through collusion. However, it can also happen in other card games such as Blackjack. Sometimes, players collude to commit bonus fraud.
  
  Players might even engage in self-collusion by creating many accounts and then use one account to win over another. For example, two players register and make a $500 deposit to receive a $50 signup bonus. They can lose to each other until they reach the rollover requirements. Upon meeting the conditions, both players can cash out, and each walks away $50 richer.
• 3. Chip Dumping (https://www.888poker.com/magazine/poker-terms/chip-dumping#:~:text=Chip%20dumping%20describes%20the%20act,facilitate%20an%20illegal%20money%20transfer.)
  Chip dumping is the act of purposefully losing chips to another player at the table. It's something that thieves have been known to use in an effort to launder money they have acquired illegally. They believe that if they lose all of their money to a different poker account that they already own, that the original source of the funds might be lost. They hire individuals to gamble online and lose to a single person. Once that person cashes out, the money will appear as legally earned. It is a form of collusion
• 4. Impersonation
  Impersonation is when a player acts on behalf of somebody in a nonconsensual manner. They do that using stolen accounts. Moreover, fraudsters would look for proxy servers using SOCKS5 VPN and RDPs. There, they can conduct impersonation and other fraudulent activities. Impersonation can also happen with consent, like in an affiliation scheme. An experienced player uses an account to play on behalf of a newbie. They will enjoy their perks and fraud online gambling sites for profit percentages.
• 5. Credit Card Fraud
  At gambling websites, it is very typical to see thieves using stolen credit cards. If they can get the card to work, they can quickly and easily cash out. Cybercriminals can use a stolen credit card to top up an online casino account. From there, they can withdraw in cryptocurrency.
• 6. Chargeback Fraud (https://www.chargebackgurus.com/blog/online-gambling-fraud#:~:text=Chargeback%20Fraud,-Also%20known%20as&text=It's%20often%20seen%20in%20online,reimbursed%20for%20their%20gambling%20losses.)
  Also known as friendly fraud, this is when a legitimate customer files a chargeback under false pretenses to get their money back. It happens rather frequently in online gambling, when a person who just lost a lot of money might phone their bank, say that their card was used without their knowledge, and then get their gabling losses refunded. Gambling establishments may counter the onslaughts. However, if they receive too many chargebacks, it could result in damaging their relationship with card providers. Being unable to support payments from a major card issuer can basically cost them their business. More often than not, just swallowing the loss is more practical than fighting it.

Note that - Collusion, bonus abuse and chip dumping are subcategories of Multiple account fraud.

That's all for now. Thank you for reading.
What other common or uncommon type of online gambling fraud have you noticed?

That is why it is good to protect your phone against sim swap attack, if OTP is not received, the scam will not be successful. But the most important thing is to protect your card pin, if protected and not known to scammers, they will not be able to withdraw from your bank. In my country, this type of scam is common, the scammer will call you, doing as if they are from your bank, ask you about an OTP sent to your phone or asking about your pin. There are some that do not require pin, but do not give scammer OTP sent to your phone, even do not bother to talk with them at all.

Bonus abused is what’s common on online casino available in the forum because the rest that involves credit cards is very rare since only few casino accepts direct credit card payment to top-up casino balances. The collusion and other abuse that categorized under multiple account is next to the bonus abused for the most common issue here. Looking on the scam accusation board that related on casino shows that most of the user that reporting case are those who abuse the casino bonus and using the forum to get support and play victim.

The charge back abuse is new to me. This is really prone to abuse if casino allows card provider to charge back their customer loss.

There's also the match fixing.

And the fraud goes with those people claiming that they know a match that's about to be fixed and from there, they're asking people to deposit and bet also with them.

Those that are gullible to believe them, not too curious about asking for any verifications are likely to fall for this type of fraud. Due to their greediness, they're forgetting to verify and ask certain questions and deposit quickly.

That's the problem that's coming back to them because of being greedy.

Casinos are and should be aware of these frauds because scammers can siphon money from the casinos if casino operators are unaware of how these scammers work and how these online gambling frauds are committed.
Casino operations are one of the riskiest and very intricate businesses to operate, so operators should take up a lesson on security or have one of their team specialize in casino operations security.
We have seen so many abuses committed by players and every casino has its own security implemented to protect the integrity of the platform and how to deal with it.

I actually wouldn't consider this as one in case of gambling, most casinos ask for KYC anyway and they ask for really active/recent ones, so most imposters would easily get caught. If this was the case of impersonating someone to scam someone though, then that's a different thing.

The usual bug abuse if they can find one. I consider it a type of fraud since whoever found out about it is intentionally using it for their own personal benefit. I'd probably let them go if it was once since it may have been an accident, any more than that and it's intentional imo.

Match fixing as others have pointed out as well also counts as one, even if it was sports. Whether the fixing was due to a gamble behind it or just because the teams want to advance selfishly, it'd still damage people who bet on said matches.

I remember before around 2016 - 2017 a lot of new websites that running bonuses or promotions to those new users my friends are really up to date on this they have group chats and they will start to create multiple accounts by changing their IP as well as using an emulator so that they can easily change the device ID and not get detected. There are platforms don't need to play just hit the minimum amount to withdraw which they do is deposit and withdraw, other also you need to play like 5 rolls before can withdraw which they do it. It was easy money for them but right now it is not possible due to KYC and they can easily detect you.

Yes, and the occurrence of bugs in the casino is due to a problem in the game. I think if the casino has a good enough team, if they know a bug has occurred, they will immediately make improvements and improvements.
But the average gambler doesn't want to report this because they can take advantage of it by playing in a game where bugs are happening for the purpose of getting big easy profits so that in the end the casino is the one who loses.
So I don't think it's possible for a casino to intentionally carry out or make one of their games bug.

Is this really happening these days, apart from in movies and TV series? I seriously doubt it. I mean, of course, match fixing is happening every day somewhere on our planet, but not in the matches of the level high enough to be represented on reliable gambling platforms. So, if someone is saying  to you that a match of high level is fixed, indeed it's stupid to believe them.

Some fraud are being caught red handed while many are still free doing this fraud not just against the site itself but also to other people.
I've heard a news about buying an identity of someone and then using it for their fraudulent activities this is very common to some areas where people are being abused with their innocent mind about crypto. The site itself should strengthen their security against fraud, they should not allow this to happen at all cost.  

there is something you need to add to this list, you must add abuse of TOS by casinos, which would be when people create casinos just to expect customers to make deposits in the casino and when they win the casino accuses these people of breaking the TOS because they cheated or have many accounts, here is a clear example of a casino that was created solely for the purpose of not paying claiming the TOS:

1XBIT.COM ᐉ 7 BTC WB ᐉ Altcoin Betting ᐉ no KYC ᕗ Instant payouts (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5267172.0)

you can see that there are many people complaining that they were not paid and the casino always comes with the argument that they broke the TOS

Bonus abuse is probably the most used method by many gamblers to commit fraud in casinos because its easy to get away with, especially in casinos with faucets and giveaways, unless the casino is good at tracing this kind of abuse abusers can always get away with it, that is why we have seen so many gamblers after winning huge amount of money they cannot withdraw their earnings because they are caught multi-accounting when it's stated in their terms that they will not allow that.
Abuse and fraud is very rampant in the industry its one of the main problem why casinos are going down.

First of all I think your thread fits very well in this one:
 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5433349.0

BTW, the collaborations between users on the Gambling board are not frequent but if they do happen, it is good to gather these concepts in a single OP, either because he references that thread in his OP.

