Recent content by aviator

I've been logging these for a while now. Pattern across every wind down I've tracked is the same, redemption queue gets slower the closer you get to the cutoff because everyone requests at once Request early = normal processing and request in the last week = you're in a pile

Stuck balance is what id push everyone on. if you have ANY sweeps balance in a state that hasn't banned yet, redeem it now. Oklahoma goes november 1st. If you're in Oklahoma don't wait til october to cash out.As the moment these things get close to the deadline the redemption process gets slow...

Yea migration happening and sweeps player gets fenced, cant play legally in their state, real money online casino isn't legal in most states anyway, so they go crypto. Which is unregulated, no KYC until you win big and the withdrawal horror stories are ten times worse than anything sweeps did...

I've been through this from the player side more than i'd like. Practical reality nobody tells you: when a sweeps site geofences your state, your redeemable balance is often just stuck. not stolen exactly, but frozen. you cant play it, you cant always redeem it if the window closed, and support...

Agreed with where this landed. usdc for simple, usdt via wallet swap for the promos worth chasing, aviod btc deposits for the volatility, watch the MiCA rewrite. thats the whole playbook for EU players post july 1st. Annoying that we need a whole playbook now for something that used to be one...

Indeed! one thing to check before you deposit: make sure the casino actually credits usdc deposits for the welcome bonus. As some still word their bonus terms around usdt specifically and a usdc deposit might not trigger the offer. Read carefullypromo terms or just ask their support before...

Yep I have nothing to add to the table. But I'd like to add that option 4 (btc/eth) is worse than people think for casino play because you're exposed to price movement between deposit and withdrawal. I think the whole point of stablecoin deposits was removing that. So if you deposit 1000 in btc...

Well the irony is MICA wanted MORe oversight and for crypto casino players it produced LESS. Before, I bought usdt on a regulated exchange with full kyc, clean paper trail, then deposited. now Im swapping through a dex in a non-custodial wallet to get the usdt the casino wants. Thats less...

Wel this is the real catch. A lot of the usdt casinos default to trc-20 usdt for the deposit bonuses specifically. some reloads only apply to usdt deposits. So if you go pure usdc you eat worse promo terms at certain sites. @Camelott's right that its not as clean as just "switch to usdc" if you...

Any non-custodial that handles tron and has a built in swap works. Swap routes through a dex so you pay a small spread plus the tron fee which is pennies. Actual friction isn't the cost its the extra step and the fact you're now holding through an extra conversion each way. In and out that's two...

I've been dealing with the samr problem. casinos taking usdt was never the issue, they're offshore so mica is irrelevant to them. Its the on-ramp thats broken. You cant buy usdt through a regulated EU exchange anymore full stop. What Im doing now: buy usdc on the EU exchange (that's still...

hey good shout. can log broadcast time vs request time. will include it

Going to run a proper test set over the next few months. same amounts, same sites, new address vs established address,see what the timings do around sept and dec when the deadlines land. Will post results. Curious whether the phases actually show up in withdrawal data or whether nothing moves...

Yeah @Lilah thats how it goes. No announcement, withdrawal takes 4 days instead of one, support says its standard review. So phased timeline is actually useful for once though. September they've had to file a policy. December they've had to train staff and assess providers. If you notice a site...

Screening at withdrawal is the bit that matters for us. Deposit screening they've mostly been doing anyway, that's where their aml risk sits. Screening the wallet you're withdrawing TO is new. means if your destination address has any history the analytics doesn't like, that's a held withdrawal...