Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tips on Avoiding Online Gambling Scams

By Nico Sullivan


Gambling scams were never as recognized and as widespread as when it finally came in contact with cyber space. Online gambling, although beneficiary for those gambling aficionados, allowing them to gamble and avail of the enjoyment at home, also has some of its downsides more specifically the existence of online gambling scams.

Online scams usually include the refusal of a particular game company to "give you" your winnings. Some gambling scams might even go as far as completely refusing to let you win with absurd odds, after which they then refuse to let you cash out the rest of the money you have left.

One way to stay away from these scams is to know what they are. Here are two most prevailing online gambling scams that you should know, and should be able to identify easily.

Illegitimate Bonuses

Some gambling companies even go as far as inviting their former scammed clients underneath the guise of "bonuses" informing them how they are sympathetic about you being scammed, and offers a bonus if you play with them instead. Take time to consider, where did they get your information? Well they got it from that short form you completed when you joined the first scam casino, and they're looking into scamming you again.

What do they do? When it is time for you to claim your bonus, they would say that you're ineligible to get the bonus.

To stay away from being re-scammed, never be lured by these kinds of offers. Even if you haven't been scammed yet, they would still offer you a bonus offer then refuse to give it to you once you've deposited your money. A great rule of thumb with online gambling, if it's too good to be true, it most definitely is.

Piracy

One way to know a legitimate online casino is its affiliations and memberships; one such is the Interactive Gaming Council (ICG). However, logos provided by such organizations can easily be copied on the net, and what scammers do, is they imitate, sometimes, go as far as duplicating the design of a legitimate casino to pass off theirs. It is a good measure to look up the name of the online casino on the members list of the certain organization. ICG and others usually provide an easy to browse and search members list on their web sites.

To guarantee that the casino you're signing up to is legit, enter the company's name and the word review in the internet search engine and browse about the subject, you'll more or less get an idea of how they work.




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