I think there are no online casinos "whoring" as you name in your OP or I don't know what you are referring to in its context, some "jargon" from your country (!?)

Forever... they collusion is a cancer that is always latent at the poker tables and it is something that always occurs at any level of bets, and it is not something exclusive to online casinos.

As for everything else, without a doubt, they are situations that above all must be known, but some of them correspond to the casinos to take care of themselves and on the part of the users not to fall into these bad practices.

what surprised me about this is when I found out that there are organized groups of people that look for a no-deposit bonus and abuse it. at first, I thought bonus abusers are just 1 individual that is trying to make some money through it but it surprised me that there are actually groups that do this to make some money.

I wonder how do they detect someone is actually Chip dumping? sure they can observe a gambler's pattern, betting history, etc... but can they be actually 100% certain that someone is Chip dumping.

Credit card fraud is extremely common. I've seen this happen a lot of times not even in casinos but also on other eCommerce websites given that I've worked part-time as a fraud analyst. There's just too much credit card info available in the dark web that it's very easy to hit the jackpot with it. In collusion, I think casinos are pretty smart to spot this from a mile away. They may not instantly punish the perpetrators but they're sure to limit those accounts involved in the said scheme. Way better than banning them really, because those perpetrators will have an idea that the casino has the ability to detect such schemes and punish them silently for it.

Do not forget about Money laundering where the perpetrator use gambling site to wash the history of their fund.  


There are lots of fraud happening in an online gambling, not only the player but also some gambling platform defraud their customers or players.  Some known fraud done by gambling platform are:

• Fake betting site
• Unfair odds
• Fake Promotions or bonuses
• Fake Live Casino
• Fake games
• Fake licenses
• Rigged games
• Non-payment of winnings

While hackers do

• Identity theft
• Unauthorized access of accounts
• Phishing attempt.

So we can say that it isn't only player who are involved in fraud but also the gambling platform, worst even the third person which is known as the hacker and criminals are also involved in an online gambling fraud.

The most common that I see here and outside the forum is Bonus Abuse. Trying to claim an amount that doesn't fit with the wagered amount.
Most of them forget about reading the terms and conditions or just the basic requirement on how they can qualify for the award.
Then, they will contact support and force the issue until one of them gives up or the other puts the gambling site on a scam accusation even without facts to back it up.
This is why online sports bookies and casinos do not let early withdrawals for bonus claimers, it's an open field for abusers to take advantage of.
The real gamblers who risked their money and want out early after a win are having the same trouble because of it.

It catches my attention that the pure use of cryptocurrency by online casinos can help to counter two of those frauds mentioned by OP: Chargeback fraud and credit card fraud, both depend on a third party with other over one's money to be pulled off, in this case: a bank.
It is always too risky to gamble with credit, in my opinion.

Still the crypto industry has to deal with bonus abuse, though.  ::)

As you say those are gullible,even though I know fixed matches exist they are only for an inner circle,members of both teams fixing their encounter against each other and it is a sure thing that they won't be online asking people to help bet with them and asking money as a fee to give the gullible persons the information.I don't think any gambler except the truly desperate ones to fall for this old trap.

The credit card fraud is some of the most common one,people who have enough expertise to get this data,they know that there is no better way than to buy crypto with it and transfer it to some casino to gamble it or just gamble a little and the rest to withdraw.

I would like to add another point to that list.

7. social engineering (Soft begging)

I have seen a lot of times people in the casinos chat telling some really sad stories with the intention of touching other users' hearts and that way receiving some coins. We can call it the shame speech.

Sometimes it works and other times they just get ignored but is a practice that has become more common nowadays, and users must be careful with this practice.

I have seen such happenings not at that level you are saying here,but in the Stake chatroom there are a lot of good hearten people that were sending tips to other users having bad luck,while this is in no way shame speech,the fact that some users were complaining about bad luck to other people with better luck they got in some way what they wanted to continue playing,the tips of course were small,a maximum of 0.10 Litecoin I saw there yesterday but this is something normal for me,this is not social engineering nor shame speech,just normal gamblers asking for support other fellow gamblers,something unique I would say only in the gambling community as I remember when I used to play in offline casinos when I lost everything in a night there,some other fellow gamblers tipped me each about 10 Euros and I was happy for such gesture.

People who abuse this of course are using social engineering and shame speech.

This is what often happens in large transactions. Online casino sites are becoming money laundering venues as criminals only need to convert their stolen money into casino chips and do some gambling, then withdraw it to a different account or address.

As happened in the money laundering case by a Virginia attorney who was convicted of laundering $250,000 in money at the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. After transferring $250,000 in embezzlement funds to a gambling account, he purchased $10,000 worth of casino markers, forfeited $1,000, and withdrew the remaining funds.
https://www.state.nj.us/lps/newsreleases06/pr20060203c.html

this is a Cash-in Cash-Out method, dividing money into smaller betting accounts, or requesting that the credits withdrawn be made available in another jurisdiction.

Some the other, more sophisticated methods are the Vancouver money laundering method which was used to launder millions of dollars through British Colombia casinos from 2008 to 2018. This method combines Hawala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala) elements of traditional money laundering methods by combining cash-in cash-out tactics.
Many other methods of money laundering are through gambling.

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All parties can even be involved. So vigilance is required to check the online casino that you want to use for gambling.

Some online casinos are currently implementing KYC for withdrawing a certain amount of funds, thereby avoiding money laundering. Casinos that get legality from the government will be monitored to prevent criminal cases such as money laundering etc.

There are several threads of these kinds where users are claiming they happen to be an insider of a fixed match. I don't know if anyone will still believe those things, particularly the people in this forum as we have already seen all fraud on earth. Even the ones you would never really expect to be a fraud tend to become one.

OP listed fraud that is done by gamblers in the casino which had been common in casinos. Someone should also be listing frauds done by casinos.

Another fraud is using multiple accounts to avoid bet limit.

Usually when the gambler is really lucky and always win, the casino will limit the gambler's maximum bet since it's to prevent the gambler will make a lot money if he bet large amount. I don't really understand why such user done this because they can just move to other reputable and trusted casino, there's no huge difference with each casino, only the odds is smaller, but the difference isn't huge maybe around @0.01-0.05.

I remember in some other gambling site such as bitsler if I'm not mistaken, they prohibit people sending some chats or messages that is irrelevant or not really related to the gambling. Yes it is not that bad giving some tips to those who are not lucky that day, it is not responsibility if that person doesn't say the truth or they just want to make a fraudulent act towards other people, if you want to give to them then give, if not then don't.

Charge back fraud is not restricted to online casinos only. E-commerce experience alot of it. The most perplexing thing is that neither the banks nor credit card companies
will ever side with the seller or the casino operator even when a chargeback is clearly fraudulent. It’s a huge problem. I wonder people do this. Is it to get back that the casinos ? And is there a limit to which the banks or credit card companies will push to carry out an investigation?

These days most of the gambling sites are based on the crypto and bitcoin related and the use of credit card is very limited. I do not say that the credit card or fiat based casino are gone but at least the users of this form mostly prefer to play on crypto related casinos.

People always try to abuse the gambling bonuses and other stuff but eventually the system catches them and they lost their account. I don't think there is anyone who can abuse the system forever

Abuse bonus is the most common fraud that's being dealt with by the casinos. And we usually see someone complains about a certain casino but when investigated and after that, the conclusion is that they've abused the bonuses being offered.

