Prior to the contest all the participants have been WARNED to avoid using fake views and other illegitimate ways of achieving the goal of competition. As stated in the rules the casino withholds the right to disqualify any video suspected in illegitimate actions. Due to known cases of views being illegitimately obtained and other inappropriate behavior from certain participants - producers of respective content have been disqualified as per rules and regulations of the Video Contest.
Could you please provide proof of this claim? Also, I'm still waiting on a solid answer/reply to these two posts (which highlight my main issue):
So, to be clear, 10 video's were made, but none of them were able to claim the first three prices (10, 7 and 4 BTC), correct? That is fine if they indeed didn't generate the views required, but shouldn't they (and the other 7 video's) be credited 3
BTC each according to the picture posted by FJ itself? If FJ indeed only paid each participants 0.03
BTC (if they paid at all) then that's a huge breach of contract. I'll will give them a negative rating till this issue is dealt with.
I've also archived their YouTube contest thread:
https://archive.is/VzzopIs this the email you are referring to?
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This email only explains why you were unable to award the 1st 2nd or 3rd prize.
However, there is clearly no minimum number of views required for 4th-30th place.
There is also no mention that 4th - 30th place prizes would not be given unless 3 players were able to satisfy the requirements for 1st - 3rd place. This is what you said:
Honorary victors like the fourth to the thirtieth placers will receive a total of 3 BTC each.
I'm sure you understand that with such high requirements, which nobody was able to even come close to meeting, if you refuse to award prizes for 4th place on it will seem as if you never intended to pay any of the advertised prizes.