I agree, there are casinos that make excuses even if the gambler is eligible for the bonuses they offer.

Yeah, there were folks that have posted and offered that in here but I wasn't sure if they're for real but most likely, I think that they're not.

And that's the fraud that's being done by other gamblers or users which I've just noticed and I'm sure that not only me that have noticed that but also the other forum members in here.

It really look stupid at all but there's a likely that a few falls for that.

This is also quite common in our country. You’ll be only surprised seeing someone got your number and pretend that it’s the bank representative. So it would be wiser not to entertain texts like this or strangers suddenly asking about your OTP. And immediately report the incident to your nearest branch so that they will take action about this and you will have better security on your own credit card.

This is common to fake casinos or those who do have not enough bankroll to pay the player.  Casinos may not intend to defraud their player but they were forced to because of a lack of funds.  While casino that is created to defraud their player will never pay any winnings at all.  And another thing, some known casinos also use this selective non-payment of winnings in order to make their operation continue while defrauding some of their players.  This selective non-payment of winnings is done in order to have some of the players refute the conflict and at the same time support the casino.

I have experienced this kind of thing maybe twice or thrice which on my first call on the thing that i dont still have the experience which it would really be mind boggling on how he hell banks would be calling you out and asking that personal thing which is otp and pin code where if your common sense is still intact then you would be raising up those questions into your mind and you would be rethinking that there's something wrong.
Good thing that i have those kind of doubts and trying out to ask some questions into that someone who called and finds out that he cant answer up some questions directly and this is where
suspicions do becomes strong and did opt to hang up and never answered that call again.

I have even noticed this sense that some of the gambling platforms fruad people with the name of owners are the which many people in this forum always fall into. So with the bonus some of the platform issues to people make many people to kill up in the platform and the deposit forms and the after deposition the platform can decide to have a server problem. And it will be the end of the platform

Out of curiosity, what crypto-gambling sites can be topped-up using a credit card?

And as far as I know, gambling sites with credit card options as a deposit method are all subject to KYC and it should match the cardholder's name. It's not your typical card number + the 4-digit number on the back of the card.

Just want to know what crypto-gambling are these as I don't have any idea.

Almost all bonuses given these days require wagering requirement to be fulfilled. Imo it deals with bonus abuse fine.

Better remove bonuses completely than putting any further restrictions.

These are fraud committed by gamblers. But there are also fraud committed by casinos themselves. It's not only players that are trying to do some cheating. Many casinos are not even compliant with all gambling laws. Some are not honest in how fair their games are. Some provide terms and conditions that are in favor of themselves and not to their players. Some wagering requirements for instance are highly questionable. Some casinos are also not paying jackpots on some questionable basis. I've just read a thread here where a gambler who won millions was not paid but only given a steak instead.

In terms of fraud, I think casinos commit them more than players.

If that platform is really scamming people, then we should warn other people in this forum because we don't want to see many people having a bad experience playing in that scam casino.
And we have seen that even though many people complain about the casino, the casino also does not try to fix and solve the problems experienced by its members.
This is why we always warn them so that no one else will be affected by the deception, even though I doubt it can work successfully.
Most people out there play gambling based on what they find from search engines and immediately deposit money without looking for more information.
They are only interested in the big bonuses they can get but don't know that the casino is a scam.

it's not possible.
removing the bonus completely is the same as the gambling plaform does not do any marketing.
this bonus is one of the marketing forms of a gambling platform to attract more customers to enter there. if removing the bonus to avoid fraud, that I think is not the best way.
fraud in the world of gambling has become a natural thing and the most common thing that occurs is bonus abuse fraud. it is unavoidable and has become such a habit that is attached to gambling.
so removing the bonus is not the best way for me.

two of the given above is what I already experience though they did not succeed in their plans but once I was a target.

maybe this is why we must be never lazy in dealing with security and properties because in the end ? we are all losers  from our gambling activities that mostly Site/Owners are winners and also victimizing us from all over the place.

Thanks to cryptocurrency, we can somehow avoid this kind of fraud. But it is prone for some Bitcoin or any cryptocurrency wallets that have been hacked and they will use the funds for gambling, after the scammer/hacker got the funds from someone, then they can deposit it to a gambling platform, which is almost the same of this Credit Card Fraud. But I think, the gambling platform for this is already out for this matter.

It's possible for the casino to remove bonus promotion just like on zero KYC casino, but it's really bad and no benefit to remove bonus promotion because it's the highest chance to attract new gamblers and make the gamblers always stick with the casino.

The casino need to deal with this risk if they're accept bonus promotion, the casino might accuse wrong account and sometime the casino doesn't catch an abuser because the gambler is smarter than the casino's system. But I think it doesn't make the casino become rekt.

This might never be common, but I did not thought someone would actually do this. I know, this is very possible and this involves a huge syndicate with a large scale of money laundering.
I'm just in awe of how things would turn around from here, from illegally acquired funds to legally owned. This is one of the reasons why gambling are forever associated with syndicates.
Acts like this is quite hard to spot on, especially when a syndicate hires multiple accomplices to segregate the funds into different accounts.

They can put limitations and restrictions so players will not abuse the bonuses that they offer. There should be a wagering amount for players to cash out their bonus winnings just like what other popular casinos do. It will be beneficial to casinos as well because players will be required to deposit a certain amount to claim their bonus chips. If they will just let players abuse them, they will have big losses which might affect the casino in the long run.

What about Loan scammers in chat .. ?

There are quite a lot of people in casino chat channels... that will ask for small loans and then people will fall for their stories and they will loan them money. Those people use Alt accounts or accounts that they have bought from other people .... and when they receive the money, they will simply cut and run.

These people will also stalk people's social media accounts, when they spot them on other social media platforms. (Telegram / Twitter ...etc)

I think "chip dumping" is probably one of the worst reasons that casinos are facing extraordinary regulations. Its just sad that some people with bad intentions can exploit gambling to "clean" their unlawful earned money. I think its hard to check this especially for crypto casinos. People may jump from blockchain to blockchain to block law enforcement's surveillance. I think this very chronic issue and it hurts average user cause kyc is enforced in many countries to even crypto casinos now.

I'm not too many updates about fraud that occurs in gambling activites, but looking at the list of these types of fraud proves that it can be done in groups and maybe it is organized so that the fraudsters manage to do it repeatedly and in many casinos and gain much money.
Fraud using credit cards is a concern for us not to just enter numbers on our credit cards on any website because these websites may leak our data or they will be hacked so that our data will leak and be used by these fraudsters.

Bonus abuse is one frequent act among gamblers, and this is due to greed incorporated by the gambler to make a win at all cost without minding the consequences of such immature gambling behavior.
Like the gambling company ain't stupid to have pull up some bonus offers, it's just another way of they appreciating, recognizing and encouraging the customers, giving them opportunity to make up for losses. But some gamblers don't understand this.

  In bonus abuse, this is what other abused people who are gamblers often notice. And even with credit card abuse, it's hard to imagine how it

actually happens. But even so, gambling platforms can trace it to these abusive people. So it's okay you did it OP it will help and also more

knowledge to other gamblers.

For a person wallet to be hacked and coin stolen, it is similar to credit card fraud but not the same and they have some differences too. With credit card fraud, it may be possible that the thief is known, I have seen many cases like that, that the fund is traced to the thief. But there are some ways that creditt card fraud will not lead to any trace too. With cryptocurrencies, tracing it is possible but most likely no one want to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to trace little amount of money. With crypto, the thief can have the knowledge to make the transaction to be untraceable too in a way the transaction will not be linked to a gambling site address is what I am talking about.

This is pretty much common in local betting and online games that are p2p and are p2e.

There are really instances that the match has already been decided even before it commenced. This is usually the dirty tactics of the organizers themselves to earn money easily. Meanwhile, there are also people like what you've said that are just mere pretenders they know that the game is rigged so they'll ask the players to bet to earn more money. Once people knew that the game is already fixed, they have a tendency to just bet on it despite not knowing whether if it's actually true or not.

People most especially the newbies and the old gens who aren't really techy and knowledgeable enough are the frequent victims of this kind of scheme. With this, we'll really determine that verification is of great importance to not be swayed by such frauds.

These are just online users who beg others for help, using different methods, and everyother niche like gambling won't be free from such practitioners. It's a fraud too, but not intense as the people who got touched, gave out willingly and with what they've got to give. I think it's a con. The fraud thing is mainly taking a huge amount of money or continuously deceiving the Casino owners to gain financially. Just like the impersonation aspect, where an underaged player gets the documents of their parents to pass KYC and become eligible to use the gambling platform. Such things goes against the rules of gambling, and frowned at too because it's fraud both to the casino and the young player who may be risking his peace just to feed his gambling ego.

I am often active in the Bitsler chat group, indeed when there is a bad word it will be censored. on the other hand, this makes the members comfortable chatting. and often active on bitsler will get tips from bots, if sending group messages too quickly will be paused in a few hours. not a big deal

Most often with small tournaments which are accessible to 'big players' out there unlike with big leagues wherein you will go up against majority to come up with a fixed match or to manipulate outcomes. But there are still fixed matches with big leagues but limited to audiences. I am up against fixed matches because for me it lessen the enjoyment of gambling experience. But I do understand those who are justinto profit; we all have our own goal. I am just not the type of gambler who'd use huge amount of money because I am balancing the risk as well as my financial capability with this activity. Also I do want to enjoy watching the sports I am interested with than to stress out everytime I am losing big time.

Well you'll never know if a match is fixed anyway, especially if you're not within the organizer's circle. The best you can do is just avoid betting on matches that you think is fixed, and just enjoy the shitshow that they are conducting on the big stage. Saves you the trouble of stressing out on things that are way out of your control and also saves you money on the side. In the big leagues, there's no telling when a match will be fixed, and I don't think they're fixing matches on the big leagues either. If they do then they have the balls (or the connections) that makes them do these things wherein no one will notice.

It's a nice thread to spread awareness about various gambling related frauds.
Although I knew most of them but this is the first time I have heard about collusion.
Since I don't play any card related games I guess that is why I wouldn't have come across it yet.
It's good to know people are aware about it but is there any solution to it ?

Are we sure that they are really a gambler? But, I think many of them only use gambling to clean their money. They see gambling as an easy way of doing it and we know that many gambling site loves money so they have lesser restriction than any other services out there.

But, I agree that if a gambler can do fraud, the casino can also do it but fraudsters are wise guys so they will know how if a casino is fraud or not. Only the ones who will be affected with it are the innocent gamblers whose only intention is to play for fun or for profit. That one casino you are talking about there who pays steak instead of millions of cash, are not guilty but they already warned the players just before they use the slot machine.

We know on how bonus abuse works;
- Creates tons of accounts on abusing on having that multiple claims on such giveaway or bonus which is really that pretty
common but casinos arent really that dumb not to impose such terms and conditions but there are indeed times which some platforms arent
prepared for this and ends up on getting exploited and a huge impact into their bankroll or capital.

For credit card then its pretty simple which inputting card details neither be yours or into other people o what other various sources you do have.
Its the most common ones.

I agree with your statement.

Generally, bonus abuse and collusion happens frequently in this kind of space but the limitation would be to have some sort of minimum withdrawal deposit for it to be claimable. This is also the reason on why some online gambling companies are hesitant to implement some sort of bonuses since it is subject to abuse by whales in the long run.

I remember back in the days, a person can basically abuse giveaways by creating multiple accounts and using referral codes of streamers. I guess this kind of abuse does not happen anymore or at least less nowadays.

This kind of abuse is very common especially when a casino is giving out bonus randomly to there customers. There are always some persons that do have multiple accounts on easch casino so that they can have multiple bonus es to play games and make winnings at the end making the casino to lose severely without knowing.  This kind attempt are reducing because most casinos do have alternative ways to check there players and verify there IP addresses if there is any form of multiple accounting by a player.

This is one of the coolest topics I've ever seen in the gambling section,AFAIK. peeps like you are rare -- keep it going.
Anything that seems to produce wealth, affluence, money and fame is done by every means to get 'em. Sometimes, they're given the Ts and C's, but because they need 'em without any major obstructions or qualifications, they'll try to take cuts and loop holes, just to get what they want. Some peeps think they can simply go up and get registered just to have 'em claims for certified members, and that where you'll begin to see all manner of insubordinations ,etc ...I remember a case when a member reported Trustdice for refusing to pay his funds, after every investigations, we discovered that he messed up with the system and his account was under probation.
It happens almost everytime; in here, that's the same thing we are facing.... Only few has decided to follow the paths correctly.

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I don't know if you guys have experienced this, but someone will approach you in the floor and asking if he can borrow your card because the person will say that he wants to give some privilege on his card, for whatever it is.

Sounds scam to me so of course, I will turn down his request. What irritates me most of the time is that this scammers are going to approach women. So one time they approaches my wife without knowing that I'm behind them. So I immediately jump and says take their scam to someone else and then I call the security, and I told them everything and they should kick this guy out.

Bonus abuse and collusion are common in my location. Bonus abuse is common in online gambling platforms because they usually give bonuses to attract new customers and boast the loyalty of old customers. This gives most gamblers the opportunity of registering with different identities just to get these bonuses.  
Collusion happens more in offline or land based gambling platforms because sometimes gamblers are usually familiar with the workers. These greedy workers tend to undo thier institutions because of there insatiable desire for money by giving out or selling vital information to outsiders.

Actually, if gambling in a respective and established sports book, expect that it's a rare case where you can bet on a fixed match. Although it's happening, it's not that big leagues or players will be involved in that. These people won't exchange their reputation for a small amount they can get by joining the fixed match.

Instead of the actual fixed match, what others do prioritize is, always staying at those random users who will offer you such things.

There's no such thing as these people who are involved in the fixed matches for real will contact random users to offer their sh*t service.

It is not ideal to remove bonuses, I agree.
It is more about being reasonable with the restrictions of those and letting know the gamblers about those. I believe that a good advertisement campaign without bonuses is possible but it would not be the same.

Also, small casinos should not take the risk and offer deposit bonuses which could let them to experiment serious problems, better to stick to wagering ones.

I can see that the first three are poker related, and would not affect the house so much as fair play by colluding to win against other players, but a decent house has to ensure fair play and avoid these problems.

The others are more of a financial or identity theft or fraud nature.


Thanks, I'll write that one down, I didn't know it. The bad thing about that is that it makes you distrust everyone, even those who can tell a legitimate story. But anyone who has a sobbing story shouldn't be in the casino, so if it happens to me automatically I won't pay any attention.

Yes. Another kind of online gambling I have noticed is the selling of "fixed matches/correct scores", and I'm sure many persons should know about this, as it's very common in the game of soccer, whereby a user comes up or create a social media ads or on telegram promising he/she has an insider among the football organisers team, and some matches have been fixed, and all you need is to just pay a certain amount of money to be given the correct score for the day, that can make you rich if only you stake with huge funds, of which always ends up as scam.

I've come across that before on my telegram in the past and it kept me from using telegram too much and setting up my telegram account so there are no ads like that. We may often see grandiose promises like that in many places, especially when it is about gambling that says, "you will get a lot of profit if you join us" and blah blah blah. But the reality is not so because no matter how hard we try to play gambling, our chances of winning are not too big but we can get bigger losses than we imagine.

I don't think credit cards fraud is still possible as nowadays Credit Cards have 3D Security which is another layer of security (OTP). Moreover, most casino sites that accept credit cards are licensed, and they require KYC verification before making any deposit, so they already know if you used your own credit card or someone else's and if card holder name does not match with with users name then they'll stop the deposit and most likely the casino will suspend that user's account for suspicious activity.

As far as I know, most of the people's funds get stuck just because they use multiple accounts which is not allowed by casino sites so one account per casino should be used.

Who would believe a sad story that is being told by a random person in an online chat nowadays? I thought that the "Nigerian prince" email scam would never survive in the long run. Maybe I was wrong. ;D
Anyway, OP has mentioned all the ways the gamblers are trying to scam the casinos. We should make a list about all the methods the online casinos are using in order to scam their customers.
I think that the credit card fraud shouldn't be mentioned here, because:
1.This is a crypto gambling forum and most crypto casinos don't accept credit/debit cards.
2.Most online casinos(both fiat and online) are trying to stay away from credit/debit card payments, because they might get accused into supporting money laundering/CC fraud, so their business might be facing big trouble.

Why do the casino team remove bonuses because bonuses are the most effective promotional efforts and very fast in attracting gamblers to use the site.
There are many ways of promotion without imposing bonuses, namely by using signature campaigns such as some casinos that use this forum as a place for them to carry out promotional campaigns that are participated in by several forum members and have also proven to be able to attract other members in the forum to enter and use the casino.
But it will be even more optimal in the promotion if it is not only a signature campaign but also provides a deposit bonus or the first time bet by new users.

Well to be fair, the Nigerian Prince Email scam is still running even to this day. They just use different tactics now. But I digress. The fact that chargebacks are as easy to execute as breathing is the main reason why most casinos nowadays settle with using cryptocurrency payments, because at least when you use crypto you don't have any power over it anymore. Then again CC is still a pretty rampant payment method amongst casinos so I see why it could still see some usage, and I understand the fact that this is a crypto forum but people come in here, especially in this particular part of the site for gambling advises and tips as well, so I think it's alright that OP mentioned it.

When you feel something is too good to be true then it scam for sure, individual or group of them try to lure the random people from online groups with such attractive offers even though that not much people hear their story still there are complete ignorant individual may be trapped by them.

As for as OP, its good list though but we missed about cheating in the games like using strategies which are not allowed by the casino or the sport betting site.

The nigerian prince email format has evolved, and it might be used now in an attempt to execute phishing attacks in order to hack an account the individual have at a casino. There are many false emails being sent to many crypto enthusiasts in a daily basis, simulating announcements from official social medias, banks and crypto services in general. If you click one of those links they send, and give any personal passwords, it's likely hackers will have access to your virtual accounts, including casinos, if you use the same password for different services.

I believe they can also steal credit cards this way, if the person is naive enough to give his further personal details, as the masked scammers keep asking for it.

This can be extended to all types of abuse. Players/hackers can identify some sort of bug and start to abuse the system. I try to find some related articles about this issue but unfortunately, this is the only article I have:

https://www.wired.com/2014/10/cheating-video-poker/

Yeah, they won't be stuck if there's no valid reason from the casino.

Sometimes, they've been giving that impression to the casino where their funds are stuck because they can't get it. But they don't tell the reason that they know of the reason of being held.

There's an abuse that they've probably done and the casino has detected it and that's why they can't be released.

There's a lot of things these people will do to get some money. I haven't seen this lend me a card thing, but in the gambling parlors around the world you'll literally find everything from petty thieves, pickpockets, to hackers. There are people who want to borrow your phone or offer to take your picture and run away, people who will scan your card with a wireless scanner by standing next to you, those that will spike your drinks, often there are girls who offer to go with you to your place for a party and then you wake up the next day with no money and no phone. In China there are girls that will offer to show you around and they'll take you to a restaurant where you'll get charged 3 times more than a local guy would be and they share the profit with the owner. Usually I don't talk with strangers and keep my distance. I won't meet new people, but I prefer that than losing money.

It feels like you've covered most of the frauds taking place, maybe one to add is something that has cropped up recently a few times on these very forums. Where a user will blatantly abuse promotions in one form or another, and then when they have been caught out move on to a game of trying to smear the casino's reputation in order to get hush money. So not only are they caught cheating, but they continue to act innocent and it can be hard to distinguish between an honest player or an abuser unless they trap themselves in lies. Collusion is definitely one to watch out for in places like online and offline poker because it can enhance the possibility you are beaten every hand.

People will always tend to become greedy as long as money matters involved, even if they know that those who claim fixed matching could end up as scammers. However, I won’t believe also that there’s no fixed matching as it’s really happening but people are just scared to disclose about it. But since we are in gambling, everything is uncertain, and those who are weak and have no real understanding on the match itself, would only want to make quick profits and would take risk believing that it could be possible even if they fall as victims of fraud in the end.

Don't forget probably the most common and used scam online.  MITM - Man in the middle.  I'm certain there are sites out there posing as other sites and hoping you wound up there by accident only to sign up or login and either have your login stolen, or make a deposit to the fraudster which you will never see again.  This is a scam I see commonly involving escrows here, where one user will try to get another to communicate via Telegram where they use someone's identity here to lure you into a false sense of security, only to have you send them funds which you will never see again...  Be careful out there folks.  It's hard to be overly paranoid when you are sending someone over the internet money.

Unless if they show some proof which are convincing enough. If that is the case then I would like to donate some of coins assuming that I am also winning big that time. Yeah we are talking about crypto casinos but actually a lot of them are now supporting different payment methods including banks and cards (credit/debit), so there is no problem if they are included in the topic IMO.

Cards are more centralized so I don't think many criminals will get tempted to use them as they can be tracked out easily. As long as the casino is honest and they don't have a connection to the launders then why should they be afraid of? Besides, some of them are now regulated and requires a KYC.

Because there are different kinds of frauds in gambling and some are considered more serious than some others, I have the believe that if a survey is to be carried out about the number of persons who have been involved in some sort of activity to defraud a casino to their gain, many people will be found guilty to have been involved in at least one or even more of the gambling frauds than can be expected. If a further survey is carried out to know if they felt some pity on the casino, many and as usual again more than expected will surprise us by saying they don't pity the casino, and they will hold the reason that they have lost many times.

If the way that it was done is something like this, approaching someone you really don't know and offer such kind of services, it's a big NO as it's a clear attempt of scam, if there's something that still exist in match fixing, probably it's more on small league since they can really offer a decent amount of money to either players, coaching staff or officiating officials that can give them the control of the game.

A fraudulent act that still allure people who are greed, thinking that it's a real advantage that they can get only to find out that they've been scammed by those scammers who understand how to trick in such an effective way.

Well, if that is the case, then they should not resort into gambling as it will only make them fall into more losses, that will force them to create more sad stories as well. Although I have not experienced and even witnessed this, but if they are here for begging to receive coins, then they should be banned from gambling, and let them find stable jobs that will give them fixed income.

I don't know that form of abuse either but I am aware of such practices in online communities it could have been popular on the forum but just that the forum has a strong rule against begging and that law has helped us to clean beggars out of the forum.
So I am sure this form of fraud will exist in casinos most especially that casino that has live chat rooms for players, but if we also look closely we can classify that act to be out of the fraud group since the player is not obligated to give even though the beggar approach them with any kind of stories that touch the heart.

There are still good samaritans who fall for this type of fraud because their intention is to only help, not knowing that they only end up victims of fraud. This is why never trust anyone on casinos chat especially since most of the members are complete strangers. If you are kind hearted and would mostly fall for sad stories, then stay away from being involved in the chat as you will only feel pity for some scammers and grant their loan request.

The common one start with the gambling casino requesting for KYC often especially when the gambler would have won, they introduced this verification procedures in ither to help delay and possibly cross check the winner for more verifiable authentication before handing over the fund to him but eventually it turns to an offence on the gambler's end since incomplete procedures to that may hinder him from redeeming his winnings, which they never taught about to request him doing before he won, the more reason many now termed it as gambling fraud in some cases.

Some casinos stated this rules on their terms and conditions, probably you can read it before playing on that site and if that is ok with you then continue playing. This is probably not a fraud but their way to follow the regulations and this is only possible if you win big. Anyway, fraud will always be there to abuse the system and this is why even in gambling you are still not safe so better to choose the best site that can protect your identity, be careful as well as this is your responsibility to safe keep your details as well.

That is why everyone should abide with KYC, as this is one way to ensure safety and security on our own account. But as gamblers too, we should also be responsible in keeping our own account safe from scamming and any fraudulent activities that we may fall if we are careless and reckless in our decision making. It’s best to take action with caution, and to always mindful when gambling online as you can become a sudden target of a scammer without you knowing.

This is why it would be always sensible that you should stick out on sites or platforms which are known to be that reliable and could really be trusted or does have less issues when it comes on giving huge winnings
because this had been that very common on where players do able to experience it out on which they've been asked for some further verifications on the time that they would win big which do really sucks.
If ever they had won then there's no other hassle things that a certain player should experience out and pay the winnings in full without any requirements or whatsoever.
They are running a business which does have some jackpot which it would be not shocking if ever someone do hit up big.

Gamblers are more safe if the safe are being honest in the first place, if KYC will be asked later on then better if they will start asking it during the registration so the gamblers will have the choice to continue or not. KYC plays its role for the purpose of fraud and laundering, the only concern of the gambler here is that, they identity is not safe at all. There are fraud that is being unaccounted especially with crypto gambling, I hope we have a clearer regulations when it comes to this one and make liable those who commit fraud.

If I can vividly remember, there was a time a topic was created about the last sentence you made; ...and the Op was asking if it's right to have KYCs at the very start/during registration on a site or if peeps felt comfortable with bringing them in after they've had mega winnings.... People gave different opinion and I think I supported that it's done along side the registration process too.
On the other hand, It ain't termed as fraud if a casino should demand for KYC before claiming your winnings since anyone could simply log on your account and get 'em funds, as if they were you -- what' happens at that point? Do you blame the casino for letting your funds to someone else?

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sometimes small casinos are using that loophole to stall big winnings to the player. hence, always advisable to play on reputable casinos with no problem in big withdrawals. and with their small bankroll, they are hesitant to pay up big winnings even if it was won fair and square.
i guess, fraudulent acts from the player and the casino itself won't stop anytime soon. so long there are players and casino owners who are driven by greed, this situation won't be terminated anytime soon.

Personally i would not trust the casino who will not ask for KYC initially but later when they see that i need to withdraw money, they start to make excuses to delay the withdrawals and one of the tactic they use to delay this is to ask for KYC. This action shows that the casino is not transparent and can make change in the rules for their own benefits.



If small casinos will not allow big winners or manipulate the system, how can people trust them in future and they will only lose their clients.
Same if the casinos disallow / delay withdrawals, they do harm to their reputation and those who want to do real business and grow will never deploy such reputation.

I don't mind whether the casino asks for KYC or not.  What matters to me is that they have proven records of not defrauding their players and be able to pay no matter how huge is the winnings.  Some reputable casinos are not asking for KYC as mandatory unless there are some issues arises that needs the player to submit KYC.


True, if a casino don't have enough bankroll they can limit their players betting size in proportion to their funds to not get busted when a huge amount is won by a player.

It doesn't really make sense to ask KYC for big winnings since it can easily be verified if the win turned out fraud or cheat.

The KYC instead should be mandated if the account was triggered by the security and something suspicious is being suspected.

For example, a big amount was deposited on that account, and then try to withdraw it without wagering. That is an obvious attempt that something is taking place.

After reading so many different methods used by players to scam casinos, I start thinking the KYC process is quite acceptable, because casinos also have to adopt protective measures against cheaters, otherwise they can even go bankrupt with so many threats and attacks against their platforms in real time.

If they know the identity of the gamblers, it's easier to track them and make they return money they won unduly to the company. It's understandable honest players feel offended sometimes for having to show their IDs after big wins in order to enjoy the prize, but we have to understand the other side as well... Not only casinos cheat players, but the opposite happens a lot too.

When the lucky gambler won a big amount money, it's a suspicious thing for the casino's side because based on the calculation, the gambler wouldn't able to beat the house due to house edge :P that's why the casino ask to submit KYC for the big winnings.

It's used to prevent from multi accounts, professional gambler which make a living from gambling will make a lot money. Usually the casino will give limit max betting in order to prevent the casino rekt, so the professional gambler should use his first account and not to create new account in order to avoid the limitation.

I think the casino will not allow you to just deposit and withdraw without wagering, they put something in their system that you have to wager x1 or something like that because it's obvious that you might be using their casino to mix coins and thus it could come from a tainted and bad source.

But in any case, I would agree that the casino should ask for KYC before any withdrawal, not just huge amount of winnings.

Because asking it late will sometimes cause issues with gamblers who doesn't cheat and take advantage of some exploits in their system.

You are right. I know that something is too good to be true after I've experienced the scam myself, so that makes me very careful if I see any good offers from anywhere. That's what makes me feel, "oh, this is not good because something is not right I feel."

Sometimes our feelings will tell us that what we see will not match reality and after we search for more info, it turns out that it is true that it is a form of scam.

The experience also matters, there are some that will not look like scam because the scammer is not asking of money but a pin, code, one time password or any necessary digit needed to withdraw money from your account, if given to them, your money will be withdrawn, the scammers are not having sympathy but they will withdraw all. You are right that it is good to avoid anything that seems too good to be true too, scammers are making use of something like that to scam people, that is why I am no more surprised that people are scammed like this.

Many good sites are fraudulent, making it difficult to catch scams online casinos can be quite addictive. Many players usually do not know when to stop playing and end up losing more money than they should therefore, players should set rules about how much time and money they can spend on casino sites. Any sane player must curb greed and passion otherwise they risk becoming victims of gambling addiction.

Man in the middle scams are unquestionably something to be on the lookout for. Always double check the website's URL before providing any personal information or doing a purchase. Additionally, use particular caution if someone calls you out of the blue and requests that you switch the conversation to a different platform. Before sending any money, make sure the website you're dealing with is who they say they are. To be safe is preferable to being sorry.

There are loads of gambling fraud happening on daily basis, neither the gambler or the gambling sites are except from being a victim or perpetrators as the case may be. Currently now, someone somewhere has just been defrauded. Gambling fraud is a crime of international concern to which millions of dollars are believed to be lost into yearly.
 And thats why many gambling sites are dead serious with their KYC policy which they believe it's one of the ways to mitigate these illegality in gambling.

Do you really think that KYC can somehow limit cheaters? Nowadays you can buy any documents on the black market and use them to register at almost any gambling website. Scammers do exactly that, so personally I don't think the KYC can in any way restrict scammers on the internet. To avoid getting caught by scammers, each of us should treat our money and online activities more responsibly and share our experiences with the community to uncover fraudulent schemes faster. 

That is a very nicely detailed list! I am sure there are other frauds but I think they are derivatives of the main ones that you just mentioned. Good job on keeping the community alert! IOU 1 merit.

Fraudsters tend to target both online gambling casino websites as well as their visitors. I would also mention the phishing frauds going around. They are easy to spot but people tend to keep falling for them... Its a fraud where the fraudster creates a perfect copy of the entire casino website with the sole purpose to steal passwords and account information.

Easy to avoid if you use 2FA and keep your mind alert (Always check to make sure the url is real- the scammers usually replace a letter with a similiar looking letter like capital i with a lowercase L)

They can't be good if they are fraud but there are good casinos who are hiding their true intention to their players but time will come that these casinos will get busted out. There are still signs to watch out if the casino that you are playing with is fraud or not so once you already saw them then you should not wait even if things still run smoothly. Better safe than sorry. There are still many legit casinos out there so you shouldn't worry.

You won't run out of good casinos to play with. Not having a control when playing a gambling is already a different matter. There are many threads about that but for now, it's better to stick on the original topic which is about fraud in gambling.

Some casinos are good at hiding their fraudulent activities. You wouldn't know about their illegal activities unless you try playing om their site. If you'll find reg flags then better to leave than be loyal to that casino. They will surely be milking you until you lose everything. There are many trusted casino sites nowadays with a good reputation so if you don't want to be the victim of fraudsters, just choose the trusted ones rather than the risk in sneaky casinos.

The most common of this and even newbies can do this is bonus abuse, because casinos when they are launching are offering sign-up bonuses, this is something that new casinos should be aware of and need to address because some gamblers are good at doing this, and can actually make profit from these signup bonuses, but it's not only gamblers that are guilty of fraud even casinos are guilty of fraud.
Do check the scam section and you will read casinos defrauding their members even if the members have shown all the pieces of evidence that their winnings are legit and they deserve their winnings.

 - So, in short, when something bad hits us, we should follow it right away. Is it the type that suddenly makes you nervous or
restless like that?

To tell you honestly, I don't believe in this kind of thing but I won't deny that I have experienced something like this that I don't understand, especially if we are talking to other people, the feeling of being uncomfortable and insecure.

I think this one is the most famous one and the thing I see many times on online casinos and many other platforms, you can also call it money laundering and that's the method for the criminals to somehow clean their money they just deposit, play and then withdraw the month with cryptocurrencies, or sometimes they won't even play and just withdraw after deposit. However these days this method won't really work because most casinos will double check any withdrawals and even in some cases they have manual confirmation methods for the withdrawals with huge amounts of money.

Of all the forms of fraud you brought forward this is the one I was not aware but it makes sense, in a way it is similar to what we saw with NFTs, in which some images were sold for a fortune, but it was likely that the creator was buying their own NFTs.

And they were doing so as a way to launder their money and give themselves and alibi about why they had so much money, so this is the same idea except that gambling is used as a way to achieve this.

That's why if we have experience, we can recognize the forms of fraud we usually encounter on the internet and avoid them easily. We can also be careful before deciding and will look for more info from other places so we don't get fooled. With such vigilance, we can advise those closest to us so that they can also be careful, especially if they want to play gambling at a casino they find on the internet. Once we are exposed to fraud, the money we have will be taken by the fraudster with nothing left.

Usually, before I make a decision, there's a voice inside telling me it's okay to do. But another day, another voice said this is not right. You should avoid it.

Well, it's okay if you don't believe it. I'm also not asking you to believe it ;D

But as far as I know, each of us must have instructions for us so that we follow them. But most of us don't want to follow it and consider it superstition.

Step by step and not doing any shortcut might have a good advantage. You have to understand the very concept of trading, buying in the low price and selling at the best price when the market pumps up. Learning on your own or having a good education from people who understand the market so well, both are possible and you can succeed if you have that self-will to achieve your goal.

Some might find self-education is good, while for some, having an educator will advance their position to learn more about trading.

This is common and happens very rarely. In my country one such incident took place. Two persons stole money and they used it on gambling. One person lost to the other, so the money is with them. Finally investigation took place and the persons were caught for theft. When they were asked about the money, they said they lost everything gambling and showed the transaction. On further investigation the fund getting lost and getting deposited to one particular account helped the team recover the money.

Me too. Also, is there a such thing as limiting someone because he's just "too lucky"? I mean, I heard about it used to be a thing in the past with land-based casinos, but I've never heard about something like this regarding reputable online casinos.


No one will loan money to someone unknown, so, we can discard alt accounts, I think. But as for a known account bought from someone, it's possible, although I've never heard of such cases in reality. I mean, it happens in social media all the time, but in casino chat channels ...  I've never heard of it.

Yeah it is definitely something in todays world with todays casinos in the crypto world as well. If you end up winning too much, they can limit you, and they are holding that right and have the rules for it. This is both bad, but also not too bad for both casinos and the player.

Bad for the casino because if you limit them, they can't lose it back to you fast enough, someone who turned a thousand dollars into a million dollars, can't lose that million dollars back quickly if you limit them, so this is also bad for the casinos, but not bad because they can't earn more of it with same pace. Same but the reverse is true for the gamblers, can't lose it quickly so it's good, but can't keep earning so it's bad.

But we know that they would rather choose on limiting on someone whose been too lucky on playing into their place which they would rather let you restricted or limited because they do know that all of those winnings that gamblers do able to pull out would be able to be compensated into those people who had been continuing to lose on the platform or venue which it would really be just replenished on no time.
This is why they are really that confident on taking up decisions when we do speak about limitations and restrictions if ever there's someone who do really have high winning rate.
They cant just afford on letting him stay further more.

with the rampant cases of bonus abuse, i believe casino already found their strategies on how to detect such abuses from the users. there are so many sophisticated softwares already or apps that a casino can deploy to detect unusual data or activities from its users. so you must be very good if you can still evade such restrictions from the casino. or the casino has very weak protocols on this aspect and not allocating funds for their security purposes.

Its been a while we havent seen some issues about bonus abuse or  some casino had suffered some abuse and the latest one is on that Bitlucy.I dont know if its really that pertaining about bonus abuse
or something different but this is what i do remember and this is why casino owners are really that careful about these kind of possible abuse because this could cause a huge impact
into their revenue.We've seen lots of possible frauds online on which it is really just that right for them to be keen on resolving and avoiding possible
implications which might cause up these things.

this is how I understand gambling , that we must only gamble if we have extra funds and if we know how to handle and manage desires in winning because if not? then yes never engage to gamble and never have experience to risk more.
actually some of those are professional in this matter , they are the one who can abuse gambling sites in all forms , from bonuses to bug abuse.

Yes, as the security of online gambling sites is getting better so do the abusers as they move forward too. They always find loopholes in these events created by gambling sites.
Just recently, Stake.com posted on their Telegram page about the increase of bots and abusers and because of that, they will only give away bonus drops to those who will agree with a level 2 verification requirement.
It's not a bad step just to ensure all those who are receiving the bonus are real people and not pure abusers who are not really there to wager their money but are just beggars who cannot find their own job so they do these evil deeds.
It's totally unfair for those who are risking their money to reach a certain wager amount so they can be a participant for the monthly bonus.

Yes, it is a really challenging circumstance. I agree wholeheartedly that more safety measures are required to protect the site's paying customers from fraud.

The fact that Stake.com is taking the initiative to adopt these steps, such as the level 2 verification requirement for bonus drops, is also much appreciated. This will serve to both safeguard the gamers and demonstrate the site's dedication to providing a secure environment.

The issue is one of trust as much as justice. In order for people to feel comfortable placing their money and personal information into an online gambling site, they must have faith that the site is safe. Stake.com demonstrates its concern for its users and commitment to provide a secure environment by taking this precaution.

But it's a shame that some people would still do "evil deeds" like this for the sake of financial gain. It's unfortunate that they can't find any other legitimate means of support and have to resort to such dishonest methods.

Today it's just tipping. No more chip dumping, you could just tip it away. But I think gambling sites are also making some restriction with the tips.
A limit daily, weekly, or monthly. They don't want whales to just give away the money to an unknown player as this will be a case of money laundering.
I have seen bigger tips and it comes out in the chatbox, everyone who read it will know it. Perhaps, someone could also increase the amount of tips given by wagering more.
I am not exactly sure about the terms to increase it, but I am pretty sure heavy gamblers do tip a lot.

What you said is good dude, the only problem with gamblers who are addicted to gambling is that what you say has no impact on their thinking.

But what you said will help beginners or those who are not crazy about gambling so that what they do in the gambling industry will not lead to addiction. It is difficult to get rid of those things in a person who has a gambling addiction.

Part of appreciation for those who chitchat with them while they are inside the chat or a personal friend who send tips to another gambler to continue chasing some win, there are lots of reasons but I also see that and it's still active, not sure though regarding to the limitations and how gambling sites are able to detect if there's something suspicious with the way the tips are being sent.

But for sure, house always have the way to observe and analyze how things are being done and if they see there's something fishy, they will start to act against it.

Impersonation is one of the common fraud people can use in setting up an attack against a casino and they do this by creating a fake version identity of the casino representative, website or making an announce on their behalf through imposition, the imposter create a carbon identity of the everything about the casino of which he must have been a person already familiar with the casino, they are very hard to detect except if one is very careful and been observant in identifying differences from what they do from the original source.

In every book of cybersecurity that I have read I have seen one thing in common,the most dangerous of all threats to a system be it a company,an online casino or any business is a disgruntled employ.If he is then even somewhat capable and a bit tech savvy he can really well use such impersonation scenario to his benefit as he has been inside the business,in this case inside the casino.Luckily though most of the reputable casinos have cybersecurity experts team in place and as such I have never heard about such happening in the reputable and big crypto casinos.

on the other hand we have more and more systems in place to catch abusers
from AI systems to human verification

of course it is a game of cat and mouse
it'll never end

we put up more security systems and people will find more ways to break them or find new methods of fraud (and/or privacy protection)

1 Online gamng fraud can be in both ways, we have the one that the casino commite against the players, thos way the play win big amount and suddenly his/her account get banned for violation that is not true.

2 the fraud committed by players against the casino, this is cases such as gou mentioned, ot in form of bonus abuse and the point you failed to add is where the player see a vonurablitiy such as a bonus bug and there by exploiting it.

Some try to create a domain thread that will go to the fraudulent site and create a domain similar to the original site so that many people are deceived and are not aware that they have sent money to them. We often encounter cases like this out there but on forums, I've seen phishing sites like that. But fortunately, many members warned of the danger so it could protect many people. And this indeed requires a person's thoroughness and caution to keep checking the site, whatever the site is, so he can prevent fraud himself.

What usually happens is bonus abuse, because many of us know that very often lately, new beginner accounts complain about allegations of fraud against casinos, while it is their own fault for misusing bonuses and casino rules, of course they are strictly prohibited for that.

The most common fraud I would expect to be multi accounts that try to advantage of bonuses and other promotions multiple times. The bonuses casinos offer are very attractive as they can be as high as 300% deposit bonus. It's hard to make such kind of money by gambling alone, that's why so many people try to take advantage of it. I don't like cheater on online gaming, they are the worst kind of people. That's why I would never cheat myself in games or in casinos. Another form of fraud is misinformation, this can happen in gambling and sports betting. Some people will try and spread wrong information in an effort to try and take advantage of it for themselves. For example, gamblers could try and promote a certain slot game and say that the chances of winning are much higher than they actually are only to keep making the jackpot bigger and win it themselves. Another way would be to spread fake odds for a upcoming sports match and hope that more people will buy the wrong side of the bet. When it comes to money people will try everything to get ahead.

Why do we think people engage in this kind of dangerous acts that could cause them alot of regrets if caught with great repercussions, lack, poverty and insatiable spirit, some people have been badly nortured in diverse corrupt ways whereby they believed that the only way they could make it through in life is by participating in an illicit fraud to quicken their struggle and desire to make it in live, fraud is what that has changed people's orientation to such a way that they believed it's one of the means one can adopt to earn a living even at others expenses.

Most gamblers don't read, and that is the beginning of all the problems they seem to encounter on the casino, several gamblers out there lack the patience required to operate a casino account with getting into troubles, I believe this is one of the reason why of recent times, we see newbies come on the forum to complain about a thing or two about a casino seizing their withdrawal and asking for kyc and a host of other types of complaints.
If every gambler would read and play according to the casino's rules and ToS, I believe complaints will greatly reduce.

If they are good at it and then the gambling site has a weak security then it will always be vulnerable to their attacks. About stake's bonus drops, I know there is a wagering requirement which are too high for a normal individual to reach so I don't think someone can abuse that easily. I think it's not worth it even if they use bots to claims these drops when the drops are only valued at 5 to 10 USD but their new rule to claim the bonus drop could greatly lessen those abusers/bots.

Monthly bonus on the other hand is different from the bonus drop and AFAIK only those who can receive it are VIP members (minimum bronze level) but the amounts that you will get will depend on your wager. If someone want's to abuse it, they still need to put a lot of effort but again I think it's not really that worthy.

Had a few encounters about these things, and even my family especially the older ones who are not that updated to scams on the internet are getting some calls that they are from a bank or online platform that you had some malicious activities or that you have a bonus $100-1,000 credit but it's the scammers behind the line. Sometimes, older people are the most vulnerable from these attacks as most of the times, they got emotional from the news and give their PIN or OTP easily.

Even if governments try to paint this market as one full of scammers and that you could lose your money at any time, the truth is that the fiat system is also full of scammers which are very smart and attack the vulnerable to try to get some money out of them, even my mom has been subjected to that kind of attack but it failed because I was there and she consulted with me before doing anything, but it is likely that if she had been alone at the time she could have lost a lot of money due to credit card fraud.

Fraud is everywhere and it doesnt matter whether we are engaging in fiat or crypto on which there are those people who would really be taking advantage into those someone whose do lack of knowledge and awareness on how things works.They are really decieving out people as best as they could do just to steal and snip out those funds out of their cards.This is why its really that pretty common on having these ways or methods.
It is really just that there are people who are really that keen or not minding much when it comes into their funds security.